NBA teams have finalized their opening night rosters as the league is set to open its 70th regular season on Tuesday.
Teams had until 5 p.m. Eastern time yesterday to send in their 15-man rosters to the NBA offices, which led to a flurry of moves. The Philadelphia 76ers made the most moves as they waived Pierre Jackson, Jordan McRae, J.P. Tokoto, Scottie Wilbekin and Furkan Aldemir. The Sixers also signed Jordan Railey to an NBADL contract and assigned him to the Delaware, according to the Associated Press .
Railey tallied five points and two rebounds in 15 minutes of action over three summer league games for the 76ers this summer. Chuck Myron of Hooprumors.com reports that the 23-year old, 7-footer signed with BC Igokea of Bosnia during the summer. He averaged 6.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 16.4 minutes per game as a senior last season at Washington State.
In other roster moves, the New Orleans Pelicans signed point guard Ish Smith and Metta World Peace earned the last roster spot on the Los Angeles Lakers.
According to Fox Sports , the Pelicans claimed Smith off of waivers to help offset the loss of Tyreke Evans and Norris Cole, who are both dealing with injuries. Evans is expected to miss 6-8 weeks after undergoing knee surgery on his right knee, and Norris Cole could be out the first month of the season with a high ankle sprain.
Smith was in training camp with the Washington Wizards after spending last season with the Philadelphia 76ers where he averaged a career-best 12.0 points and 6.1 assists in 27.1 minutes. With Smith’s signing, New Orleans will start the season with 15-players on their roster.
In the meanwhile, the Los Angeles Lakers decided to keep Metta World Peace instead of Jabari Brown as the final player on their 15-man roster, per ESPN . World Peace, who turns 36 next month, played in China and Italy last year. However, he showed he could still be a valuable defender this preseason and helped mentor second-year pro, Julius Randle.
World Peace has averaged 13.7 points and 4.7 rebounds in 15 NBA seasons with the Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, and New York Knicks.
Brown, 22, reportedly could end up back in the D-League with the Los Angeles D-Fenders but also should garner interest from other clubs. He had 12.0 points, 2.1 assists and 1.9 rebounds in 19 games with the Lakers a season ago.
In total, 446 players are under contract to start the season as every team except four will start with a full roster. Houston, New York, Orlando and Phoenix are the teams that will begin the season with only 14 players. The rest of the article will list each of the NBA’s 30 teams opening day rosters.
Boston Celtics Avery Bradley PG Jae Crowder SF R.J. Hunter SG Jonas Jerebko PF Amir Johnson PF David Lee PF Jordan Mickey PF Kelly Olynyk C Terry Rozier PG Marcus Smart PG Jared Sullinger PF Isaiah Thomas PG Evan Turner SG James Young SG Tyler Zeller C
Brooklyn Nets Andrea Bargnani C Bojan Bogdanovic SG Markel Brown SG Wayne Ellington SG Rondae Hollis-Jefferson SF Jarrett Jack PG Joe Johnson SF Sergey Karasev SG Shane Larkin PG Brook Lopez C Chris McCullough PF Willie Reed PF Thomas Robinson PF Donald Sloan PG Thaddeus Young SF
New York Knicks Arron Afflalo SG Lou Amundson PF Carmelo Anthony SF Jose Calderon PG Cleanthony Early PF Langston Galloway PG Jerian Grant PG Robin Lopez C Kyle O’Quinn PF Kristaps Porzingis C Kevin Seraphin PF Lance Thomas SF Sasha Vujacic SG Derrick Williams PF
Philadelphia 76ers Isaiah Canaan PG Robert Covington SF Joel Embiid C Jerami Grant SF Richaun Holmes PF Carl Landry PF Kendall Marshall PG T.J. McConnell PG Nerlens Noel C Jahlil Okafor C JaKarr Sampson SG Nik Stauskas SG Hollis Thompson SG Christian Wood PF Tony Wroten SG
McConnell is one of the biggest surprises to make the 15-man roster this season. The former University of Arizona point guard beat out Pierre Jackson and Scottie Wilbekin for the backup point guard position. McConnell averaged 6.2 points and 4.8 assists in 22 minutes per game during the preseason.
The Sixers have four point guards on their roster but will be without Kendall Marshall (knee) until at least November and Wroten ( recovering from torn ACL).
Wood was impressive during the preseason, compiling 31 points and 24 rebounds in 63 total minutes spanning five game. In addition, Philadelphia cut J.P. Tokoto as well as Furkan Aldemir.
