D-Fenders Set Opening Night Roster
November 11, 2015 - NBA G League (G League)
Los Angeles D-Fenders News Release
EL SEGUNDO - The Los Angeles D-Fenders have finalized their opening night roster for the 2015-16 season, it was announced today by General Manager Nick Mazzella. The team has waived training camp invitees Elijah Gillis, Jamael Lynch, Cleveland Melvin and Steve Weingarten. The NBA D-League allows a maximum of 10 active players, two D-Fenders players will be made inactive prior to opening night.
The opening night roster is as follows:
2015-16 LOS ANGELES D-FENDERS ROSTER
# Name POS HT WT DOB SCHOOL
21 Zach Andrews F 6'9" 230 3/9/85 Bradley
0 Vander Blue G 6'4" 200 7/17/92 Marquette
11 Jamal Branch G 6'3" 170 9/30/92 St. John's
5 Michael Frazier G 6'4" 200 3/8/94 Florida
33 Kentrell Gransberry C 6'9" 290 8/1/85 South Florida
8 Manny Harris G 6'5'' 185 9/21/89 Michigan
10 Justin Hawkins F 6'7'' 210 5/18/85 New Mexico State
7 Andre Ingram G 6'3" 195 11/19/85 American
9 Josh Magette G 6'1'' 160 11/28/89 Alabama-Huntsville
18 D.J. Shumpert F 6'7" 220 6/8/90 Cal State-San Bernardino
22 Malcolm Thomas F 6'9" 225 11/8/88 San Diego State
24 Robert Upshaw C 7'0" 250 1/5/94 Washington
The D-Fenders travel to Reno, NV on Friday, November 13th to begin the season vs. the Bighorns at 7:00pm PT, and will return to El Segundo for their home opener against the Santa Cruz Warriors on November 14th at 6:30pm PT. For ticket information, contact Benny Garcia at (310) 426-6043.
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