Passing the Buck

Mad Antics

The D-League will hold its annual national tryouts June 15 in New York. The one-day event will see 200 hopefuls in full-court games in front of team executives, coaches and scouts.May 16, 2013

Howard, Smith work at Development League camp

Mad Ants guard Ron Howard and center Tommy Smith accepted invitations to the NBA Development League Elite Mini Camp, which started Monday and runs through Tuesday in Chicago.May 13, 2013

Record year for D-League

It wasn't only the Mad Ants that made 2012-13 their best season; the rest of the NBA Development League had a record-setting year, as well.May 1, 2013

Make that six players on the Mad Ants roster who were in NBA training camps earlier this month.

In addition to the five Ants who recently returned to the team from training camps, the acquisition of 6-foot-7 guard Darington Hobson from the Milwaukee Bucks makes it an even half dozen.

Hobson, who played for former Indiana University standout Steve Alford at New Mexico, was the 37th pick of the 2010 NBA draft, but didn't play last season due to hip surgeries. He was sent to the Mad Ants, Milwaukee's D-League affiliate, yesterday.

The Ants (4-7) bring a three-game losing streak into tonight's game at Memorial Coliseum against Los Angeles (9-6).

The D-Fenders have the second-leading scorer in the NBA D-League with Brandon Costner, a 6-9 forward from North Carolina State who owns a 25.0 scoring average.