Charlotte Hornets Announce 2016 Training Camp Roster

Charlotte Hornets General Manager Rich Cho announced today the team’s 2016 training camp roster and signing of Perry Ellis.  Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. The training camp roster now stands at 19.

Ellis, a 2016 Consensus All-America Second Team member and two-time All-Big 12 First Team (2016, 2015) standout, appeared in 38 games for Kansas during his senior campaign, averaging 16.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 30.3 minutes per game. For his four-year career, the Wichita, Kan., native appeared in 144 total games, averaging 12.5 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game, leaving Kansas as the eighth all-time leading scorer (1,798).

The team’s training camp roster is listed below:

          No.      Player                                      Pos.      Ht.       Wt.      Birthdate        Prior to NBA/Home Country                         Yrs Pro

1      Andrew Andrews                       G         6-2       200      5/25/93            Washington/USA                                                      R

5      Nicolas Batum                          G/F       6-8       200      12/14/88          Le Mans (France)/France                                         8

21      Marco Belinelli                          G/F       6-5       210      3/25/86            Fortitudo Bologna (Italy)/Italy                                    9

34      Perry Ellis                                   F         6-8       225      9/14/93            Kansas/USA                                                             R

12      Treveon Graham                      G/F       6-5       219      10/28/93          Virginia Commonwealth/USA                                   R

9      Aaron Harrison                          G         6-6       212      10/28/94          Kentucky/USA                                                           1

00      Spencer Hawes                        F/C       7-1       245      4/28/88            Washington/USA                                                       9

55      Roy Hibbert                                C         7-2       270      12/11/86          Georgetown/USA                                                      8

44      Frank Kaminsky                        F/C       7-0       242      4/4/93              Wisconsin/USA                                                          1

14      Michael Kidd-Gilchrist                 F         6-7       232      9/26/93            Kentucky/USA                                                           4

3      Jeremy Lamb                             G         6-5       185      5/30/92            Connecticut/USA                                                       4

22      Brian Roberts                             G         6-1       173      12/3/85            Dayton/USA                                                              4

7      Ramon Sessions                        G         6-3       190      4/11/86            Nevada/USA                                                             9

6      Rasheed Sulaimon                     G         6-4       196      3/9/94              Maryland/USA                                                          R

10      Mike Tobey                                C         7-0       260      10/10/94          Virginia/USA                                                             R

15      Kemba Walker                           G         6-1       184      5/8/90              Connecticut/USA                                                       5

2      Marvin Williams                           F         6-9       237      6/19/86            North Carolina/USA                                                11

35      Christian Wood                           F         6-11     220      9/27/95            UNLV/USA                                                                1

40      Cody Zeller                               F/C       7-0       240      10/5/92            Indiana/USA                                                              3

HEAD COACH: Steve Clifford (Maine-Farmington)

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH: Patrick Ewing (Georgetown)

ASSISTANT COACHES: Stephen Silas (Brown), Pat Delany (Saint Anselm), Bob Weiss (Penn State), Steve Hetzel (Michigan State), Bruce Kreutzer (SUNY-New Paltz)

HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER: Steve Stricker (Iowa State)

STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH: Matt Friia (Ithaca)

ASSISTANT ATHLETIC TRAINER: Dennis Williams (South Carolina)