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BBL 2022-23 rosters tracker – all the ins/outs

The fixtures have been released for the 2022-23 BBL season, and it’s time to check in with our annual rosters tracker.

We will keep up to date with all the ins and outs from across all 10 teams throughout the off-season as the countdown to next season continues.

For the full fixtures list, check out the BBL announcement, HERE.

NOTE: Junior/academy players are under the age of 19 and have not signed contracts.

Updated: 22/09/2022

Bristol Flyers

HC: Andreas Kapoulas

Returning: Mike Miller 🇺🇸, Malcolm Delpeche 🇺🇸🇬🇧, Corey Samuels (all re-signed)

Juniors/Academy: Louie Tucker (Sunrise Christian Academy), Pasquale Landolfi, Nassim Ladjimi, Jayden Edwards

Ins: Tevin Olison 🇺🇸 (Youngstown State – USA, NCAA D1), Thomas Bell 🇺🇸 (Texas Tech – USA, NCAA D1), Brandon Mahan 🇺🇸 (UCF – USA, NCAA D1), Leslee Smith 🇻🇬 (free agent**), Jelani Watson-Gayle (Fresno Pacific – USA, NCAA D1), VJ King 🇺🇸 (Westchester Knicks – USA, NBA G League)

**did not play in the 2021-22 season

Outs: Trejan Jacob 🇺🇸 (Lahti – Finland, D1), Marcus Evans 🇺🇸 (Lulea – Sweden, D1), Zach Simmons 🇺🇸, Shane Walker (Greece), Jake Notice, Raphell Thomas-Edwards, Josh Rogers (all not returning)

News:
Jelani Watson-Gayle starts pro career at Bristol

Caledonia Gladiators (formerly Glasgow Rocks)

HC: Gareth Murray

Returning: Jonny Bunyan, Ali Fraser (both re-signed), Fraser Malcolm (re-signed – two-year deal)

Juniors/Academy:

Ins: Patrick Tape 🇺🇸🇨🇮 (San Francisco – USA, NCAA D1), Kyle Jimenez (Nottingham Hoods – NBL D1), Jeremiah Bailey 🇺🇸 (Pacific – USA, NCAA D1), Darian Adams 🇺🇸 (Jacksonville State – USA, NCAA D1), David Sloan 🇺🇸 (East Tennessee State University – USA, NCAA D1), Prince Onwas 🇺🇸 (Coburg – Germany, D2)

Outs: Jordan Johnson 🇺🇸 (Germany), Boban Jacdonmi (Surrey Scorchers), Jaycee Hillsman 🇺🇸 (Hubner – Hungary), Jordan Harris 🇺🇸 (Arka Gdynia – Poland, D1), Vance Johnson 🇺🇸 (not returning)

2021-22 squad – Murray Hendry

News:
Kyle Jimenez back to native Scotland with Rocks

Cheshire Phoenix

HC: Ben Thomas

Returning: Mike Ochereobia (re-signed, two-year deal), Larry Austin 🇺🇸, Robbie Graham (both re-signed)

Juniors/Academy:

Ins: Danny Evans (Villarrobledo – Spain, D3), Will Neighbour (London Lions), David Ulph, Jamell Anderson (both Manchester Giants), ̶M̶a̶r̶q̶u̶i̶s̶ ̶E̶a̶t̶o̶n̶ 🇺🇸 ̶(̶A̶r̶k̶a̶n̶s̶a̶s̶ ̶S̶t̶a̶t̶e̶ ̶-̶ ̶U̶S̶A̶,̶ ̶N̶C̶A̶A̶ ̶D̶1̶)̶, Tahjai Teague 🇺🇸 (Illiabum – Portugal, D1), Lloyd Daniels 🇺🇸 (Lubbock Christian – USA, NCAA D2), Jordan Strawberry 🇺🇸 (GBA Lions – Czech Republic, D1)

Outs: Namon Wright 🇺🇸 (Uralmash – Russia, D1), Levi Bradley 🇺🇸 (Anorthosis – Cyprus, D1), Kyle Carey, Radwan Bakkali (both Surrey Scorchers), Marquis Eaton (left pre-season)

2021-22 squad – Teddy Okereafor

News:

Danny Evans signs first BBL deal with Cheshire Phoenix
Will Neighbour makes switch from London to Cheshire
Jamell Anderson rejoins Cheshire for second spell

Leicester Riders

HC: Rob Paternostro

Returning: Conner Washington, Kimbal McKenzie 🇨🇦🇬🇧, Mo Walker 🇨🇦🇬🇧, Patrick Whelan (multi-year contracts), Darien Nelson-Henry 🇺🇸, ̶G̶e̶n̶o̶ ̶C̶r̶a̶n̶d̶a̶l̶l̶*̶ ̶🇺🇸 Jubril Adekoya 🇺🇸🇬🇧, Zach Jackson 🇺🇸, Marc Loving 🇺🇸, Evan Walshe (all re-signed)

