New York, NY – The Erie BayHawks selected Shane Richards with the second pick of the second round of the 2016 NBA Development League Draft on Sunday afternoon.
As a senior, Richards earned First Team All-MAAC honors after ranking fourth in the league in scoring (17.2 ppg) while hitting for at least 20 points on 11 occasions. He also was among the league leaders in free throw percentage (.859-2nd), threes per game (2.5-6th) and minutes (36.3-2nd).
An All-MET Second Team honoree, Richards helped the Jaspers to a pair of MAAC titles during his outstanding four-year career and was the MAAC Co-Rookie of the Year in 2012-2013. The New York native also inished his career eighth in school history with 1,472 points while also setting the Manhattan single-season (92-2015) and career (312) three-point records.
Richards is the first former Jasper selected since George Beamon was taken in the 2014 Development League Draft.
NBA D-League training camp rosters will be comprised of players drafted today, along with returning, affiliate, NBA Draft rights and local tryout players and cannot exceed 17 total players. Teams had to make a minimum of four player selections in today’s Draft and all players who were selected must be invited to training camp.
For the sixth consecutive year, all 22 NBA D-League teams and the NBA D-League headquarters in New York participated in the Draft.
ROUND ONE
1. Erie – Anthony Brown
2. Santa Cruz – Jaleel Roberts
3. Oklahoma City – Alex Hamilton
4. Fort Wayne – Travis Leslie
5. Grand Rapids – Chris Horton
6. Fort Wayne – Dallas Lauderdale
7. Delaware – Brannen Greene
8. Northern Arizona – Michael Bryson
9. Texas – Keith Hornsby
10. Santa Cruz – LaDontae Henton
11. Iowa – Quinton Chievous
12. Windy City – Aaron Thomas
13. Greensboro – Shonn Miller
14. Long Island – Boris Dallo
15. Salt Lake City – Jaylen Bland
16. Westchester – Max Hooper
17. Rio Grande Valley – TJ Price
18. Austin – Maurice Bolden
19. Canton – Roosevelt Jones
20. Maine – Adam Woodbury
21. Rio Grande Valley – Ameen Tanksley
22. Sioux Falls – Ike Nwamu
ROUND TWO
1. Erie – Markus Kennedy
2. Erie – Shane Richards
3. Northern Arizona – Mikh McKinney
4. Oklahoma City – Anthony Beane
5. Salt Lake City – Jarelle Reischel
6. Reno – Will Davis
7. Fort Wayne – Chris Fowler
8. Northern Arizona – Greg Mays
9. Oklahoma City – Charles Mann
10. Salt Lake City – Goodluck Okonoboh
11. Erie – Shevon Thompson
12. Windy City – Sterling Gibbs
13. Greensboro – Ky Howard
14. Long Island – Trashon Burrell
15. Erie – Davonte Lacy
16. Delaware – Benito Santiago Jr.
17. Rio Grande Valley – Jamaal Samuel
18. Austin – Daniel Stewart
19. Grand Rapids – Shannon Brown
20. Maine – Joe Thomasson
21. Raptors 905 – Antwaine Wiggins
22. Sioux Falls – Marcus Posley