1) Returning Players- Teams returning to the D-League this year are entitled to hold on to the rights of players that were on their roster last year, a maximum of four per team. Key examples from the D-League include Will Conroy, Jamar Smith, Kelenna Azubuike and Luke Schenscher. The three CBA teams who joined the D-League (Dakota Wizards, Idaho Stampede and Sioux Falls Skyforce) were also entitled to return players from their roster last year. Examples include Randy Livingston, Ricky Sanchez, Maurice Baker and David Jackson.
2) Expansion Draft- Teams who were not part of either the D-League or CBA last year (Colorado 14ers, Los Angeles D-Fenders, Bakersfield Jam and the Anaheim Arsenal) participated in an expansion draft to help supplement their rosters. Not all players who were drafted decided to play in the D-League, but still a number of key acquisitions were made. Jawad Williams, Elton Brown, Duane Erwin, Jackie Manuel are a few examples.
3) Allocation- D-League teams can be assigned a maximum of two players with regional significance to their local market, according to Chris Alpert. These are usually players who either grew up or played their college ball in the area. Louis Amundson, Olu Famutimi, Jerome Beasley and Jared Reiner are some intriguing names here.
4) Local Tryout Players- D-League teams conducted local tryouts this summer at their facilities to evaluate certain under the radar prospects that could be intriguing. If they did not receive the maximum amount of returning playersfourthey could supplement this number with local tryout players. Chet Mason of the LA D-Fenders is an example.
A fifth route to supplement rosters will come from the available player pool, which could include some holdovers who were cut from NBA training camps and have yet to sign with overseas teams. Dijon Thompson for example is a player who is rumored to become available soon. The D-League confidentially decides on their waiver preference order and will assign players from the available player pool as they become available.
Despite the fact that the D-League expanded this year from 8 to 12 teams, there still appears to be more depth on the individual rosters than there was last year. Following 10 days of training camp, including some preseason games, teams will cut down their rosters from 16 or 17 players to 10 each. Rosters will be set on November 22nd, and games kick off on Friday, November 24th.
Here are the training camp rosters for all 12 teams:
*[A]= Allocated Players
*[R]= Rookies
Albuquerque Thunderbirds | Name | Position | Height | Weight | College |
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Greg Baker | G | 6-4 | 200 | Adams State |
Steven Barber | G | 5-10 | 160 | UT-Arlington |
Troy Bell | G | 6-1 | 180 | Boston College |
Tony Bland | G | 6-5 | 220 | San Diego State |
TJ Cummings | F | 6-8 | 210 | UCLA |
Marcus Douthit | C | 6-11 | 233 | Providence |
Eddy Fobbs | C | 6-11 | 235 | Sam Houston State |
Moses Marbury | G | 6-2 | 190 | Rhode Island |
Brandon Mason [A] | G | 6-4 | 190 | New Mexico State |
Jason McCoy [R] | G | 6-9 | 210 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
Is'mail Muhammed | F | 6-6 | 225 | Georgia Tech |
Manuel Narvaez | C | 6-10 | 235 | Southern Nazarene |
Brandon Robinson | F | 6-8 | 215 | Auburn |
Ronald Ross | G | 6-2 | 185 | Texas Tech |
Joe Shipp | F | 6-6 | 220 | California |
Chris Shumate | G | 6-6 | 215 | Murray State |
Jamaal Thomas | F | 6-8 | 220 | Angelo State |
Head Coach: Michael Cooper
Assitant Coach: Joe Harge
