Diary of a D-Leaguer: The Story of Darius Legend

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Game 3 - @ Fort Wayne Mad Ants


Scout's Report
Excerpt from an unidentified NBA Scout's game notes
"Points scored may be skewed by a heavy reliance on fast breaks for a lot of his scoring opportunities. Demonstrated more effort than he was during the summer, although still played lax defense. When he gave the effort though he accrued 2 steals, one of which was taken for a score. Too early to tell if he's NBA-ready, but it looks as if the drive might finally be there for the kid."

Legend gets flashy on a dunk attempt. Luckily, the slam was successful.

Driving to the hoop, Legend does a nice job of drawing a foul.

NBADL Scoreboard – Erie BayHawks (2-1) at Fort Wayne Mad Ants (3-0)

November 26, 2010 1 2 3 4 F Erie BayHawks 19 26 19 20 84 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 18 21 23 26 88 Top Performers Erie BayHawks - Stats D. Legend – 26 pts, 6 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl J. Fisher – 11 pts, 17 reb, 2 ast Fort Wayne Mad Ants - Stats J. Ross – 31 pts, 13 reb, 2 ast, 1 stl, 1 blk K. Bailey – 17 pts, 5 reb, 6 ast, 1 stl

Darius Legend – Goals & Thoughts OBJECTIVE # +/- Score at least 14 Points 26 Limit matchup to 30% from 3PT 0.0% Post-Game Comments ”This D-League thing is starting to get easy already. I shouldn’t be 6th man, or in this league, for much longer. Truth be told, that Ross dude on the Fort Wayne squad is pretty nice too, wouldn't be surprised to see him in the NBA as well.”

Erie BayHawks STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS G. Turner 37 8-19 2-3 4-4 7 1 1 0 3 22 H. Thomas 31 2-9 0-1 1-2 3 1 3 0 1 5 J. Fisher 35 5-9 0-0 1-2 17 2 0 0 0 11 D. Schroeder 36 1-13 0-1 0-0 5 7 1 0 1 2 J. Hart 30 1-4 0-0 1-1 9 2 0 0 1 3 RESERVES MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS D. Legend 29 12-21 0-1 2-3 6 2 2 0 3 26 B. Gill 10 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 5 E. Anderson 16 1-6 0-1 2-2 5 0 0 1 0 4 S. Park 15 3-11 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 6 R. Reid 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 B. May DNP - Injury TEAM TOTALS 35-97 3-10 11-14 56 15 7 1 10 84 Fort Wayne Mad Ants STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS J. Ross 40 12-36 0-2 7-8 13 2 1 1 4 31 K. Bailey 36 7-14 2-6 1-1 5 6 1 0 1 17 S. Woods 36 5-11 0-1 2-2 5 4 1 1 0 12 T. Williams 39 5-9 0-0 0-0 14 2 0 1 1 10 A. Smith 41 4-11 1-2 1-2 6 5 2 0 1 10 RESERVES MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS N. Duncan 16 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 2 0 0 1 4 J. Long 7 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 2 J. Perkinson 11 1-1 0-0 0-0 6 0 0 1 1 2 P. Jones 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 D. Moon 10 0-5 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 0 1 0 TEAM TOTALS 37-93 3-12 11-13 54 25 5 4 10 88

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Keep this going, I'm following. Loving it so far.

[Undead]

First loss for the Erie Bay-Hawks? Dissapointed, by the way, what position did Ross play? Surprised you're not in the starting line up already, shouldn't be too long, although, I'd prefer to finish the season with the Bay-Hawks because if you join the NBA during the season, you'll be at a disadvantage in the Rookie of the Year running along with the stats. Still this is good, keep it up!

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Quote: Originally Posted by Undead

First loss for the Erie Bay-Hawks? Dissapointed, by the way, what position did Ross play? Surprised you're not in the starting line up already, shouldn't be too long, although, I'd prefer to finish the season with the Bay-Hawks because if you join the NBA during the season, you'll be at a disadvantage in the Rookie of the Year running along with the stats. Still this is good, keep it up!

I believe Ross was a power forward, can't remember off the top of my head though. Thanks! Glad you like it so far

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The Legend: Shape Up

One of the things I was criticized for leading up to my release from the Lakers, was showing up to camp "overweight." Coach tells me if I'm going to make it back to the NBA I'm going to have to get into NBA shape, so I've been running extra in practice. I think it's working well so far, as I've gotten myself down to 240. I'm shooting for closer to 230, so I've still got a ways to go, but I've noticed a difference in my ability to move on the court.

