NBL D1 2016-17 Season Roster Tracker
The new National Basketball League (NBL) season is upon us, and we have put together the rosters of the Division 1 teams for the upcoming season.
The squads below are not complete with announcements still to be made, but will be updated as and when we find out.
Manchester Magic secured a quadruple last season by sweeping all four trophies and are joined in the top-flight by promoted newcomers, Loughborough Riders and Solent Kestrels.
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Bradford Dragons
HC: Chris Mellor
Returning: Rihard Sulcs, Jermayne Liang, Dwayne Camille, Rafi Saipe, Jason Swaine, Eisley Swaine, Ricky Fetske
Ins: Antonio Deogratias (Leeds Allerton High Force, NBL D3), Florent Levazeux (HDC, France-NM3), Marcus Gooding (Roberts Wesleyan College, NCAA D2), Rob Donaldson (Tees Valley Mohawks, NBL D1), Semi Eboigbe (Westfallen Munstangs, Germany-Regionalliga)
Outs: Nicholas Moore, Henri Bongo
Derby Trailblazers
HC: Matt Shaw
Returning: Kayne King, George Calvey, Oliver Stanley, Brian Amabilino, Adria Amabilino, Chris Taylor, Max Morrison
Ins: Rema Lascelles (Hawaii Pacific University, NCAA D2), Josh Ward-Hibbert (free agent)
Outs: Jake Wesselingh (Rochester Community and Technical College, NJCAA), David ‘TinTin’ Watts (Nottingham Hoods, NBL D2)
Essex Leopards
HC: Steve Ogunjimi
Returning: Tosin Oyelese, Dougie Bennett, Justin Hitchman, Jamie Hayes, Brian Nguru, Ladi Brown
Ins: David Ajumobi (Reading Rockets, NBL D1), Mike Martin (Westminster Warriors, NBL D1), Dom Scott-Robinson, Caleb Tabanar (both Oaklands Wolves), Shaq Lewis, Bode Adeluola (Hemel Storm, NBL D1)
Outs: Evan Walshe (Barry University, NCAA D2), Albert Margai (Surrey Scorchers, BBL), Will Ashby (London Lions, BBL)
Hemel Storm
HC: Dave Allin
Returning: Walid Mumuni, Tom Adorian, Mike Darlow, Nick Allin
Ins: Wayne Yeboah (Reading Rockets, NBL D1), Leon Henry (Leicester Warriors, NBL D1), Jack Burnell (Kent Crusaders, NBL D1), Chuck Duru (Team Northumbria, NBL D1)
Outs: Simon Kearney (retired), Bode Adeluola (Essex Leopards, NBL D1)
Lancashire Spinners
HC: Neal Hopkins
Returning: Mark Rangeley, Connor Murtagh, Zion Tordoff, Aitor Estrada, Mike Bernard
Ins: Ayo Nuwe, David Walsh (both Myerscough College, NBL D3), Jack Hudson, David Ulph (both Liverpool, NBL D2), James Banton (Leeds Allerton High Force, NBL D3), Spas Nikolov (Levski 2014, Bulgaria-NBL)
Outs: George Darling (Weber State, NCAA D1), Kyle Carey (Northern Colorado, NCAA D1), Alex Roberts (Loughborough Student Riders, NBL D1), Steven Gayle (Manchester Giants trialist)
Leicester Warriors
HC: Karl Brown
Returning: Leome Francis, Kieran Mills, Carl Pearson
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Outs: Leon Henry (Hemel Storm, NBL D1)
London Lituanica
HC: Eridanas Lazdauskas
Returning: Ausridas Petraitis, Julius Visockas, Paulius Adomaitis, Edvinas Vaupsas, Vaidas Trepocka, Tomas Kazlauskas, Tomas Grybauskas
Ins: Mantas Adomaitis (Westminster Warriors, NBL D1), Ilias Alexoupolos (Promitheas, Greece-B League), Edvardas Vetrenka (Anagennesis, Cyprus-Division A), Xabier Igoa (Spain), Mantas Guzys (Lithuania), Paulius Barzdzius, Deividas Lygutas, Laurynas Guokas
