Nets players Tornike Sengelia and Tyshawn Taylor were re-called after one game.
Tyshawn Taylor was roughed up a little on this play Friday against Henry Sims and Erie, but his and Tornike Sengelia's assignment to the Armor did not last long.
SPRINGFIELD – Tornike Shengelia and Tyshawn Taylor changed the definition of the saying "Here today, gone tomorrow.''
The Brooklyn Nets forwards who were assigned to the Springfield Armor on Friday and played for the D-League team that night, were back in Brooklyn on Saturday, the shortest assignment in the four-year history of the Armor.
"They were here and then they were gone,'' Armor coach Bob MacKinnon said. "I think they were here about eight hours in total."
Shengelia and Taylor made quite an impression in their brief time here, Shengelia recording just the third triple-double in Armor history – the first two by another Nets assignee Terrence Williams in 2010-11 – with 22 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists and Taylor scored a game-high 32 points in a 127-119 loss to the Erie BayHawks Friday night at the MassMutual Center.
The pair were the first two players assigned to the Armor this season. There have been six NBA players assigned to the Armor, all in the last three seasons. Like Friday night, Williams and Craig Brackins were assigned players who played with the Armor at the same time.
Williams had back-to-back triple-doubles and averaged 28 points, 10.6 rebounds and 10.3 assists.
The fast turnaround is something new to the Armor and MacKinnon, who has coached at two other D-League stops in his career, but it appears to be trending in the league this year. San Antonio and Oklahoma City have done it multiple times to get players live game action.
MacKinnon said the quick assignment is just something teams need to adjust to, something he felt the Armor did not do a good job of Friday against Erie.
"That's the way our league works and you have to adapt to change and I don't feel like we as a total team last night adapted to change,'' MacKinnon said. "I thought our effort, or lack there of, was inexcusable and that led to most of our problems.''
Having a hybrid association with one NBA team is suppose to make it easier for players to go to the NBA or down to the D-League without much adjustment as both clubs run the same systems on the floor.
Sengelia certainly worked to fit in with his teammates, the 12 assists evidence of that. Taylor was a different story, jacking up nearly twice as many shots as the next Armor player and 10 more than any other player on either team.
MacKinnon said some of his regular players adjusted better to the change than others.
"James (Mays) comes every night and he's a workman and he's an NBA-quality player and I think Ben Uzoh has proven he's an NBA quality player," MacKinnon said. "Those two players were the least affected and I think Christian Polk did a great job and that he wasn't affected. but you all got to get on the same page and in our league you have to get on the same page quickly.
New acquisition Ramone Moore, signed midweek from the D-League available player pool, saw limited action in his first game for the Armor on Friday, playing just seven minutes.
That was expected to change Saturday night against Fort Wayne as the former Temple guard was in the starting lineup.