Greensboro Swarm Announce 2023-24 Season Opener Roster and Basketball Operations Additions
By Greensboro Swarm Staff /November 10, 2023
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The Greensboro Swarm, the NBA G League affiliate of the Charlotte Hornets, announced today the Opening Night roster for the 2023-24 season. The organization tips its 8th season, on Saturday, November 11, at 7:00 p.m. ET in Uniondale, NY against the Long Island Nets (Brooklyn Nets affiliate).
Greensboro currently stands at a 13-man roster.
Two-way players entering the season are Amari Bailey, Leaky Black, and Theó Maledon. Bailey was selected by the Hornets in the second round (No. 41 overall) of the 2023 NBA Draft out of University of California, Los Angeles, Black went undrafted out of the University of North Carolina, and Maledon returns as a two-way player for the second season.
R.J. Hunter, Angelo Allegri, Nathan Mensah are the three affiliate players represented, along with trades Terrell Brown Jr. and Jeremiah Tilmon. The Greensboro 2023-23 NBA G League Draft pick is also included – Isiaih Mosley.
Additionally, two tryout players Jaylen Sebree and Alex Lomax are featured.
The Opening Night roster is below.
| 2023-24 GREENSBORO SWARM ROSTER | |||||||
| NO. | NAME | POS | HT | WT | DOB | COLLEGE/COUNTRY | CLASSIFICATION |
| 16 | Angelo Allegri | F | 6-7 | 215 | 04/28/99 | Eastern Washington /USA | Affiliate |
| 10 | Amari Bailey | G | 6-5 | 185 | 02/17/04 | UCLA/USA | Two-way |
| 12 | Rechon “Leaky” Black | F | 6-6 | 205 | 6/14/99 | UNC Chapel Hill /USA | Two-Way |
| 3 | Terrell Brown Jr. | G | 6-3 | 175 | 04/23/98 | Washington/USA | Trade |
| 22 | R.J. Hunter | G | 6-5 | 185 | 10/24/93 | Georgia State/USA | Affiliate |
| 2 | Alex Lomax | G | 6-0 | 188 | 02/14/00 | Memphis/USA | Local Tryout |
| 9 | Theó Maledon | G | 6-4 | 175 | 6/12/01 | Asvel/France | Two-Way |
| 31 | Nathan Mensah | C | 6-10 | 230 | 04/09/98 | San Diego State/Ghana | Affiliate |
| 11 | Isiaih Mosley | G | 6-5 | 201 | 05/03/00 | Missouri/USA | Draft |
| 13 | Trevon Scott | F | 6-8 | 225 | 11/25/96 | Cincinnati/USA | Returning Rights |
| 1 | Jaylen Sebree | F | 6-7 | 200 | 12/19/97 | Tennessee Tech/USA | Local Tryout |
| 30 | Jaylen Sims | G | 6-6 | 210 | 12/11/98 | UNC Wilmington/USA | Returning Rights |
| 23 | Jeremiah Tilmon | C | 6-10 | 260 | 11/25/98 | Missouri/USA | Trade |
Additionally, Cole Teal begins his first season as the General Manager. Abigail Abiva is promoted as Head Athletic Trainer. The other additions to the basketball operations staff include Philip Jones as Manager of Basketball Operations and Player Development, Tom Fox as Head Video Coordinator, Irfan Fazal and FaFa Lu as Basketball Operations Assistants.
The entire Swarm coaching and basketball operations staff is below.
| 2023-24 GREENSBORO SWARM BASKETBALL OPERATIONS | |
| TITLE | NAME |
| General Manager | Cole Teal |
| Head Coach | Jordan Surenkamp |
| Assistant Coach | Donyell Marshall |
| Assistant Coach | Ben Resner |
| Assistant Coach | Jonathan Yim |
| Head Video Coordinator | Tom Fox |
| Manager of Basketball Operations & Player Development | Philip Jones |
| Strength & Conditioning Coach | Adam Hoffman |
| Head Athletic Trainer | Abigail Abiva |
| Basketball Operations Coordinator | Andre Seadey |
| Basketball Operations Assistant | Irfan Fazal |
| Basketball Operations Assistant | Fafa Lu |