Greensboro Swarm

Greensboro Swarm
League NBA Development League
Founded 2016
History Greensboro Swarm
2016–present
Arena Greensboro Coliseum Fieldhouse
Location Greensboro, North Carolina
Team colors Dark Purple, Teal, Cool Gray, White[1]
                   
Team manager Steve Swetoha
Head coach Noel Gillespie
Ownership Charlotte Hornets
Affiliation(s) Charlotte Hornets
Championships 0
Division / Conference titles 0
Website hornets.com/dleague

The Greensboro Swarm is an American professional basketball team of the NBA Development League and an affiliate of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association. Based in Greensboro, North Carolina, the team will play their home games during the 2016–17 season at the Greensboro Coliseum Fieldhouse. The team became the eleventh D-League team to be owned by an NBA team.[2]

On December 29, the name and logo of the Swarm [3]was unveiled during an intermission between the women's and men's championship games of the 40th anniversary of HAECO Invitational presented by NewBridge Bank at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex Special Events Center at approximately 6:45 p.m. and featured Charlotte Hornets players and executives, Hugo the Hornet, the Honey Bees (cheerleading for the Hornets), Swarm Squad, and special guests.

On July 25, 2016, the Charlotte Hornets hired Denver Nuggets assistant Noel Gillespie to be the head coach of the Swarm.[4][5]

Season by season

Season Division Regular Season Postseason Results
Finish Wins Losses Pct.
Greensboro Swarm
2016–17 — — — —
Regular Season Record 0 0 .000
Playoff Record 0 0 .000

Current roster

Greensboro Swarm roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 11 Anderson, Mike 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1991–05–22 Washington
F 34 Ellis, Perry 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1993–09–14 Kansas
G 3 Goodwin, Archie 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 189 lb (86 kg) 1994–08–17 Kentucky
G 9 Harrison, Aaron (NBA) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1994–10–28 Kentucky
F 32 Miller, Shonn 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1993–08–26 Connecticut
G 5 Munford, Xavier 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1992–06–01 Rhode Island
F 44 Rogers, Frank 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1993–08–14 San José State
G 0 Sulaimon, Rasheed 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 194 lb (88 kg) 1994–03–09 Maryland
C 10 Tobey, Mike 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 252 lb (114 kg) 1994–10–10 Virginia
G 14 Turner, Ralston 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1991–09–22 North Carolina State
G/F 21 Wilkins, Damien 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1980–01–11 Georgia
G 12 Williams, Prince (I) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1992–08–22 East Carolina
F 24 Williams, Rodney (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1991–07–23 Minnesota
F 35 Wood, Christian (NBA) 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1995–09–27 UNLV
Head coach
  • Noel Gillespie
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (NBA) On assignment from NBA affiliate
  • (I) Inactive
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2016–12–07

Affiliates

References

  1. ↑ "Greensboro Swarm Reproduction Guideline Sheet". NBA Media Central. Retrieved June 15, 2016.
  2. ↑ http://dleague.nba.com/news/nba-development-league-expansion-hornets-purchase-team/
  3. ↑ http://www.nba.com/hornets/press-releases/hornets-d-league-team-be-known-greensboro-swarm
  4. ↑ http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nba/charlotte-hornets/article89910852.html
  5. ↑ http://www.nba.com/hornets/press-releases/greensboro-swarm-name-noel-gillespie-head-coach/
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