Athletic Trainer: Michael Douglas
Anaheim Arsenal | Name | Position | Height | Weight | College |
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Mo Charlo [R] | F | 6-7 | 210 | Nevada |
Milone Clark [R] | G | 6-4 | 200 | Tennessee Tech |
Greg Clausen | F | 6-10 | 255 | Marquette |
Kendrick Cornelius | G | 6-3 | 180 | Indiana Tech |
Daryl Dorsey | G | 6-0 | 170 | Brevard CC |
Jerry Dupree [A] | F | 6-7 | 220 | USC |
Carl Edwards | G | 6-5 | 210 | Charleston (WV) |
Corsley Edwards | F | 6-9 | 240 | Central Connecticut |
Justin Johnson | G | 6-0 | 188 | Mississippi State |
Shawson Johnson | F | 6-9 | 250 | North Texas |
Bryson McKenzie [A][R] | F | 6-10 | 230 | Northern Illinois |
Josh Murray | F | 6-7 | 205 | IUPUI |
Andre Owens | F | 6-4 | 195 | Houston |
Marvin Phillips | F | 6-7 | 230 | Claflin |
Tyler Smith | F | 6-10 | 265 | Penn State |
Jawad Williams | F | 6-9 | 218 | North Carolina |
Head Coach: Larry Smith
Assitant Coach: Reggie Geary
Athletic Trainer: Courtney Watson
Arkansas RimRockers | Name | Position | Height | Weight | College |
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Myron Allen | G | 5-11 | 185 | North Dakota |
Chad Bell [R] | C | 6-11 | 268 | Nevada |
Ali Berdiel [R] | F | 6-5 | 200 | Valparaiso |
Marcus Campbell | C | 7-0 | 280 | Mississippi State |
Brandon Dean [A] | G | 6-1 | 200 | Arkansas |
Olu Famutimi [A] | G | 6-5 | 220 | Arkansas |
Ryan Forehan-Kelly | F | 6-6 | 195 | California |
Badou Gaye | F | 6-9 | 245 | Gwynedd-Mercy |
Matt Haryasz | F | 6-10 | 235 | Stanford |
Ryan Holmes | G | 6-6 | 190 | Philander Smith |
Brian Jackson | F | 6-9 | 245 | Oregon State |
GJ Macon | F | 6-9 | 230 | Indiana (PA) |
Jonathan Moore | F | 6-8 | 220 | NC Central |
Ricky Shields | G | 6-4 | 190 | Rutgers |
Jason Smith | F | 6-6 | 195 | Mississippi |
Clay Tucker | G | 6-5 | 165 | Wisconsin-Milwaukee |
Zakee Wadood | F | 6-6 | 225 | ETSU |
Head Coach: Andy Stoglin
Assitant Coach: Pat Bradley
Athletic Trainer: TBD
Austin Toros | Name | Position | Height | Weight | College |
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Rod Benson [R] | G | 6-10 | 225 | California |
Justin Bowen [R] | C | 6-7 | 210 | Illinois-Chicago |
Dustin Brown [R] | F | 6-7 | 225 | Loyola Marymount |
Johnathan Burris | F | 6-6 | 205 | University of Mary |
Kris Clack [A] | G | 6-5 | 225 | Texas |
BJ Elder | G | 6-4 | 205 | Georgia Tech |
Anthony Fuqua | C | 6-11 | 225 | Texas-San Antonio |
Brock Gillespie [R] | G | 6-2 | 190 | Rice |
Jeff Hagen | C | 7-0 | 270 | Minnesota |
Tedric Hill [R] | F | 6-10 | 230 | Gulf Coast CC |
Scott Merritt | C | 6-10 | 240 | Marquette |
Melvin Scott | G | 6-1 | 165 | North Carolina |
Jamar Smith | F | 6-9 | 230 | Maryland |
Ty Thomas [R] | F | 6-4 | 190 | Rutgers |
Walt Walters | F | 6-10 | 270 | Cleveland State |
Darius Washington [R] | G | 6-5 | 165 | Memphis |
Head Coach: Dennis Johnson
Assitant Coach: Dale Osbourne
Athletic Trainer: Kristen Nicholson
Bakersfield Jam | Name | Position | Height | Weight | College |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tim Barnes [R] | G | 5-11 | 180 | Cal St. Bakersfield |
Tony Bobbitt | C | 6-4 | 195 | Cincinnati |
Brandon Bowman [R] | F | 6-9 | 225 | Georgetown |
Thomas Blunt | F | 6-7 | 230 | Concordia-St. Paul |
Carlos Cedeno | G | 6-4 | 195 | Venezuela |
Anthony Coleman | F | 6-11 | 215 | Long Beach State |
Brian Collins [R] | G | 6-4 | 175 | Belmont |
Mike Dean | G | 6-3 | 190 | Middle Tennessee |
Robert Dryden | C | 7-1 | 260 | Georgia |
Antonio Griffin [R] | F | 6-5 | 210 | Cal St. Bakersfield |