*re-signed but left the club in August

Juniors/Academy:

Ins: Blake Bowman (Derby Trailblazers – NBL D1), CJ Jackson 🇺🇸 (Bisons – Finland, D1), Milo Gordon (Loughborough Riders – NBL D1)

Outs: Victor Ndoukou (North Dakota – USA, NCAA DI), Louie Jordan (Weber State – USA, NCAA DI), Geno Crandall 🇺🇸 (Gottingen – Germany, D1)

News:

Four Riders continue multi-year deals
Blake Bowman signs multi-year deal with Leicester Riders
Reigning MVP Geno Crandall re-signs

London Lions

HC: Ryan Schmidt

Returning: Josh Ward-Hibbert (re-signed), Bradley Kaboza (re-signed – four-year deal)

Juniors/Academy: Zamoku Weluche-Ume (Barking Abbey – NBL D1)

Ins: Mo Soluade (Coruna – Spain, D2), Ovie Soko (Nagoya – Japan, D1), Josh Sharma 🇺🇸🇬🇧 (Trefl Sopot – Poland, D1), Kosta Koufos 🇬🇷🇺🇸 (NBA G-League Ignite), Kareem Queeley (San Pablo Burgos – Spain, D1), Vojtech Hruban 🇨🇿 (Nymburk – Czech Republic, D1), Luke Nelson (Le Portel – France, D1), Sam Dekker 🇺🇸 (Bahcesehir College – Turkey, D1), ̶T̶a̶r̶i̶k̶ ̶P̶h̶i̶l̶l̶i̶p̶ ̶🇬🇧🇺🇸 ̶(̶S̶a̶n̶ ̶P̶a̶b̶l̶o̶ ̶B̶u̶r̶g̶o̶s̶ ̶-̶ ̶S̶p̶a̶i̶n̶,̶ ̶D̶1̶)̶, Tomislav Zubcic 🇭🇷 (Tofas – Turkey, D1), Aaron Best 🇨🇦 (Hamilton Honey Badgers – Canada, CEBL), Jonathan Komagum 🇬🇧🇺🇬 (Sacramento State – USA, NCAA D1), Devon Van Oostrum (Melilla – Spain, D2)

Outs: Will Neighbour (Cheshire Phoenix), Dirk Williams 🇺🇸 (Manchester Giants), Chris Tawiah (Skopje – North Macedonia, D1), Isaiah Reese 🇺🇸 (Samara – Russia, D1), Aurimas Majauskas 🇱🇹 (Budivelnyk Kyiv – Ukraine, D1), Kylor Kelley 🇺🇸 (Bakken Bears – Denmark, D1), Tarik Phillip 🇺🇸🇬🇧 (injury in pre-season)

2021-22 squad –  Julian Washburn 🇺🇸, Justin Robinson, Andre Lockhart, Ryan Martin, Lorenzo Cugini 🇺🇸🇮🇹, Marquis Teague 🇺🇸 (Europe only)

News:
Ryan Schmidt appointed as new head coach
London Lions bring in GB guard Soluade
Ovie Soko returns to London for second spell
London confirm addition of Kareem Queeley
GB guard Luke Nelson signs with Lions
London tie down Bradley Kaboza to four-year deal

Manchester Giants

HC: Vince Macaulay (Lloyd Gardner joins Surrey)

Returning: Callum Jones (re-signed)

Juniors/Academy:

Ins: Rahmon Fletcher 🇺🇸, Corey Johnson 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (both Newcastle Eagles), Dirk Williams 🇺🇸 (London Lions), Tajh Green 🇺🇸 (Benedict College – USA), Legend Robertin (Surrey Scorchers), Nathan Robinson (unattached), William Lee 🇺🇸 (Stade Nabeulien – Tunisia, D1), Anthony Robertson 🇺🇸 (Lenadores – Mexico, D1) Nicholas Lewis 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (unattached)

Outs: David Ulph, Jamell Anderson (both Cheshire Phoenix), Josh Steel (Surrey Scorchers), Geno Artison 🇺🇸 (Veertien Mie – Japan, D3), Jordan Whelan (Bradford Dragons – NBL D1)

2021-22 squad – Dan Clark, Jack Hudson, Will Saunders, Kingsley Nwagboso, Martaveous McKnight 🇺🇸, Tyrik Armstrong 🇺🇸

News:
Vince Macaulay returns to BBL as Manchester head coach/GM
Manchester Giants sign two-time league MVP Rahmon Fletcher
Dirk Williams makes switch from London to Manchester

Newcastle Eagles

HC: Marc Steutel (replaces Ian MacLeod)

Returning: Darius Defoe, Duke Shelton 🇺🇸 (re-signed)

