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THE DRIVE ROSTER FINALIZED FOR FRIDAY’S MATCH-UP

The Drive roster, the NBA D-League Affiliate of the Detroit Pistons has been finalized for opening night of the 2016-17 season.

The Drive’s roster totals two (2) Pistons assigned players, three (3) affiliate players, three (3) players selected from the 2016 NBA D-League Draft, two (2) returning players, and four (4) local tryout players.

Paul Williams and Ladarius Tabb were waived on Nov. 6. Mamadou N’Diaye and Matthew Adekponye were both waived today Nov. 10. Shannon Brown has been waived due to being physically unable to play at this time.

Below is the complete 2016-17 Grand Rapids Drive roster:

# PLAYER POS HT WT DOB SCHOOL/COUNTRY STATUS
2 Ray McCallum G 6’3 190 6/12/91 University of Detroit Mercy Affiliate
3 Paul Graham III F 6’5 190 12/2/85 Florida Atlantic University Local Tryout
5 Chris Horton C 6’8 225 6/29/94 Austin Peay Draft Pick
8 Henry Ellenson * F 6’11 245 1/13/97 Marquette NBA Pistons
9 Michael Gbinije * G 6’7 200 6/5/92 Syracuse NBA Pistons
10 Trey Freeman G 6’2 180 10/12/92 Old Dominion Affiliate
11 Jeff Newberry G 6’2 185 9/22/92 Oklahoma State University Local Tryout
13 Zeke Upshaw F 6’6 215 5/27/91 Hofstra University Draft Pick
14 Pat Forsythe (i) C 6’11 245 7/6/93 University of Akron Draft Pick
15 Jordan Crawford G 6’4 195 10/23/88 Xavier University Returning
17 Alex Johnson (i) G 5’10 176 1/18/88 North Carolina State University Local Tryout
24 Chris Anderson F 6’6 220 8/16/92 Louisiana Tech Local Tryout
25 Bruce Massey G 6’3 195 9/2/90 Middle Tennessee State Returning
32 Nikola Jovanovic F 6’11 240 1/6/94 University of Southern California / Serbia Affiliate

* on assignment from the Detroit Pistons       (i) inactive

The Grand Rapids Drive have home court advantage when they host the Canton Charge (Cleveland Cavaliers Affiliate) tomorrow Friday, Nov. 11 for a 7:00 PM tip-off (doors open at 6:00 PM) at the DeltaPlex Arena. Tomorrow’s game is sponsored by U.S. Army and will honor current and former military members as part of Veterans Day.

Tomorrow’s game kicks-off several things for the Drive as it’s the first of our ‘Friday Night Out’ series presented by Buffalo Wild Wings, featuring prizes and giveaways from Buffalo Wild Wings all night long. The game will have special appearances by Pistons own Hooper and famous Dancing Usher and will mark the return for Eric Zane to the Grand Rapids Drive and the public address announcer.

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