Hopefully Jay [Larranaga] takes notice of the effort I've been putting in and gives me a chance to start a game soon. I mean, I'm practically getting starters minutes already, but it would be nice to have the actual title. I get the feeling NBA scouts would be more interested in someone who's able to actually start on a D-League team, instead of one coming off the bench.

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Game 4 - @ Fort Wayne Mad Ants





PUBLISHED: NOVEMBER 28. 2010 10:47PM
Newcomer, Legend, impressive in first 4 D-League games for Erie

Darius Legend hits a contested jumper in Sunday's game.

By THOMAS FRANKLIN
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. At least, that's how the Erie BayHawks staff and their fans can view first-year player Darius Legend. After being cut by the Los Angeles Lakers immediately following the summer circuit, Legend landed in Erie in an attempt to work his way back to the NBA. He's off to a fantastic start.

Sunday's game against the Fort Wayne Mad Ants marked his fourth game of the 2010-11 campaign, and it was his second consecutive 26 point performance, bringing his season average to 23.0. He also contributed 7 rebounds on Sunday as well. Defense and work ethic appear to be the main reasons for Los Angeles passing on their second round pick, but Darius has been looking to turn over a new leaf so far this season. So far, he's been practicing hard and has managed to drop 6 pounds already. Defensively, although the coaching staff feels he still needs some work, he's been giving considerably more effort than he had been during the summer.

Hopefully he keeps this streak of hot play alive and is able to give this oft-forgotten Pennsylvania city a basketball team to take pride in. That is, if the NBA doesn't come calling for him first.

NBADL Scoreboard – Erie BayHawks (2-2) at Fort Wayne Mad Ants (4-0)

November 28, 2010 1 2 3 4 F Erie BayHawks 11 14 17 18 60 Fort Wayne Mad Ants 31 15 20 29 95 Top Performers Erie BayHawks - Stats D. Legend – 26 pts, 7 reb, 1 ast J. Fisher – 6 pts, 10 reb, 6 ast Fort Wayne Mad Ants - Stats J. Ross – 32 pts, 13 reb, 2 ast, 3 stl, 3 blk T. Williams – 8 pts, 15 reb, 3 ast, 1 blk

Darius Legend – Goals & Thoughts OBJECTIVE # +/- Shoot at least 47% 44.4% x Limit matchup to 3 3PT shots 1 Post-Game Comments Another solid game. Man if they don’t give me a chance to start soon that will be ridiculous. I’m outperforming everyone on the team every game! But wow, that Ross guy can really play.

Erie BayHawks STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS D. Schroeder 35 3-11 0-0 3-4 3 5 0 0 3 9 J. Fisher 32 3-5 0-0 0-0 10 6 0 0 0 6 H. Thomas 34 2-9 0-0 2-2 6 0 3 1 1 6 B. May 29 2-15 0-4 0-0 2 0 1 2 0 4 J. Hart 27 0-5 0-0 0-0 5 0 0 2 0 0 RESERVES MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS D. Legend 29 12-27 0-0 2-4 7 1 0 0 2 26 G. Turner 26 3-12 1-2 2-2 6 2 0 0 0 9 R. Reid 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 B. Gill 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 E. Anderson 9 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 1 0 S. Park 9 0-5 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM TOTALS 25-92 1-7 9-12 46 14 4 5 7 60 Fort Wayne Mad Ants STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS J. Ross 35 10-26 3-5 9-12 13 2 3 3 2 32 A. Smith 37 5-11 2-5 3-4 1 1 0 0 3 15 T. Williams 35 4-7 0-0 0-0 15 3 0 1 0 8 S. Woods 38 3-8 0-0 2-2 4 10 0 0 0 8 K. Bailey 29 3-8 0-3 0-0 7 1 0 2 4 6 RESERVES MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A REB AST STL BLK TO PTS N. Duncan 22 5-8 0-2 0-0 6 0 1 0 1 10 J. Long 13 2-3 1-1 1-2 2 1 0 0 0 6 J. Perkinson 11 3-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 1 6 P. Jones 9 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 0 1 1 0 D. Moon 11 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 4 TEAM TOTALS 37-80 6-16 15-20 55 21 4 8 12 95

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I love the layout, and I love this Diary so far! Keep it up man, they gotta make you the starter sooner or later.

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