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Jovan Mooring PG/SG - 6'2, 205lbs - Born 14th December 1994 Fort Wayne Mad Ants On a UNLV team built with finishers yet few shooters - Brandon McCoy, Tervell Beck, Will’s brother Kris Clyburn, the always-fun Shakur Juiston - Mooring was charged with the task in his two…
Omari Johnson PF - 6'9, 220lbs - Born 26th May 1989 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Johnson finished last season in the NBA with the Memphis Grizzlies, having been called up right at season’s end from their affiliate, the Hustle. In order to obtain his G-League rights, then, the…
Je'lon Hornbeak PG/SG - 6'3, 190lbs - Born 1st May 1994 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Hornbeak spent two years with Oklahoma, two years at Monmouth and now two years with the Mad Ants, which is pleasingly symmetrical. To have spent two full seasons with a G-League team, even…
Stephan Hicks SG - 6'6, 200lbs - Born 2nd April 1992 Fort Wayne Mad Ants If you come out of a mid-major school, the G-League is often the best way to get from there to the highest levels. As one of many examples, think on how David Nwaba…
Rob Gray PG - 6'2, 182lbs - Born 3rd April 1994 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Having averaged 18.8 points per game over three seasons with the University of Houston, it was likely if not inevitable that Gray would receive a summer league invite and possible training camp contract…
Demetrius Denzel-Dyson SG - 6'5, 200lbs - Born 22nd February 1995 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Denzel-Dyson was very briefly signed by the Pacers in training camp, with the “official” announcements of his signing and his waiving by the team’s Twitter account coming only four hours and 28 minutes…
Jordan Barnett SF - 6'7, 215lbs - Born 31st December 1995 Fort Wayne Mad Ants Barnett was on the cusp of the NBA to begin his first professional season on account of the good job he did as a senior at Missouri of showing how he can fit…
Travis Trice PG - 6'2, 177lbs - Born 22nd January 1993 Austin Spurs The Spurs acquired Trice from the Wisconsin Herd for Nick Johnson two thirds of the way through the season, and in so doing, they got themselves a lead guard. Because of his size, Trice cannot…
Cameron Rundles PG/SG - 6'2, 180lbs - Born 27th April 1988 Austin Spurs Rundles is a somewhat unlikely candidate to have made a G-League debut at age 30. He made the team via the local tryout route back in October, and survived all the subsequent roster turnover to…
Jeff Ledbetter SG - 6'3, 195lbs - Born 15th June 1988 Austin Spurs Ledbetter started the season with the Spurs, going for his third consecutive season with the team, after also having appeared for San Antonio’s summer league team for two consecutive seasons. However, he stayed for only…
Corey Henderson SG - 6'5, 190lbs - Born 1st August 1995 Austin Spurs Henderson's first professional season started with a spot on the Austin roster for training camp via a local tryout, but was waived early when Nick Johnson became available to return. It appears as though he…
Jeff Coby PF - 6'8, 227lbs - Born 4th February 1994 Austin Spurs Beginning his second professional season with an unexpected training camp contract from New York - admittedly lasting only seven days before being waived - Coby managed only one day longer than that with the Knicks’…
Demetri McCamey PG - 6'3, 205lbs - Born 21st February 1989 Austin Spurs McCamey has spent three of the past four seasons with the Spurs now, yet the player he was as a senior at Illinois seems to be a thing of the past. The McCamey of back…
Connor Burchfield SG - 6'4, 180lbs - Born 6th April 1994 Austin Spurs In his first professional season out of William and Mary, Burchfield moved around. He signed early with Juventus in Lithuania, was cut after two months just before the season began, was drafted by the Spurs…
Josh Huestis SF/PF - 6'7, 230lbs - Born 19th December 1991 Austin Spurs Coming out of college, although he had scored 11.2 points per game as a senior, Huestis had yet to establish what kind of offensive player he was. Sometimes he played in the post, sometimes he…
John Holland SG/SF - 6'5, 205lbs - Born 6th November 1988 Austin Spurs Holland initially began this past season on the second year of the two-way contract with which he began the 2017-18 campaign, but was waived by the Cleveland Cavaliers in favour of Andrew Harrison. When Harrison…
Jordan Green SG - 6'5, 191lbs - Born 5th May 1993 Austin Spurs Since leaving the Texas A&M basketball team in 2015, Green has a spotty CV, barely playing save for a brief local tryout spot with the Erie BayHawks over his first two professional campaigns, before making…
Amida Brimah C - 6'10, 230lbs - Born 11th February 1994 Austin Spurs After four years at UConn, the book on Brimah was written a long time ago. Long, athletic shot blocker, looks smooth, limited offensively, prone to fouling. Given the prolific nature of his shot blocking ability,…
Devon Bookert PG - 6'3, 195lbs - Born 27th January 1993 Austin Spurs In the three years since he graduated from Florida State, Bookert has spent two years on the cusp of the G-League, some time in the Czech Republic and one year unsigned. Twice he has been…
Dejuan Blair PF/C - 6'8, 270lbs - Born 22nd April 1989 Austin Spurs Three years removed from his last stint in the NBA, and the veteran Blair is still trying to get back in it. Blair has had short G-League stints in two of the last three seasons,…
Travis Bader SG - 6'5, 190lbs - Born 2nd July 1991 Austin Spurs Bader returned to the G-League this January after three and a half years away, time which he had spent in Lithuania, Italy and Greece. In his time away, he has actually been working to reduce…
Terry Maston SF/PF - 6'8, 225lbs - Born 4th September 1995 Agua Caliente Clippers Picked up for a month after being waived by the team that drafted him, the Stockton Kings, Maston played only 3 minutes in 3 games before being waived. He latterly joined the Saint John…
Ryan Boatright PG - 5'11, 170lbs - Born 27th December 1992 Agua Caliente Clippers Boatright started the season with Agua Caliente through a local tryout spot, was traded to the Texas Legends in December for J.J. Avila, then left in January to finish the season with Unicaja Malaga…
Evan Taylor SG - 6'5, 204lbs - Born 11th April 1996 Agua Caliente Clippers There is always plenty of room in the college game for the defensive specialist who rarely scores. Be it at point guard, on the wing or in the frontcourt, it is a fairly normal…
Desi Rodriguez SF/PF - 6'6, 240lbs - Born 23rd March 1996 Agua Caliente Clippers 6’6 and 240lbs are not the usual sort of measurements you will see at this level. But then, Desi Rodriguez is not the usual sort of player. A favourable interpretation of his skill set…