Andre McCollum | G | 6-2 | 195 | Cal St. Bakersfield |
Tim Parham [R] | F | 6-9 | 240 | Maryland - Eastern Shore |
Kevinn Pinkney [A] | F | 6-10 | 245 | Nevada |
Roderick Riley | C | 6-11 | 260 | Prairie View A&M |
Jeff Simpson [R] | F | 6-8 | 220 | North Texas |
Yuta Tabuse | G | 5-9 | 165 | BYU-Hawaii |
Head Coach: Jim Harrick
Assitant Coach: Ike Austin
Athletic Trainer: Michael Wilkins
Colorado 14ers | Name | Position | Height | Weight | College |
---|---|---|---|---|
Louis Amundson [A][R] | F | 6-9 | 230 | UNLV |
Sean Banks | F | 6-8 | 210 | Memphis |
Rodney Billups | G | 5-10 | 175 | Denver |
Elton Brown | F | 6-9 | 250 | Virginia |
Terrance Crawford | F | 6-7 | 225 | Oklahoma State |
Mike Harris | F | 6-6 | 240 | Rice |
Bakari Hendrix | C | 6-9 | 240 | Gonzaga |
Pooh Jeter [R] | G | 5-11 | 175 | Portland |
Eric Osmundson [R] | G | 6-4 | 200 | Pennsylvania |
Sheldon Pace [R] | G | 6-1 | 190 | SW Baptist |
Rick Rickert | C | 6-11 | 235 | Minnesota |
Tyrone Sally | F | 6-7 | 210 | West Virginia |
Julian Sensley [R] | F | 6-9 | 230 | Hawaii |
Lenny Stokes | G | 6-5 | 190 | Cincinnati |
Tayron Thomas [R] | G | 6-3 | 180 | Philadelphia U. |
Von Wafer | G | 6-5 | 210 | Florida State |
Head Coach: Joe Wolf
Assitant Coach: Kent Davison
Athletic Trainer: Mike Morrissey
Dakota Wizards | Name | Position | Height | Weight | College |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brandon Armstrong | G | 6-4 | 200 | Pepperdine |
Maurice Baker | G | 6-1 | 185 | Oklahoma State |
Jerome Beasley [A] | G | 6-10 | 240 | N. Dakota |
Maurice Carter [A] | G | 6-5 | 210 | LSU |
Jason Fontenet [R] | G | 5-10 | 165 | Oregon State |
Tashaan Forehan-Kelly [R] | G | 6-5 | 205 | Pepperdine |
Quemont Greer | F | 6-7 | 240 | DePaul |
Ramon Hill | F | 6-6 | 230 | Jamestown |
Geoff Husted | C | 6-10 | 270 | Gannon |
Dontell Jefferson [R] | G | 6-4 | 195 | Arkansas |
Kevin Lyde | F | 6-9 | 270 | Temple |
Renaldo Major | G | 6-7 | 190 | Fresno State |
James Maye | G | 6-7 | 209 | UNC-Greensboro |
Jameel Pugh [R] | G | 6-5 | 220 | Sacramento State |
George Williams | F | 6-8 | 215 | Houston |
Justin Williams [R] | F | 6-10 | 230 | Wyoming |
Head Coach: Dave Joerger
Assitant Coach: Kevin Rice
Athletic Trainer: Ray Hall
Fort Worth Flyers | Name | Position | Height | Weight | College |
---|---|---|---|---|
Deji Akindele | C | 7-1 | 240 | Chicago St. |
Kelenna Azubuike | G | 6-5 | 220 | Kentucky |
Kevin Burleson | G | 6-3 | 205 | Minnesota |
Anderson Ferreira | G | 6-9 | 220 | Chipola JC |
Gary Hamilton [R] | G | 6-9 | 260 | Miami |
Jibril Hodges [R] | G | 6-2 | 190 | Long Beach State |
Armein Kirkland [R] | F | 6-7 | 195 | Cincinnati |
David Logan | G | 6-1 | 175 | Indianapolis |
Anthony McHenry | F | 6-7 | 222 | Georgia Tech |
Jeremy Richardson [R] | F | 6-7 | 190 | Arkansas |
Corey Santee [A] | G | 6-2 | 190 | TCU |
Luke Schenscher | C | 7-1 | 265 | Georgia Tech |
Trent Strickland [R] | G | 6-5 | 215 | Wake Forest |
Tommy Swanson [A][R] | F | 6-10 | 190 | Baylor |
Anthony Terrell | F | 6-6 | 230 | UNC-Wilmington |
Terrance Thomas | F | 6-6 | 230 | Baylor |
Eric Walton | F | 6-8 | 235 | Long Beach State |
Head Coach: Sidney Moncrief
Assitant Coach: Paul Mokeski
Athletic Trainer: Takashi Onuki
Idaho Stampede | Name | Position | Height | Weight | College |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lance Allred [A] | C | 6-11 | 270 | Weber St. |
Jermaine Blackburn [A] | F | 6-5 | 210 | Boise State |
Eric Chenowith | C | 7-1 | 275 | Kansas |
Sam Daghlas | G | 6-6 | 210 | Midwestern State |
Mike Efevberha [R] | G | 6-4 | 195 | Cal. St. Northridge |
