Timothy Bawmann Takes Over Fort Wayne Mad Ants
By Ben Gibson
Timothy Bawmann takes over as the president of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants.
The Indiana Pacers announced on Wednesday that Timothy Bawmann — formerly the President and General Manager of the Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox Class A affiliate Lowell Spinners — is taking over as the president of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the franchise’s NBA Development League team.
He is replacing Jeff Potter, who will stay on as an advisor and aid in the transition, according the Pacers.com.
"Timothy A. Bawmann is the new President of the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Developmental League, Mad Ants owner Pacers Sports & Entertainment announced today.Bawmann, a veteran minor league baseball executive, begins his duties immediately. He succeeds Jeff Potter, who will remain with the Mad Ants in an advisory capacity until his contract expires in September."
Bawmann’s time with the Spinners saw the club successfully garner more support both in the stands and in their pocketbook.
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In the Mad Ants first season under the Pacers’ ownership, Fort Wayne struggled with a 20-30 record after being in the D-League Finals the past two seasons.
C.J. Fair averaged 16 points a game with the Mad Ants, the team’s best for players who played 20 games or more while Walter Lemon Jr. averaged 13.5 points.
Rookie Rakeem Christmas spent almost his entire year in Fort Wayne, averaging 13.9 points and 7.1 rebounds a game. Shayne Whittington, who has played 27 games with the Indiana Pacers over the past two seasons, averaged 12.1 points and 7.9 rebounds.
The Pacers had Christmas and Whittington improving their games in the D-League for the majority of the year, but they also used the Mad Ants to give Joseph Young and Glenn Robinson III experience instead of spending most of their season at the end of Frank Vogel’s bench.
In other Mad Ants news, Lemon and Fair went to the The NBA Development League’s seventh annual Elite Mini Camp earlier this week.
And what exactly is that? Imagine a combine for the D-League’s best.
"The NBA Development League’s seventh annual Elite Mini Camp, a two-day scouting event featuring some of the league’s top prospects, tips off on May 9 at Chicago’s Quest Multisport gym with about 40 players scheduled to attend.Before the NBA Draft’s top prospects converge in the “Windy City” for their Combine, the NBA D-League’s camp offers standouts from the past season another chance to perform in front of NBA team personnel in advance of Summer Leagues and 2016 training camps.Past participants include Spurs guard Jonathon Simmons (above, left), Sixers wing Hollis Thompson, Jazz wings Chris Johnson and Wizards wing Jarell Eddie. Seven of this year’s expected participants have NBA experience."
Lemon posted some of the camps best numbers while both looked like two of the better players at the event.
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The Mad Ants season will begin in November.