Basketball writing, scouting reports and salary cap analysis from the archive.
Chinanu Onuaku C - 6'9, 250lbs - Born 1st November 1996 Greensboro Swarm Salary dumped by the Rockets onto the Mavericks at the start of this past summer, Onuaku was the first between he and Zhou Qi to lose their job as the Rockets’ prospect centre due to…
Tyler Nelson SG - 6'3, 180lbs - Born 9th August 1995 Greensboro Swarm Nelson was the third overall pick in last year's G-League draft, beginning his first season as a professional after a four-year career at Fairfield in which he averaged greater than 20 points per game across…
John Gillon PG - 6'0, 178lbs - Born 31st March 1994 Greensboro Swarm Gillon began the year with the Erie BayHawks, and was acquired by the Swarm in trade in exchange for Cat Barber. The Swarm had been using Barber as a sixth man type off the bench,…
John Dawson PG - 6'2, 205lbs - Born 12th April 1995 Greensboro Swarm Dawson made the Swarm roster as a local tryout player in 2017, and after returning for this past season has now spent two complete years with the team. He has however played only 66 regular…
Roscoe Smith PF - 6'8, 215lbs - Born 1st August 1991 Greensboro Swarm Smith joined the Swarm to begin the season as a returning player, and appeared in 23 games, averaging 7.7 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, before being waived by the team in January. It is…
Sam Thompson SF - 6'7, 200lbs - Born 11th November 1992 Greensboro Swarm The hope when Thompson joined Ohio State way back in the day was that he would develop the offensive and playmaking skills required to maximise his excellent physical profile. With good size for a wing,…
Isaiah Wilkins SF/PF - 6'8, 205lbs - Born 23rd September 1995 Greensboro Swarm In Zach Smith's profile two pages ago, I mentioned that he plays some technically precise defence. I stand by it. But no one plays as technically precise of defence on this Swarm team as Wilkins…
Zach Smith SF/PF - 6'8, 216lbs - Born 5th January 1996 Greensboro Swarm Zhaire Smith got all the plaudits and the NBA first-round draft selection last summer; he was younger, more athletic, was able to play more positions and was already better in terms of his basketball skill…
Malik Pope PF - 6'10, 220lbs - Born 25th July 1996 Greensboro Swarm With his height, length, versatility, perimeter inclinations and very memorable name, Pope has been on the NBA radar since his San Diego State career began, if not before. He developed a bit in his years…
Luke Petrasek PF/C - 6'10, 215lbs - Born 17th August 1995 Greensboro Swarm The Hornets have had their eye on Petrasek since he left Columbia back in 2017. They signed him for training camp that first year, have now allocated him to Greensboro for two consecutive seasons, and…
Jaylen Barford SG - 6'3, 202lbs - Born 23rd January 1996 Greensboro Swarm This was Barford’s first professional season, and as with so many G-Leaguers, it started with the summer league/training camp/allocation cycle, all via the Charlotte Hornets. What the Hornets will have seen in him at Arkansas…