DeAndre Liggins

Draft Day for the Sioux Falls Skyforce has passed with 7 more players added to the fold.

One season removed from earning the NBA Development League Defensive Player of the Year award, DeAndre Liggins has opted to play overseas to start the 2014-15 season.

Justin Hamilton and DeAndre Liggins gain more respect for their performance as members of the Sioux Falls Skyforce this season.  Both earned 2014 All-NBA Development League status in a release announced Thursday.

“Defense is my calling card.”  That statement and variations of it came from the lips of Sioux Falls Skyforce guard/forward DeAndre Liggins who was named 2014 NBA Development League Defensive Player of the Year.

A couple ghosts from roundball’s past were exorcised at the Sanford Pentagon Saturday night.  In the process, Sioux Falls stays alive after a grinding 86-82 win over the Canton Charge.

For now, Sioux Falls has another NBA talent in their midst.  DeAndre Liggins returned from his second 10-day contract with the Miami Heat to rejoin the Skyforce for the stretch run.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the poet who coined the phrase about “Ships that pass in the night.”  The modern edition involves two basketball players.

February 27, 2014 arrives with 38 days remaining in the NBA D-League season.  A multitude of moves will transpire between call-ups to the NBA and trades that will happen before the March 7 deadline for D-League deals.

Adam Simon joined Jeff Thurn on Wednesday's edition of Overtime.

There have been championship campaigns and lean years, but one constant of the Sioux Falls Skyforce is their best players get to the NBA.  Over 25 seasons of operation, 22 of them have included a player being plucked from the ranks to serve in the Association.