And the Claws would like to say goodbye to Neil Clarke, an 18yo rookie SG who was chosen with the 43rd pick of the draft. Clarke showed very nice skills and potential and was a bargain salary-wise, but he was improving relatively slowly and the team decided to focus in a different direction with first-round pick John Paul Golong and established young talents in Cedrick Pagan and Youseff Belhadj. So he was shipped off to a D.IV Hong Kong team. The Maine Claws wish nothing but the best to Neil as he pursues his career overseas, with the goal of returning to play in the United States again someday.
(Hopefully the Hong Kong manager will actually train him and not just keep listing him on the TL for 3 or 4 times the price he paid for him, which Chinese/Hong Kong managers often do).