Duke Freeman-McKamey | F | 6-9 | 245 | Fordham |
Jeff Graves | F | 6-9 | 275 | Kansas |
David Jackson | G | 6-5 | 210 | Oregon |
Clifton Lee [R] | F | 6-7 | 210 | Northwestern State |
Shantay Legans [R] | G | 5-11 | 180 | Fresno State |
Randy Livingston | G | 6-4 | 210 | LSU |
Dexter Lyons | F | 6-6 | 225 | Central Florida |
Peter John Ramos | C | 7-3 | 290 | Puerto Rico |
Eddie Robinson | F | 6-9 | 220 | Central Oklahoma |
Ricky Sanchez | F | 6-11 | 215 | IMG Academy |
Ronnell Taylor | G | 6-5 | 200 | Alabama-Birmingham |
JT Williams [R] | F | 6-5 | 200 | McNeese State |
Head Coach: Bryan Gates
Assitant Coach: Ray Lopes
Athletic Trainer: TBD
Los Angeles D-Fenders | Name | Position | Height | Weight | College |
---|---|---|---|---|
Akin Akingbala [R] | F | 6-9 | 220 | Clemson |
Aloysius Anagonye | F | 6-8 | 255 | Michigan State |
Wayne Arnold [R] | G | 6-4 | 190 | Tennessee State |
Duane Erwin | F | 6-9 | 250 | Memphis |
Travis Garrison [R] | F | 6-8 | 240 | Maryland |
Devin Green | G | 6-7 | 210 | Hampton |
Joshua Gross | F | 6-5 | 190 | UNC-Greensboro |
Kevin Johnson | F | 6-8 | 215 | Charlotte |
Nate Johnson | G | 6-1 | 185 | Nebraska |
Joel Jones [A] | F | 6-5 | 200 | Sacramento State |
Andre Joseph | G | 6-3 | 190 | Oregon State |
Julius Lamptey | C | 7-0 | 275 | Garden City CC |
Jackie Manuel | G | 6-5 | 190 | North Carolina |
Chet Mason | G | 6-4 | 180 | Miami (OH) |
Jamar McKnight | G | 6-5 | 210 | Clemson |
Elton Nesbitt [R] | G | 5-9 | 165 | Georgia Southern |
Andre Patterson [A][R] | F | 6-7 | 215 | Tennessee |
Head Coach: Dan Panaggio
Assitant Coach: Chucky Brown
Athletic Trainer: Marco Nunez
Sioux Falls Skyforce | Name | Position | Height | Weight | College |
---|---|---|---|---|
Andre Brown | F | 6-9 | 245 | DePaul |
Joe Dabbert | F | 6-10 | 255 | Creighton |
Shawn Daniels | F | 6-7 | 200 | Utah State |
AJ Diggs | G | 5-10 | 180 | California |
DeSean Hadley | G | 6-3 | 190 | Eastern Michigan |
Eddie King | F | 6-6 | 200 | Nebraska-Omaha |
Jared Reiner [A] | C | 6-11 | 255 | Iowa |
Jemeil Rich | G | 5-10 | 170 | SMU |
Antywane Robinson [R] | G | 6-8 | 220 | Temple |
Chris Rodgers [R] | F | 6-4 | 190 | Arizona |
Jeff Varem | F | 6-6 | 240 | Washington State |
Luke Whitehead | F | 6-6 | 220 | Louisville |
Frank Williams | G | 6-3 | 215 | Illinois |
Joseph Works [R] | F | 6-7 | 215 | Tarleton State |
Jitim Young | G | 6-2 | 195 | Northwestern |
Head Coach: Mo McHone
Assitant Coach: Nate Tibbetts
Athletic Trainer: Dustin Schramm
Tulsa 66ers | Name | Position | Height | Weight | College |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mustafa Al-Sayyad | F | 6-9 | 235 | Fresno St. |
Mike Benton | C | 6-9 | 270 | Charleston |
Denham Brown [R] | G | 6-5 | 220 | Connecticut |
Will Conroy | G | 6-2 | 195 | Washington |
Najeeb Echols | F | 6-7 | 230 | Missouri |
Chris Ellis [R] | G | 6-9 | 265 | Wake Forest |
Jean Felix [R] | F | 6-6 | 215 | Alabama |
Cheyne Gadson [A] | G | 6-4 | 205 | Oklahoma State |
Tony Gipson | G | 6-1 | 190 | LSU |
Mike Hall [R] | F | 6-8 | 230 | George Washington |
Jason Miller [A][R] | F | 6-8 | 240 | Oklahoma State |
Frans Steyn [R] | C | 7-1 | 280 | SW Baptist |
JJ Sullinger [R] | G | 6-5 | 210 | Ohio State |
Marcus Taylor | G | 6-3 | 195 | Michigan State |
Keith Triplett | G | 6-3 | 185 | Toledo |
Cezary Trybanski [R] | C | 7-2 | 235 | Poland |
Nate Williams | F | 6-10 | 230 | Georgia State |
Head Coach: Joey Meyer
Assitant Coach: Roy Rogers
Athletic Trainer: John Joslin
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