Trail Blazers rookies Luis Montero and Cliff Alexander are on assignment in the NBA Development League, playing for the Santa Cruz Warriors for just over a week before rejoining the team in Portland on March 21.
Montero and Alexander have played two games with Santa Cruz thus far and been mostly successful. Montero had 20 points, seven rebounds, and three assists in his D-League debut and 17 points, five rebounds, and seven assists in his second game.
Alexander put up 13 points and eight rebounds in his first game followed by an impressive 21-points and six-rebound effort the next night.