English and Middleton to the D-League

[Uncle Mxy]

The Fort Wayne Mad Ants are about to get a talent boost.

[Koolaid]

did that just happen?

[Glenn]

Yep

[Uncle Mxy]

http://www.mlive.com/pistons/index.s...es_kim_en.html

[Tahoe]

Why dey do dis? Just to give the rooks some pt?

[Pharaoh]

Might as well send them down - not getting any burn in the big league and they aren't gonna get any better from watching.

[Glenn]

Maybe they are hoping that the Mad Ants can get the #8 seed and sneak into the playoffs?

That kind of experience and confidence-building is invaluable.

[yargs]

Middleton 19/9/3 tonight. English 24/6/3. This mad ants squad is pretty solid with JuJuan Johnson (24/10) and Miles Plumlee (10/17). Oh, and they lost to a team that had Fab Melo (10/2) and Shelvin Mack (15/11/5) whom I believe can be a solid back-up NBA player.

[Pharaoh]

Good to see they performed when given the chance... pity we can't find any playing time for them in the NBA.

Both seem to have decent futures though. Might as well leave them in the D-League and hope they dominate... might help later on if we're looking to make a trade. I'm not sure how much dominating the D-League is worth but it can't hurt...