Toronto Raptors Anthony Bennett PF Bismack Biyombo PF Bruno Caboclo SF DeMarre Carroll SF DeMar DeRozan SG James Johnson PF Cory Joseph PG Kyle Lowry PG Lucas Nogueira C Patrick Patterson PF Norman Powell SG Terrence Ross SF Luis Scola PF Jonas Valanciunas C Delon Wright PG
Chicago Bulls Cameron Bairstow PF Aaron Brooks PG Jimmy Butler SG Mike Dunleavy SG Cristiano Felicio PF Pau Gasol PF Taj Gibson PF Kirk Hinrich SG Doug McDermott SF Nikola Mirotic PF E’Twaun Moore SG Joakim Noah C Bobby Portis PF Derrick Rose PG Tony Snell SF
Cleveland Cavaliers Jared Cunningham SG Matthew Dellavedova SG Joe Harris SG Kyrie Irving PG LeBron James SF Richard Jefferson SF James Jones SG Sasha Kaun C Kevin Love PF Timofey Mozgov C Iman Shumpert SG J.R. Smith SG Tristan Thompson C Anderson Varejao PF Mo Williams PG
Detroit Pistons Joel Anthony C Aron Baynes PF Steve Blake PG Reggie Bullock SF Kentavious Caldwell-Pope SG Spencer Dinwiddie PG Andre Drummond C Darrun Hilliard SF Ersan Ilyasova PF Reggie Jackson PG Brandon Jennings PG Stanley Johnson SF Jodie Meeks SG Marcus Morris PF Anthony Tolliver PF
Indiana Pacers Lavoy Allen PF Chase Budinger SF Rakeem Christmas PF Monta Ellis PG Paul George SF George Hill PG Jordan Hill C Solomon Hill SF Ian Mahinmi C C.J. Miles SG Glenn Robinson III SG Rodney Stuckey PG Myles Turner PF Shayne Whittington PF Joe Young PG
Milwaukee Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo SF Jerryd Bayless PG Michael Carter-Williams PG Chris Copeland SF Tyler Ennis PG John Henson PF Damien Inglis SF O.J. Mayo SG Khris Middleton SF Greg Monroe C Johnny O’Bryant III C Jabari Parker SF Miles Plumlee C Greivis Vasquez PG Rashad Vaughn SG
Atlanta Hawks Kent Bazemore SG Tim Hardaway Jr. SG Justin Holiday SG Al Horford PF Kyle Korver SG Shelvin Mack PG Paul Millsap PF Mike Muscala PF Lamar Patterson SG Dennis Schroder PG Mike Scott PF Thabo Sefolosha SG Tiago Splitter PF Walter Tavares C Jeff Teague PG
Charlotte Hornets Nicolas Batum SF Troy Daniels SG P.J. Hairston SG Tyler Hansbrough PF Aaron Harrison SG Spencer Hawes PF Al Jefferson C Frank Kaminsky III C Michael Kidd-Gilchrist SF Jeremy Lamb SG Jeremy Lin PG Brian Roberts PG Kemba Walker PG Marvin Williams PF Cody Zeller PF
Miami Heat Chris Andersen PF Chris Bosh PF Mario Chalmers PG Luol Deng SF Goran Dragic SG James Ennis SF Gerald Green SG Udonis Haslem PF Tyler Johnson SG Josh McRoberts PF Josh Richardson SG Amar’e Stoudemire PF Dwyane Wade SG Hassan Whiteside C Justise Winslow SF
Orlando Magic Dewayne Dedmon C Evan Fournier SG Channing Frye PF Aaron Gordon PF Tobias Harris SF Mario Hezonja SF Devyn Marble SF Shabazz Napier PG Andrew Nicholson PF Victor Oladipo SG Elfrid Payton PG Jason Smith PF Nikola Vucevic C C.J. Watson PG
Washington Wizards Alan Anderson SG Bradley Beal SG DeJuan Blair C Jared Dudley SG Drew Gooden PF Marcin Gortat C Nene Hilario PF Kris Humphries PF Gary Neal PG Kelly Oubre Jr. SF Otto Porter Jr. SF Ramon Sessions PG Garrett Temple SG John Wall PG
Golden State Warriors Leandro Barbosa SG Harrison Barnes SF Andrew Bogut C Ian Clark SG Stephen Curry PG Festus Ezeli C Draymond Green SF Andre Iguodala SG Shaun Livingston PG Kevon Looney SF James Michael McAdoo SF Brandon Rush SG Marreese Speights C Jason Thompson PF Klay Thompson SG Martell Webster SF
Los Angeles Clippers Cole Aldrich C Jamal Crawford SG Branden Dawson SF Blake Griffin PF Wesley Johnson SG DeAndre Jordan C Luc Richard Mbah a Moute PF Chris Paul PG Paul Pierce SF Pablo Prigioni PG J.J. Redick SG Austin Rivers SG Josh Smith SF Lance Stephenson SG C.J. Wilcox SG
