NBA D-League announces 2014-2015 All-NBA-D-League Teams

Tim Frazier (Maine Red Claws/Portland Trail Blazers), the 2015 NBA Development League Most Valuable Player, headlines the 2015 NBA D-League First Team, as voted by the league’s 18 head coaches.  Frazier and Earl Barron (Bakersfield Jam/Phoenix Suns) are current NBA players on the First Team, and are joined by Jerelle Benimon (Idaho Stampede), Seth Curry (Erie BayHawks) and Willie Reed (Grand Rapids Drive).   

Four current NBA players, including Chris Babb (Maine/Boston Celtics) and James Michael McAdoo (Santa Cruz Warriors/Golden State Warriors), who are both on NBA playoff rosters, headline the Second Team.  They are joined by GATORADE Call-Ups Bryce Cotton (Austin Spurs/Utah Jazz), Arinze Onuaku (Canton Charge/Minnesota Timberwolves) and Elliot Williams (Santa Cruz Warriors). 

The Third Team features Jabari Brown (Los Angeles D-Fenders/L.A. Lakers) and Jerel McNeal (Bakersfield/Phoenix), both of whom earned GATORADE Call-Ups and finished the 2014-15 season on NBA rosters.  They are joined on the Third Team by Eric Griffin (Texas Legends), Adonis Thomas (Grand Rapids) and Damien Wilkins (Iowa Energy). 

In all, 14 of the 15 players on 2015 All-NBA D-League First, Second, and Third Teams have NBA experience, with 11 earning GATORADE Call-Ups during the 2014-15 campaign and 11 currently on NBA rosters. 

Fifteen top first-year professionals were selected to the 2015 NBA D-League All-Rookie First, Second and Third teams, including 2015 NBA D-League Rookie of the Year Frazier.  Frazier is joined on the First Team by Cotton, Benimon, Khem Birch (Sioux Falls Skyforce) and McAdoo.  The Second Team is comprised of GATORADE Call-Up David Stockton (Reno Bighorns/Sacramento Kings), Brown, CJ Fair (Fort Wayne Mad Ants), Shawn Jones (Sioux Falls) and Talib Zanna (Oklahoma City).  The Third Team features a pair of Bighorns who earned GATORADE Call-Ups to the Kings, Sim Bhullar and David Wear, along with Semaj Christon (Oklahoma City Blue), Andre Dawkins (Sioux Falls Skyforce), also a GATORADE Call-Up during the 2014-15 season, and Roscoe Smith (Los Angeles). 

Aaron Craft of Santa Cruz, the 2015 NBA D-League Defensive Player of the Year, headlines the 2015 NBA D-League All-Defensive First Team.  He’s joined by Clint Capela, who played for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers on assignment from the Houston Rockets, Birch, Fuquan Edwin (Sioux Falls) and Reed.  The Second Team includes Thanasis Antetokounmpo (Westchester Knicks), Bhullar, Frazier, Joe Jackson (Bakersfield) and Griffin while the Third Team is made up of Babb, Ognjen Kuzmic, playing for Santa Cruz on assignment from Golden State, Hasheem Thabeet (Grand Rapids), Jonathan Simmons (Austin) and Dominique Sutton (Santa Cruz). 

The complete All-NBA Development League, All-Rookie and All-Defensive Team results are below.

2015 ALL-NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE TEAMS

FIRST TEAM

Jerelle Benimon – Idaho

Seth Curry – Erie

Earl Barron* – Bakersfield /Phoenix

Tim Frazier* – Maine/Portland

Willie Reed – Grand Rapids

SECOND TEAM

Chris Babb* – Maine/Boston

Bryce Cotton* – Austin/Utah

James McAdoo* – Santa Cruz/Golden State

Arinze Onuaku*  – Canton/Minnesota

Elliot Williams – Santa Cruz

THIRD TEAM

Jabari Brown* – Los Angeles/LA. Lakers

Eric Griffin – Texas

Jerel McNeal* – Bakersfield/Phoenix

Adonis Thomas – Grand Rapids 

Damien Wilkins – Iowa

2015 ALL-NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE ALL-ROOKIE TEAMS

FIRST TEAM

Jerrelle Benimon – Idaho

Khem Birch – Sioux Falls

Bryce Cotton* – Austin/Utah

Tim Frazier* – Maine/Portland

James McAdoo* – Santa Cruz/Golden State

SECOND TEAM

Jabari Brown* – Los Angeles/L.A. Lakers

CJ Fair – Fort Wayne

Shawn Jones – Sioux Falls

David Stockton* – Reno/Sacramento

Talib Zanna – Oklahoma City

THIRD TEAM

Sim Bhullar – Reno

Semaj Christon – Oklahoma City

Andre Dawkins – Sioux Falls

Roscoe Smith – Los Angeles

David Wear – Reno

2015 ALL-NBA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAMS

FIRST TEAM

Khem Birch – Sioux Falls

Clint Capela* – Rio Grande Valley/Houston

Aaron Craft– Santa Cruz

Fuquan Edwin – Sioux Falls

Willie Reed– Grand Rapids

SECOND TEAM

Thanasis Antetokounmpo – Westchester

Sim Bhullar – Reno

Tim Frazier* – Maine/Portland

Eric Griffin – Texas

Joe Jackson – Bakersfield

THIRD TEAM

Chris Babb* – Maine/Boston

Ognjen Kuzmic* – Santa Cruz/Golden State

Dominique Sutton – Santa Cruz

Jonathan Simmons – Austin 

Hasheem Thabeet – Grand Rapids