Damon Jones News

Former NBA players Allen Iverson and Jason Williams have been added to a roster of a team coached by Hall of Famer Tiny Archibald that will play the 2012 Chinese Basketball Association's champion Beijing Ducks on Saturday in Beijing.

"As most of you already heard, I am not coming back to Syracuse for my final season," Jones said in the statement.

The D-League has long been the path of choice for fringe prospects trying to prove themselves worthy of an N.B.A. roster spot, but over the last two seasons, a new demographic has emerged on the D's call-up scene.

The NBA Development League doesn't have the best reputation, but it certainly has been improving over the past several seasons.

Minnesota Timberwolves assistant coach Terry Porter broke into a wide grin and hesitated for a moment before responding to one of the questions presented to him during a pregame news conference Tuesday night at the Bradley Center.