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 12/1/2026 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 1/6/2025 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 7/9/2025 Louisiana State/USA
Ronald Roberts Jr. (Raptors) F 6-8 225 8/5/2025 St. Josephs/USA
Alex Stepheson (Iowa) C 6-10 249 8/7/2025 Southern California/USA
Jarnell Stokes (Sioux Falls)* F 6-7 250 1/7/2025 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 10/7/2025 Temple/USA
Micheal Eric (Texas) C 6-10 240 6/24/1988 Temple/USA
Erick Green (Reno)* G 6-3 178 8/5/2025 Virginia Tech/USA
Justin Harper (Los Angeles) F 6-10 225 8/30/1989 Richmond/USA
Vincent Hunter (Reno) F 6-8 208 5/9/2025 Texas-El Paso/USA
Orlando Johnson (Austin) G 6-5 220 3/11/2025 UC Santa Barbara/USA
Xavier Munford (Bakersfield) G 6-5 180 6/1/2026 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.