Armor Finalize 2013-14 Opening Day Roster
November 21, 2013 - NBA G League (G League)
Springfield Armor News Release
Springfield, Mass. - The Springfield Armor finalized its 2013-14 opening day roster Thursday to 10 players that will travel to Maine to face the Red Claws Friday night at 7:00 p.m. EST.
To trim the roster to 10 players, the Armor waived forward Joevan Catron and guard Tyshwan Edmondson. Catron was selected by the Armor in the fourth round of the 2013 NBA D-League Draft. He played the 2011-12 season with the Wollongong Hawks of the Australian NBL before spending the 2012-13 campaign with the Portland Chinooks of the IBL.
Edmondson was acquired by the Armor via a three-team deal on November 4 in which center Paul Sturgess was sent to the Texas Legends. The Legends originally selected Edmonson in the sixth round of the 2013 NBA D-League Draft.
Below is the complete opening day roster for the 2013-14 Springfield Armor:
# Name POS HGT WGT College
6 Adonis Thomas* G/F 6-6 235 Memphis
7 Gary Forbes G/F 6-6 215 Massachusetts
9 Justin Johnson G 6-2 180 Concordia-Irvine
13 Bruce Massey* G 6-3 194 Middle Tennessee
14 Quinn McDowell G/F 6-5 205 William & Mary
15 Lance Hurdle G 6-2 180 Miami
17 Dennis Horner F 6-9 235 N.C. State
21 Jeff Foote C 7-0 265 Cornell
24 JamesOn Curry G 6-3 190 Oklahoma State
33 Willie Reed F 6-9 220 St. Louis
GENERAL MANAGER -Milton Lee
HEAD COACH - Doug Overton
ASSISTANT COACH - Chris Carrawell
ATHLETIC TRAINER - Mark Mahoney
*Denotes rookie
The Armor open their 2013-14 season Friday night at 7:00 p.m. against in the Maine Red Claws in Portland, Maine. Springfield opens its home schedule on Friday, December 6 at 7:00 p.m. against the Idaho Stampede inside the MassMutual Center. For more information on the Armor, visit www.ArmorHoops.com or call (413) 746-3263. Keep up with the Armor on Facebook and Twitter!
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