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With the NBA D-League getting ready to tip-off it's season on Friday, we offer a quick primer on who is playing in the league this season.

The Bakersfield Jam announced that Chris Ayer, Ramon Dyer, Benson Callier and Amara Sy have been waived, reducing its roster to 10 players for Friday's season opener at Albuquerque.

GAME NOTES: Golden State programs San Diego and Stanford tip off their respective 2009-10 schedules tonight, as the teams clash at Jenny Craig Pavilion.

The Jam coaching staff looked halfway around the world for the team's first-round pick at Thursday's D-League Draft.

The Cardinal won 20 games overall a year ago and still finished ninth in the Pac-10. Now, without three departed senior starters, it's hard to imagine Stanford mounting a charge toward the league's upper division.

THE GOOD NEWS: Johnny Dawkins became the first Stanford rookie coach to win 20 games and the team was undefeated outside the Pac-10. Looking forward, there's not a lot of good news.

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FINAL RECORD: 20-14, 6-12, ninth in the Pac-10. WHAT WENT RIGHT: Certainly the Cardinal scheduled right in the non-conference, where it was 13-0, including two early-round victories in the College Basketball Invitational.