Greensboro Swarm Announce 2022-23 Opening Night Roster
November 4, 2022 – NBA G League (G League) – Greensboro Swarm News Release
The Greensboro Swarm, the NBA G League affiliate of the Charlotte Hornets, announced today the Opening Night roster for the 2022-23 NBA G League season. The Swarm’s home opener, presented by Blue Ridge Companies, is on Friday, November 4, at 7 pm ET at Novant Health Fieldhouse against the Delaware Blue Coats (Philadelphia 76ers affiliate).
Greensboro currently has one assignment player from the Hornets in Mark Williams. Théo Maledon and Bryce McGowens are the team’s two-way players this season. There are four returners on the 2022-23 roster in LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Crutcher, Kobi Simmons and Xavier Sneed. Additionally, Aaron Wheeler was drafted in the first round in the 2022-23 Draft. The roster currently stands at 11 going into opening weekend.
The Opening Night roster is listed below:
Number Player Position Height Weight Birthdate Previous/Home Country Classification
10 Ty-Shon Alexander G 6-3 195 7/16/1998 Trieste (Italy)/USA Affiliate
3 LiAngelo Ball G 6-5 230 11/24/1998 Greensboro Swarm/USA Returning Rights
4 Jalen Crutcher G 6-2 175 7/18/1999 Greensboro Swarm/USA Returning Rights
15 Anthony Duruji F 6-7 209 7/22/1998 Florida/USA Affiliate
32 Norense Odiase C 6-8 250 9/14/1995 Greensboro Swarm/USA Returning Rights
30 Jaylen Sims G 6-6 210 12/11/1998 UNC Wilmington/USA Affiliate
2 Kobi Simmons G 6-5 190 7/4/1997 Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski (Poland)/USA Returning Rights
20 Xavier Sneed F 6-5 215 12/21/1997 Utah Jazz/USA Returning Rights
11 Isaiah Whaley F 6-9 225 3/26/1998 Connecticut/USA Affiliate
6 Aaron Wheeler F 6-9 205 9/24/1998 St. John’s/USA 2022-23 Draft
5 Mark Williams C 7-0 240 12/16/2001 Duke/USA Assignment
The entire Swarm coaching and basketball operations staff is below.
Title Name
General Manager Cam Twiss
Head Coach Jordan Surenkamp
Assistant Coach Donyell Marshall
Assistant Coach Collin Terry
Assistant Coach Ben Resner
Manager of Basketball Operations and Player Development Cole Teal
Strength and Conditioning Adam Hoffman
Head Athletic Trainer Patrick Sponzo
Assistant Athletic Trainer Abigail Abiva
Video Coordinator Roy Casanova
Basketball Operations Assistant Andre Seadey
Basketball Operations Assistant Justine Batiste
Basketball Operations Assistant Jake Cohen
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