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The NBA D-League revealed its selections for the 2015-16 minor league all-star game to be played in Toronto next month. The rosters are as follows:
EASTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STARS
Player (Team)
Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate College/Country Keith Appling (Erie)* G 6-1 190 2/13/1992 Michigan State/USA
Lorenzo Brown (Grand Rapids) G 6-5 189 8/26/1990 North Carolina St./USA
Rakeem Christmas (Fort Wayne)* C 6-10 239 12/1/1991 Syracuse/USA
Jimmer Fredette (Westchester) G 6-2 195 2/25/1989 Brigham Young/USA
Tre Kelley (Sioux Falls) G 6-0 187 1/23/1985 South Carolina/USA
Sean Kilpatrick (Delaware)* G 6-4 219 1/6/1990 Cincinnati/USA
DeAndre Liggins (Sioux Falls) F 6-6 204 3/31/1988 Kentucky/USA
Jordan McRae (Delaware)* G 6-5 179 3/28/1991 Tennessee/USA
Jordan Mickey (Maine)* F 6-8 235 7/9/1994 Louisiana State/USA
Ronald Roberts Jr. (Raptors) F 6-8 225 8/5/1991 St. Josephs/USA
Alex Stepheson (Iowa) C 6-10 249 8/7/1987 Southern California/USA
Jarnell Stokes (Sioux Falls)* F 6-7 250 1/7/1994 Tennessee/USA
Head Coach: Ken McDonald (Austin)
Assistant Coaches: AJ Diggs (Austin), Patrick Mutombo (Austin)
Athletic Trainers: Keith Abrams (Austin)
WESTERN CONFERENCE ALL-STARS
Player (Team)
Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate College/Country Brandon Ashley (Texas) F 6-8 228 7/15/1994 Arizona/USA
Jeff Ayres (Idaho)*
C 6-10 240 4/29/1987 Arizona State/USA Vander Blue (Los Angeles) G 6-4 200 7/22/1992 Marquette/USA
Will Cummings (Rio Grande Valley) G 6-2 185 10/7/1992 Temple/USA
Micheal Eric (Texas)
C 6-10 240 6/24/1988 Temple/USA Erick Green (Reno)*
G 6-3 178 8/5/1994 Virginia Tech/USA Justin Harper (Los Angeles) F 6-10 225 8/30/1989 Richmond/USA
Vincent Hunter (Reno) F 6-8 208 5/9/1991 Texas-El Paso/USA
Orlando Johnson (Austin) G 6-5 220 3/11/1989 UC Santa Barbara/USA
Xavier Munford (Bakersfield) G 6-5 180 6/1/1992 Rhode Island/USA
Raphiael Putney (Rio Grande Valley) F 6-10 185 4/21/1990 Massachusetts/USA
Elliot Williams (Santa Cruz) G 6-5 183 6/20/1989 Memphis/USA
Head Coach: Dan Craig (Sioux Falls)
Assistant Coaches: Octavio De La Grana (Sioux Falls), Corey Belser (Sioux Falls)
Athletic Trainer: Dustin Schramm (Sioux Falls)
* - Indicates a player currently in the NBA
These rosters, not only obviously feature a handful of frequent NBA assignees, but also prospects who have since moved on to sign big league contracts, and therefore may be otherwise preoccupied and unable to participate. Additional all-star replacement-decisions will be announced by the league at a later time, depending on how things play out and which players may or may not become available.
And while it's nice to see NBA assignment players be rewarded and recognized for their respective efforts, big league teams may not want such youngsters to risk injury. It's, nevertheless, a nice honor, however. One should expect most assignees to take part in the game. In the cases of Green, Ayers, Brown, Kilpatrick, and McRae, that'll all depend on their respective statuses with NBA teams when the time comes.