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Former Arizona shooting ace Salim Stoudamire has a new address in the NBA’s D-League.

The 6-foot-1 guard played nine games with the Idaho Stampede, which is where he had wanted to play, reportedly working out a pre-draft agreement to play for the franchise. His father, Charles, lives in Boise.

The Stampede selected Stoudamire, 28, with the last pick in the first round of this season’s draft.

He averaged 13.2 points and 3.7 assists for Idaho before being acquired by the Reno Bighorn this week. Stoudamire had 15 points and five assists in his first game for Reno, but had only three points in 13 minutes in his second game.

Stoudamire averaged 8.0 points for the Atlanta Hawks in 157 games spanning three seasons, 2005-06 to 2007-08. A groin injury contributed to his two years out of the league.

Luke Walton has fond memories of the late Maurice Lucas. Photo by Christopher Hanewinckel-US PRESSWIRE

Former Arizona Wildcat forward Luke Walton spoke with ESPN Los Angeles about his namesake, former NBA player Maurice Lucas, who died at the age of 58 because of bladder cancer.

Lucas was a great friend and Portland Trail Blazers teammate of Bill Walton.

(Unlike many men of Luke Walton’s age, he was not named after Luke Skywalker of the Star Wars saga. His first name is in honor of Lucas.)

Luke was asked how his dad described Lucas to him:

“He always told us the greatest two teammates he ever had were Larry Bird and Maurice Lucas. He had nothing but great things to say about him, on and off the court. His character. The person he was. It’s obviously tough, knowing my dad just lost one of his best friends. He always spoke very highly of him and every time we saw him, he was always great to us. A lot of fun to talk to. To hang out with. A big, loving, caring type of man.”

Read more of the Q&A at ESPN.com.

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