Greensboro Swarm Announce Training Camp Roster for 2024-25 Season
By Greensboro Swarm Staff /October 27, 2024
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Swarm Open Training Camp on Monday, October 28
The Greensboro Swarm, the NBA G League affiliate of the Charlotte Hornets, announced today the training camp roster for the 2024-25 NBA G League season. Head Coach D.J. Bakker opens training camp on Monday, October 28, at the Novant Health Fieldhouse.
Two-way players entering the season are KJ Simpson, Moussa Diabate, and Jared Rhoden. KJ Simpson was selected by the Hornets in the second round (42nd overall) in the 2024 NBA Draft while Diabate was selected by the Clippers in the second round (43rd overall) of the 2022 NBA Draft. In 32 NBA G League appearances for his career, Diabate posted 15.8 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.6 blocks per game. Rhoden appeared in 17 games with the Detroit Pistons last season, recording 4.9 points (50.0 FG%, 38.7 3P%) and 1.9 rebounds in 14.4 minutes per outing.
Keyontae Johnson, Joel Sariano, and RaeQuan Battle are the three affiliate players represented. The roster lists five returners from the Swarm’s 2023-24 NBA G League roster (MJ Walker Jr., Terrell Brown Jr., Marcus Garrett, Kent Bazemore, and Jaylen Sims). Greensboro 2024-25 NBA G League Draft pick Malik Hall is also included.
Additionally, three tryout players (Junior Robinson, Chris Martin, and Trey Sampson) are featured.
The training camp roster is below.
| 2024-25 GREENSBORO SWARM TRAINING CAMP ROSTER | |||||||
| NO. | NAME | POS | HT | WT | DOB | PREVIOUS/COUNTRY | CLASSIFICATION |
| 0 | Junior Robinson | G | 5-7 | 150 | 02/15/96 | Mount St. Mary’s/USA | Local Tryout |
| 1 | MJ Walker Jr. | F | 6-5 | 219 | 03/28/98 | Florida St./USA | Returning Rights |
| 2 | Chris Martin | G | 6-2 | 181 | 12/14/98 | Clark Atlanta/USA | Local Tryout |
| 3 | Terrell Brown Jr. | G | 6-3 | 175 | 04/23/98 | Washington/USA | Returning Rights |
| 4 | Trey Sampson | F | 6-0 | 215 | 08/24/00 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff/USA | Local Tryout |
| 5 | Lance Thomas | F | 6-9 | 224 | 01/18/99 | South Alabama/USA | Player Pool |
| 7 | Keyontae Johnson | F | 6-4 | 230 | 05/24/00 | Kansas St./USA | Affiliate |
| 10 | Jordan Goldwire | G | 6-2 | 185 | 06/18/99 | Oklahoma/USA | Player Pool |
| 11 | Joel Soriano | C | 6-10 | 256 | 01/30/00 | St. John’s/USA | Affiliate |
| 13 | Marcus Garrett | G | 6-5 | 205 | 11/09/98 | Kansas/USA | Returning Rights |
| 14 | Moussa Diabate* | F | 6-9 | 210 | 01/21/02 | Michigan/France | Two-Way |
| 20 | Malik Hall | F | 6-8 | 220 | 07/25/00 | Michigan St./USA | Draft |
| 21 | RaeQuan Battle | G | 6-5 | 195 | 02/19/01 | West Virginia/USA | Affiliate |
| 22 | Caleb McConnell | G | 6-7 | 195 | 06/08/99 | Rutgers/USA | Trade |
| 24 | Kent Bazemore | F | 6-5 | 202 | 07/01/89 | Old Dominion/USA | Returning Rights |
| 25 | KJ Simpson* | G | 6-2 | 190 | 08/08/02 | Colorado/USA | Two-Way |
| 27 | Jared Rhoden* | G | 6-5 | 210 | 08/27/99 | Seton Hall/USA | Two-Way |
| 30 | Jaylen Sims | G | 6-7 | 210 | 12/11/98 | UNC Wilmington/USA | Returning Rights |
* Denotes two-way contract player