The 2007 NBA Development League expansion draft was the second
expansion draft of the
National Basketball Association Development League (NBADL). The draft was held on September 5, 2007, so that the newly founded
Rio Grande Valley Vipers
The Rio Grande Valley Vipers are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League based in Edinburg, Texas, and are affiliated with the Houston Rockets. The Vipers play their home games at the Bert Ogden Arena. The Vipers have won fo ...
,
Fort Wayne Mad Ants
The Fort Wayne Mad Ants are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and are affiliated with the Indiana Pacers. The team plays their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. The Mad ...
,
Utah Flash Orem, Utah
Orem
Orem, Utah
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Orem is one of the principal citie ...
and
Iowa Energy
Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to t ...
could acquire players for the upcoming
2007–08 season. Players from the final 2006–07 rosters of the
Arkansas RimRockers and
Fort Worth Flyers
The Fort Worth Flyers were a minor league basketball team in the NBA Development League (D-League) based in Fort Worth, Texas. They began play in the 2005–06 season and were shut down for the 2007–08 season.
Franchise history
In 2005, Sou ...
, as well as all other unprotected NBADL players, were available to have their rights selected in the 2007 expansion draft.
A random drawing was held to determine the draft order and the Vipers won the first overall pick. The draft comprised 10 rounds where each team switched their selection order; for example, the Iowa Energy chose last in Round 1 (fourth overall) but were able to select first in Round 2 (fifth overall).
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J. R. Pinnock, a guard, was the first overall expansion draft selection. He was one of three players to have also been chosen in an NBA draft ( 2006) along with James Lang (]2003
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) and Denham Brown
Denham Washington Brown (born January 6, 1983) is a Canadian former professional basketball player.
High school
Brown attended Bathurst Heights Secondary School in Toronto, and led the school's AAA basketball team to the Ontario provincial cham ...
(2006). Through the 2009–10 NBA D-League season, eight total players from the 2007 expansion draft have been named an NBA D-League All-Star at least once, including Jeremy Richardson, Will Conroy
William James Conroy (born December 8, 1982) is an American professional basketball player and coach.
Amateur career
Conroy attended and played competitively at Garfield High School in Seattle, and played college basketball at the University of ...
, Curtis Stinson, Antonio Meeking, Clay Tucker, Desmon Farmer
Desmon Kenyatta Farmer (born October 7, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA), for the Seattle SuperSonics and the San Antonio Spurs.
College career
Farmer atten ...
, Walker Russell, Jr.
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Professional career 2 ...
and Luke Schenscher.
Key
Draft
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NBA G League expansion draft
Iowa Energy
Fort Wayne Mad Ants
Utah Flash
Rio Grande Valley Vipers