Juniors/Academy:

Ins: Rowell Graham-Bell (Plymouth City Patriots), ̶T̶r̶a̶v̶o̶n̶ ̶B̶r̶o̶a̶d̶w̶a̶y̶ 🇺🇸 ̶(̶K̶o̶z̶u̶v̶ ̶-̶ ̶N̶o̶r̶t̶h̶ ̶M̶a̶c̶e̶d̶o̶n̶i̶a̶,̶ ̶D̶1̶)̶, Ben Mockford (Lyon – France, D3), Javion Hamlet 🇺🇸 (Texas Legends – USA, NBA G League),   ̶B̶r̶a̶n̶d̶o̶n̶ ̶M̶c̶K̶i̶s̶s̶i̶c̶ 🇺🇸 ̶(̶U̶n̶i̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶t̶y̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶F̶l̶o̶r̶i̶d̶a̶ ̶-̶ ̶U̶S̶A̶,̶ ̶N̶C̶A̶A̶ ̶D̶1̶)̶, Jermel Kennedy 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Canada), Branden Aughburns 🇺🇸 (Swans Gudmen – Austria, D1),  David Cohn 🇺🇸 (Schwenningen – Germany, D2)

Outs: Rahmon Fletcher 🇺🇸, Corey Johnson 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (both Manchester Giants), Brandon Peel 🇺🇸 (Ovarense – Portugal, D1), Justin Gordon 🇺🇸 (Argentina, D1), Wesley Person 🇺🇸 (Szedak – Hungary, D1), Travon Broadway 🇺🇸, Brandon McKissic 🇺🇸 (both released – pre-season)

2021-22 squad – Louis Sayers, Themba Yabantu, Kyle Williams 🇺🇸🇬🇧

News:

Marc Steutel takes over as Eagles head coach
Eagles bring in Graham-Bell as first summer signing
Ben Mockford lands at Newcastle Eagles

Plymouth City Patriots

HC: Paul James

Returning: Antonio Williams 🇺🇸, Joe Hart, Rashad Hassan 🇺🇸, Troy Simons 🇺🇸, Elvisi Dusha 🇬🇧🇦🇱, Cam King (all re-signed)

Juniors/Academy:

Ins: James Hawthorne (Handlova – Slovakia, D1), Romario Spence (Oklahoma City – USA, NAIA), Markedric Bell 🇺🇸 (Prairie View A&M – USA), Sam Keita (NC Central – USA, NCAA D1)

Outs: Rowell Graham-Bell (Newcastle Eagles)

2021-22 squad – Denzel Ubiaro, Isaiah Walker, Deji Adekunle

News:

Joe Hart returns for second season with Plymouth
Romario Spence turns pro with Plymouth deal

Sheffield Sharks

HC: Atiba Lyons

Returning: Rodney Glasgow 🇺🇸🇬🇧 (re-signed – three-year deal), Marcus Delpeche 🇺🇸🇬🇧, Nate Montgomery, Bennett Koch 🇺🇸, Kipper Nichols 🇺🇸, Jordan Ratinho 🇵🇹🇺🇸 (all re-signed)

Juniors/Academy:

Ins: Javion Ogunyemi 🇺🇸 (Titebi – Georgia, D1), Channel Banks 🇺🇸 (Spisski Rytieri – Slovakia, D1), Sa’eed Nelson 🇺🇸 (Rasta Vechta – Germany, D2)

Outs: Devante Wallace 🇺🇸 (Union Tarbes-Lourdes – France, D3), Mike Tuck 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (retired), Joe Junior Mvuezolo (TGE – Thailand, D1)

2021-22 squad – Oscar Baldwin

News:

Rodney Glasgow re-signs with Sharks

Surrey Scorchers

HC: Lloyd Gardner (replaces Creon Raftopoulos)

Returning: Dean Wanliss, Tayo Ogedengbe, Andrew Lawrence (re-signed)

Juniors/Academy:

Ins: Boban Jacdonmi (Glasgow Rocks), Jalen Ray 🇺🇸 (Hofstra – NCAA D1), Shakem Johnson 🇺🇸 (Tennessee State – NCAA D1), Luke Busumbru (Solent Kestrels – NBL D1), Padiet Wang 🇸🇸 (Cobra – South Sudan, D1), Josh Steel (Manchester Giants), Kyle Carey, Radwan Bakkali (both Cheshire Phoenix), Charleston Dobbs 🇺🇸 (Vllaznia – Albania, D1)

Outs: Caylin Raftopoulos (assistant coach), Devin Thomas 🇺🇸, Lemar Hamrick 🇺🇸 (not returning)

2021-22 squad – Martelle McLemore 🇺🇸🇬🇧, Jules Dang Akodo

News:

Lloyd Gardner takes charge of Surrey Scorchers

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