Armor Announce Opening Night Roster
November 21, 2012 - NBA G League (G League)
Springfield Armor News Release
Springfield, Mass. - The Springfield Armor today set their opening night 10-man roster by waiving guards Nate Brown, Reginald Delk and DeAndre Taylor and deactivating center Chas McFarland.
The Armor will open the 2012-13 NBA Development League regular season on Saturday in Canton, Ohio at 7:30 pm ET against the Charge. Fans can watch the game live, for free, on the recently-unveiled NBA D-League YouTube Channel and through a YouTube video player on NBA.com.
McFarland, who will not travel with the Armor to Canton, is serving a one-game suspension for leaving the bench area during an on-court altercation in the Armor's 2010-11 regular season finale on the road against the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
The Armor's first home game of the season will be on Friday, Nov. 30 against the Sioux Falls Skyforce at the MassMutual Center. For information about group ticket packages and fan experience programs for Opening Night in Springfield, call the Armor office at (413) 746-3263.
Following is the Armor's 2012-13 opening night roster:
# NAME POS HT WT COLLEGE HOW ACQUIRED
50 Chaz Crawford C 6-10 240 Drexel Draft---7th round (108th overall)
44 James Mays F 6-8 230 Clemson Affiliate
24 Chas McFarland^ C 7-0 245 Wake Forest Returning Player
7 Christian Polk* G 6-3 195 UTEP Draft---2nd round (29th overall)
33 Willie Reed F 6-9 220 Saint Louis Draft---2nd round (30th overall)
34 Carleton Scott F 6-8 218 Notre Dame Affiliate
32 Shawn Taggart F 6-10 230 Memphis Draft---5th round (76th overall)
9 Jonathan Thomas* G/F 6-6 210 Marshall Returning Player
21 Cliff Tucker* G/F 6-5 215 Maryland Draft---3rd round (46th overall)
14 Ben Uzoh G 6-4 195 Tulsa Trade (Rio Grande Valley)
10 Shawn Vanzant G 6-0 175 Butler Draft---4th round (62nd overall)
*Rookie
^Inactive while serving a one-game suspension
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