Blake Ahearn gets the call up

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NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2008 - The San Antonio Spurs today signed Dakota Wizards' guard Blake Ahearn, making him the first GATORADE Call-Up of the 2008-09 NBA Development League season, and the 120th overall since the league began play in November 2001.

The Call-Up marks the second of Ahearn's career, following a stint with the Miami Heat during the 2007-08 season when he averaged 5.8 points, 1.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 14.8 minutes in 12 games. A member of the Minnesota Timberwolves training camp this season, Ahearn appeared in five preseason games and averaged 7.8 points and 1.2 assists in 11.8 minutes.

Ahearn played in 41 games (15 starts) for the Wizards during the 2007-08 season when he earned the NBA D-League's Rookie of the Year award and averaged 19.0 points, 3.5 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 29.5 minutes, while shooting 48.6 percent from the field, 43.9 percent from three-point range and 96.0 percent from the free throw line.

A standout at Missouri State, Ahearn averaged 13.1 points and 1.8 assists while shooting 42.3 percent from the field during his career. He finished his NCAA career as the all-time leading free throw shooter in NCAA Division I history, while finishing as Missouri State's seventh all-time leading scorer with 1,677 points.

Ahearn is expected to join fellow NBA D-League alumni Ime Udoka and Ian Mahinmi and the Spurs tonight in Sacramento when the team takes on the Kings. He will wear jersey number 18.
 

ToughJ.Riggins

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That brings the NBA total of whites to 90 as of now! Steven Hill was also signed by Oklahoma City the day after I checked the rosters. A mere 90 white men in the NBA.
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It should really be over 200!
 

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Is Ahearn still with the Spurs? He is one of my favorite young white players and I haven't seen his name in any box scores recently.
 

white lightning

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Yeah but he doesn't have the hip swivel needed to play in the nba. You guys know that. What a joke. Another gifted player wasting away in a league that he dominates. He would have been better off to have went and played overseas. His shooting is incredible!
 

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Thanks for the Ahearn update. Shooting guard is a taboo position for Whites in the NBA, so it is not surprising that Ahearn can't get a sniff. I'm not familiar with his game, but I am sure that the scouting report says that he can't play defense. That's the easiest, most subjective way to keep Whites out of the league.
 
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