Where will Jason play?

North Dakota? The NBDL draft is tonight. Alpert will be on NBA TV.

Jordan’s son’s sneakers

Y’all been following the most interesting sports business story going right now down here in the Sunshine State?

A couple summers back I tagged along for a couple days on a recruiting trip with Matheny down to the Peach Jam. One of the guys Matt was watching was Marcus. Davidson was on his list. Kid was good, and lefty. I thought of Chris Alpert, Ali Ton -- lefty points, Davidson hoops. Could work, I thought.

Or not. Yikes. Just a head-shaker of a situation over in Orlando.

Two reasons this would never have happened at Davidson: 1. Nike school. 2 (and much more important). Bob McKillop. Can you imagine? No. Just no.

Davidson guys in the biz

NBA.com: D-league director of player personnel Chris Alpert was the architect behind the Select team, putting together a squad with the NBA and the careers of the players in mind. Alpert categorized it as a reward for those players who excelled and finished the season on D-League rosters.

Our man Alpert

Talking D-League: “The more than 100 players on Summer League rosters are a true testament to the successes the NBA D-League has seen over the last eight years. It is extremely encouraging to look at these rosters and see players who took advantage of the NBA D-League to further their professional basketball careers.”

Davidson’s NBDL VP

Alpert: “Over the last four years, NBA teams have embraced the affiliation system and it has flourished -- more than 100 NBA players have been assigned to their NBA D-League affiliate, including five who played in the 2009 NBA Finals.”

June 2, 2008

Brandon Williams in Manhattan: “There was no shame. There was no shame. When I left, I was sad, but I was so happy. I wore my WITNESS shirt over my clothes all the way home.”

Chris Alpert in Manhattan: “I had to run to an airplane, but I wanted to go down there and tell them, to a man, how proud I was. I rode the entire way to the airport with a big smile on my face.”

Peter Anderer in Manhattan: “I’d still probably do a suicide for him.”

Class of ’96

On NBA.com: “It’s a unique opportunity for all the NBA scouts to go to one location and evaluate all of our players,” said Chris Alpert, the D-League’s vice president of basketball operations and player personnel.