Hoping to strike gold with another Hassan Whiteside or Tyler Johnson, the Heat's D-League affiliate announced its opening day roster, according to a press release from the team, ahead of their season opener on Saturday, November 14 at home against the Iowa Energy at 7:00 p.m.
This is the list of players on the opening day roster: (* = rookie)
- Russell Byrd *# - Draft (D-League)
- Bubu Palo - Returning
- Nigel Spikes - Tryout
- Jabril Trawick * - Draft
The Skyforce also waived guards James Johnson, Deonta Stocks, Deshaunt Walker and forward Jereal Scott and placed guard/forward Russell Byrd and guard Briante Weber on the inactive list.