Florida Flame Announce 2005-06 Regular Season Roster

November 17, 2005 - NBA G League (G League)
Florida Flame News Release


FORT MYERS, Fla., November 17 - The Florida Flame, presented by Century 21 Sunbelt Realty, have announced their regular season roster for the 2005-06 NBA Development League season. According to an announcement made by Florida Head Coach Jeff Malone, the Flame have waived guard Kyle Bailey and center Anwar Ferguson.

Twelve players are currently participating in the Flame's training camp. Three players have NBA experience (Andre Barrett, Theron Smith, and Hiram Fuller), two are assigned from an NBA team (Dwayne Jones and Bracey Wright), while seven participated in 2005 NBA training camps (Barrett-Milwaukee, Smith-Denver, Fuller-Washington, Wright-Minnesota, Jones-Minnesota, Ricky Shields-New Jersey, E.J. Rowland-San Antonio Spurs).

The Flame's remaining 2005 D-League Draft selections include point guard and NBA veteran Andre Barrett (1st round, #1 overall), shooting guard Ricky Shields (2nd round), small forward Jonathan Moore (4th round), center George Leach (5th round), point guard E.J. Rowland (6th round), guard/forward Romel Beck (7th round), and small forward Josh Gross (9th round).

The players selected by Florida join the team's lone remaining allocated player (Smith), two NBA assigned players (Jones and Wright), and two returners from last season (Fuller and Dartez).

2005-06 Florida Flame Roster
As of November 17, 2005
Alphabetical Roster
# Name Position Height Weight College Last Played
12 Andre Barrett # PG 5-11 175 Seton Hall '04 Orlando '05 - NBA
9 Romel Beck # SF 6-8 195 UNLV '05 College
4 Kendall Dartez % PF 6-10 235 Louisville '04 Florida '05 -
D-League
15 Hiram Fuller % F/C 6-9 240 Fresno State ‘03 Florida '05 - D-League
24 Josh Gross # SF 6-5 190 UNC-Greensboro ‘05 College
11 Dwayne Jones * F/C 6-11 250 St. Joseph's (PA) '05 Minnesota '05 -
NBA
5 George Leach # C 6-11 245 Indiana '04 Gulf Coast '05 - WBA
25 Jonathan Moore # SF 6-8 220 NC Central '05 College
22 E.J. Rowland # PG 6-2 190 St. Mary's (CA) '05 College
8 Ricky Shields # SG 6-4 190 Rutgers '05 College
21 Theron Smith $ PF 6-8 230 Ball State '02 Charlotte '05 - NBA
6 Bracey Wright * G 6-3 210 Indiana '05 Minnesota '05 -- NBA


Head Coach - Jeff Malone (Mississippi State ‘83) Denotes: # 2005
Draft selection
Assistant Coach - Terry Thimlar (Indiana State '77)
* NBA Assigned Player
Athletic Trainer - Eric McCutchan (Univ.
of Indianapolis '04
$ 2005 Allocation Player
Equipment Manager - Bill Combs
%Returning Player from 2004-05

The Flame tips-off its second season in its home opener, Friday, November 25 at 7 p.m. as they take on the Roanoke Dazzle at Germain Arena. Single-game tickets are now available at the Germain Arena box office and all Ticketmaster outlets, including Specs Music stores. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Germain Arena box office at (239) 948-7825, Ticketmaster at 1-800-4-NBA-TIX or by logging onto ticketmaster.com.

Season ticket packages for all Flame home games at Germain Arena start as low as $50. To order your season or group tickets, call the Flame today at 1-877-FLAME-TIX or visit floridaflame.com.

The Florida Flame is the official D-League affiliate of the NBA's Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves, and Orlando Magic. Showcasing the best young talent in professional basketball outside of the NBA, the Flame will play a 48-game schedule during the 2005-06 season with 23 home games at Germain Arena. Led by a group of local investors, the Flame is entering its second season of providing affordable, family entertainment to sports fans throughout Southwest Florida.

For additional information, please visit floridaflame.com or contact Florida Flame Director of Media Relations, Tim Becwar at (239) 561-8130 and tbecwar@nba.com. For additional information on the NBA Development League please visit NBADLEAGUE.com.



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