Outs: Povilas Rasamavicius, Emilijus Jankauskas
Loughborough Student Riders
HC: Mark Jarram
Returning: Sam Broughton, Pak Chingombe, Lucien Christofis, Harrison Gamble, Reis Pinnock, Max Richardson, Jonas Dieterich, David Forsyth
Ins: Henri Langton, Tom Yome (both promoted from Charnwood Riders), Dan Hemingway (Solent Kestrels, NBL D2), Alex Roberts (Lancashire Spinners, NBL D1), Andrew Forsyth
Outs: Andre Arissol (Otero Junior College, JUCO), Raheem May-Thompson (Leicester Riders, BBL), Will Maynard (Surrey Scorchers, BBL)
Manchester Magic
HC: Paul Middleton
Returning: Jack Minister, Lee Goldsbrough, Kayin Darbey, Hamad Ali, Yannick Onifade, Simon Anumba, Kaiyem Cleary, Michael Anumba
Ins: Stefan Gill, Ryan Lewis (both Manchester Giants, BBL), Arinze Emeka-Anyakwo (Cheshire Wire juniors), Tyme Regent-Bascombe (Ipswich, NBL D2), Loick Pouale (Leeds Force, BBL)
Outs: Franc Garcia Garrido, Ellis Cooper, Alvaro Alarcon Lizaur, Ryan Lohfink (retired)
Reading Rockets
HC: Manuel Peña Garcés
Returning: Danny Carter, Joel Keeble, Ali Sbai, Ibu Jassey Demba, Fidel Gomez de Enterria Lopez
Ins: Chris Hooper (St Francis University, NCAA D1), Dani Arcau (University of Great Falls, NAIA), Craig Ponder (University of North Caroline Wilmington, NCAA D1), Paulin Jardim (Tundja Yambol, Bulgaria), Juan Valerio (on trial, Spain)
Outs: Antonio Robinson (Maia Basket, Portugal–LPB), D’Montre Edwards, Jordan Nicholls, Dave Ajumobi (Essex Leopards, NBL D1), Wayne Yeboah (Hemel Storm, NBL D1), Fraser Glass
Solent Kestrels
HC: Matt Guymon
Returning: Louie Kirkman, Chris Scarlett
Ins: Caylin Raftopoulos (Worcester Wolves II, NBL D3), Colt Fason (Bupa Luxol, Malta-Powerade League), Ayo Ojo (Southwestern Oklahoma State University, NCAA D1), Stephen Danso (Giants Dusseldorf, Germany-Regionalliga), Petar Zagorov (BC Beroe, Bulgaria-NBL), Matt Davis (Murcia II, Spain-EBA), Sam Van Oostrum (Sheffield Hallam Sharks)
Outs: Dan Hemingway (Loughborough Student Riders, NBL D2), Ben Maranan (Mayville State, NAIA D1), Selby Hind-Wills (Shawnee State University, NAIA D1), Harvey Barr (Lake Region, JUCO), Theo King (Arlington Country Day School, JUCO)
Team Northumbria
HC: Marc Steutel
Returning: Lewis Champion, Siman Stewart, Jack Preston, Emmanuel Kabengele, Tom Devitt
Ins: Tayo Oyefusi (Team Newcastle University, NBL D3), Blayne Freckleton (London Lions, BBL), Samuel Ireland, Lamar Morrison, Sam Speight
Outs: Chuck Duru (Hemel Storm, NBL D1), Damoy Robertson, Neil Randolph
Westminster Warriors
PC: Jon J Johnson
Returning: Abraham Ekperuoh, Dita Elukut
Ins: Roosevelt Davis, Kiam Carlos Farouk Adewale Jáudenes Amodu, Juan Manning, Junior Natty, Tunji Alli, Andrew Mayers, Guy Rundle, Filippo Ampomahm, Deane Williams , Mike Odomusu
Outs: Mike Martin (Essex Leopards, NBL D1)
Worthing Thunder
HC: Daniel Hildreth
Returning: Louis Allen, James Sunderland, Josh Brown, Tom Ward, Brendan Okoronkwo, Ian Marshall, Wayne Kitenge
Ins: Lyonell Gaines (Morehead State University, NCAA D1), Oscar Wilkins (Woking Blackhawk Flyers, NBL D3), Hosana Kitenge, Hugh Jones, Harry Baker (promoted from junior team)
Outs: James Cambronne
Know of anyone we have missed? Let us know in the comments!
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