Los Angeles Lakers Brandon Bass PF Tarik Black C Anthony Brown SF Kobe Bryant SG Jordan Clarkson PG Roy Hibbert C Marcelo Huertas PG Ryan Kelly PF Larry Nance Jr. PF Julius Randle PF D’Angelo Russell PG Robert Sacre C Louis Williams SG Metta World Peace SF Nick Young SF
Phoenix Suns Eric Bledsoe PG Devin Booker SG Tyson Chandler C Archie Goodwin SG Cory Jefferson PF Brandon Knight PG Alex Len C Jon Leuer PF Markieff Morris PF Ronnie Price PG Mirza Teletovic PF P.J. Tucker SF T.J. Warren SF Sonny Weems SG
Sacramento Kings Quincy Acy SF James Anderson SG Marco Belinelli SF Caron Butler SF Omri Casspi SF Willie Cauley-Stein C Darren Collison PG DeMarcus Cousins C Seth Curry SG Duje Dukan PF Rudy Gay SF Kosta Koufos C Ben McLemore SG Eric Moreland PF
Dallas Mavericks Justin Anderson SG J.J. Barea PG Jeremy Evans SF Raymond Felton PG Devin Harris PG John Jenkins SG Wesley Matthews SG JaVale McGee C Salah Mejri C Dirk Nowitzki PF Zaza Pachulia C Chandler Parsons SF Dwight Powell PF Charlie Villanueva PF Deron Williams PG
Houston Rockets Trevor Ariza SF Patrick Beverley PG Corey Brewer SG Clint Capela C Sam Dekker SF James Harden SG Montrezl Harrell PF Dwight Howard C Terrence Jones PF Ty Lawson PG K.J. McDaniels SG Donatas Motiejunas PF Jason Terry SG Marcus Thornton SG
Memphis Grizzlies Jordan Adams SG Tony Allen SG Matt Barnes SF Vince Carter SG Mike Conley PG Marc Gasol C JaMychal Green PF Jeff Green SF Courtney Lee SG Jarell Martin PF Zach Randolph PF Russ Smith PG Jarnell Stokes PF Beno Udrih PG Brandan Wright PF
New Orleans Pelicans Alexis Ajinca C Ryan Anderson PF Omer Asik C Luke Babbitt SF Norris Cole PG Dante Cunningham PF Anthony Davis PF Tyreke Evans SG Alonzo Gee SF Eric Gordon SG Jrue Holiday PG Kendrick Perkins C Quincy Pondexter SF Nate Robinson PG Ish Smith PG
San Antonio Spurs LaMarcus Aldridge PF Kyle Anderson SF Matt Bonner C Rasual Butler SF Boris Diaw C Tim Duncan PF Manu Ginobili SG Danny Green SG Kawhi Leonard SF Boban Marjanovic C Ray McCallum PG Patty Mills PG Tony Parker PG Jonathon Simmons SG David West PF
Denver Nuggets Darrell Arthur PF Will Barton SG
Wilson Chandler SF
Kenneth Faried PF Randy Foye SG Danilo Gallinari SF Erick Green PG Gary Harris SG J.J. Hickson PF Nikola Jokic C Joffrey Lauvergne PF Mike Miller SG Emmanuel Mudiay PG Jameer Nelson PG Jusuf Nurkic C
Minnesota Timberwolves Nemanja Bjelica PF Gorgui Dieng C Kevin Garnett PF Tyus Jones PG Zach LaVine PG Kevin Martin SG Andre Miller PG Shabazz Muhammad SF Adreian Payne PF Nikola Pekovic C Tayshaun Prince SF Ricky Rubio PG Damjan Rudez SF Karl-Anthony Towns C Andrew Wiggins SF
Oklahoma City Thunder Steven Adams C D.J. Augustin PG Nick Collison PF Kevin Durant SF Josh Huestis SF Serge Ibaka PF Enes Kanter C Mitch McGary PF Anthony Morrow SG Steve Novak SF Cameron Payne PG Andre Roberson SG Kyle Singler SF Dion Waiters SG Russell Westbrook PG
Portland Trail Blazers Cliff Alexander PF Al-Farouq Aminu SF Pat Connaughton SG Allen Crabbe SF Ed Davis PF Tim Frazier PG Maurice Harkless SF Gerald Henderson SG Chris Kaman C Meyers Leonard C Damian Lillard PG C.J. McCollum SG Luis Montero SG Mason Plumlee PF Noah Vonleh PF
Utah Jazz Trevor Booker PF Trey Burke PG Alec Burks PG Dante Exum SG Derrick Favors PF Rudy Gobert C Gordon Hayward SF Rodney Hood SG Joe Ingles SF Chris Johnson SF Trey Lyles PF Elijah Millsap SG Raul Neto PG Tibor Pleiss C Jeff Withey C
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