Legends Announce Opening Night Roster
November 13, 2014 - NBA G League (G League)
Texas Legends News Release
FRISCO, TX, (Nov. 13, 2014) - The Texas Legends have announced the final roster for opening night Nov. 14. The team waived three players from the training camp roster in order to meet the NBA Development League mandate of 10 players.
The team has waived the following players: center CJ Giles, forward Luis Jacobo and guard DeShone McClure.
The roster consists of four returning players, four affiliates, two tryout players and three trade acquisitions. Five members of the roster have experience in the NBA regular season totaling 837 games, and two are former first round picks in the NBA Draft. The Legends also had the third GATORADE Call-Up of the season with Ish Smith signing with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Japanese guard Yuki Togashi is expected to join the team in the first few weeks of the season. The official opening night roster is below.
POS NAME HT WT FROM STATUS
F Jeremy Atkinson 6-4 210 UNC-Asheville Returning
F Renaldo Balkman 6-8 208 South Carolina Affiliate
F Eric Griffin 6-8 194 Campbell Affiliate
F *Justin Jackson 6-8 225 Cincinnati Trade
C Bernard James 6-10 230 Florida State Affiliate
F Damion James 6-7 230 Texas Returning
PG Mike James 6-2 188 Duquesne Returning
G Doron Lamb 6-4 200 Kentucky Affiliate
F *Marcus Melvin 6-9 242 NC State Trade
G Bubu Palo 6-1 175 Iowa State Tryout
C Omar Samhan 6-11 265 Saint Mary's Tryout
G Booker Woodfox 6-1 185 Creighton Returning
*Indicates on inactive list
The Legends will open the season on the road against the Bakersfield Jam Friday, Nov. 14th. The team will host the Santa Cruz Warriors in their home opener Friday, Nov. 21st. For more information on the team or the full season schedule visit www.TexLegends.com.
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