2016-2017 Grand Rapids Drive Regular Season Roster

* Including all Springfield Armor, Anaheim Arsenal and Grand Rapids Gold information

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2016-2017 Grand Rapids Drive Roster

# Player Pos Height Weight Age Pre-NBA Draft Team NBA Draft Status Nationality
24 Chris Anderson F 6-6 220 24 Louisiana Tech 2014 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
7 Lorenzo Brown SG 6-5 189 26 NC State 2013 Rnd 2 Pick 22 United States
Spain
15 Jordan Crawford G 6-5 195 28 Xavier 2010 Rnd 1 Pick 27 United States
8 Henry Ellenson PF 6-10 240 20 Marquette 2016 Rnd 1 Pick 18 United States
10 Trey Freeman G 6-2 185 24 Old Dominion 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
6 Michael Patrick Gbinije SF 6-6 200 24 Syracuse 2016 Rnd 2 Pick 19 United States
Nigeria
- Paul Graham III GF 6-5 190 31 Florida Atlantic 2009 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
Puerto Rico
3 Ramon Harris F 6-7 220 28 Kentucky 2010 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
- Darrun Hilliard SG 6-6 220 23 Villanova 2015 Rnd 2 Pick 8 United States
5 Chris Horton FC 6-8 225 22 Austin Peay 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
- Terence Jennings F 6-11 230 28 Louisville 2011 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
17 Alex Johnson G 5-10 175 29 NC State 2012 NBA Draft, Undrafted Canada
- Stanley Johnson G 6-6 242 20 Arizona 2015 Rnd 1 Pick 8 United States
32 Nikola Jovanovic FC 6-11 240 23 USC 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted Serbia
9 Bruce Massey G 6-3 195 26 Middle Tennessee State 2013 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
5 Ray McCallum PG 6-3 191 25 Detroit-Mercy 2013 Rnd 2 Pick 6 United States
55 Kevin Murphy GF 6-5 185 26 Tennessee Tech 2012 Rnd 2 Pick 17 United States
11 Jeff Newberry G 6-2 190 24 Oklahoma State 2016 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
25 Ismael Romero F 6-8 220 25   2013 NBA Draft, Undrafted Cuba
Puerto Rico
23 Marcus Simmons G 6-6 220 29 USC 2011 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
13 Zeke Upshaw GF 6-6 215 25 Hofstra 2014 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States

2016-2017 Grand Rapids Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters R. McCallum L. Brown M. Simmons K. Murphy C. Anderson
Rotation T. Freeman B. Massey R. Harris   C. Horton
Lim PT J. Newberry   Z. Upshaw I. Romero  

Recent Grand Rapids Drive History

Season Team Record Conference Rank
2023-2024 Grand Rapids Gold 11-23 (10-16) 13th (Eastern)
2022-2023 Grand Rapids Gold 9-23 (7-18) 15th (Eastern)
2021-2022 Grand Rapids Gold 17-15 (17-14) 7th (Eastern)
2020-2021 Grand Rapids Drive N/A N/A (Eastern)
2019-2020 Grand Rapids Drive 25-18 (22-14) 4th (Eastern)
2018-2019 Grand Rapids Drive 28-23 (22-18) 5th (Eastern)
2017-2018 Grand Rapids Drive 29-22 (25-15) 1st (Eastern)
2016-2017 Grand Rapids Drive 26-24 (23-16) 3rd (Eastern)
2015-2016 Grand Rapids Drive 21-29 (17-26) 8th (Eastern)
2014-2015 Grand Rapids Drive 23-28 (12-12) 6th (Eastern)

2016-2017 Grand Rapids Drive Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Ray McCallum East Initial All-Star Selection (2017)
Jordan Crawford East Replacement All-Star Selection (2017)
Kevin Murphy Three Point Shootout Participant (2017)

2016-2017 Grand Rapids Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Stanley Johnson 1 37.4 26.0 5.0 4.0 1.0 1.0 3.0
Lorenzo Brown 11 35.8 23.6 7.7 4.0 1.7 0.5 1.7
Darrun Hilliard 4 34.1 23.5 5.8 2.5 0.8 0.0 1.2
Jordan Crawford 37 29.8 23.5 3.3 3.5 1.2 0.2 1.9
Kevin Murphy 45 33.8 23.1 5.8 1.5 1.0 0.1 2.6
Henry Ellenson 21 35.2 17.9 8.9 1.3 0.6 0.9 1.9
Ray McCallum 43 36.9 17.6 5.8 7.0 2.2 0.3 2.7
Michael Patrick Gbinije 16 35.0 12.0 4.3 1.8 1.9 0.2 1.2
Nikola Jovanovic 24 17.3 9.5 7.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 1.1
Ramon Harris 37 24.4 7.7 4.4 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.7
Zeke Upshaw 34 21.7 6.5 3.0 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.6
Chris Horton 49 18.6 6.2 5.5 0.3 0.8 0.9 1.2
Trey Freeman 39 22.7 5.7 3.0 2.2 0.7 0.1 0.7
Chris Anderson 39 17.1 5.4 4.9 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.8
Marcus Simmons 25 23.6 5.4 3.4 1.1 0.6 0.4 1.0
Ismael Romero 18 12.1 5.3 2.9 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.9
Bruce Massey 17 10.6 4.5 1.9 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.4
Terence Jennings 8 9.0 3.0 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4
Jeff Newberry 25 11.4 3.0 1.7 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.7
Alex Johnson 10 7.9 2.1 1.3 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.5
Paul Graham III 1 5.6 1.0 1.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Grand Rapids Drive Affiliation History

SeasonTeamNBA Affiliate
2023-2024 Grand Rapids Gold Nuggets
2022-2023 Grand Rapids Gold Nuggets
2021-2022 Grand Rapids Gold Nuggets
2020-2021 Grand Rapids Drive Pistons
2019-2020 Grand Rapids Drive Pistons
2018-2019 Grand Rapids Drive Pistons
2017-2018 Grand Rapids Drive Pistons
2016-2017 Grand Rapids Drive Pistons
2015-2016 Grand Rapids Drive Pistons
2014-2015 Grand Rapids Drive Pistons
2013-2014 Springfield Armor Nets
2012-2013 Springfield Armor Nets
2011-2012 Springfield Armor Nets
2010-2011 Springfield Armor Nets, Knicks, Sixers
2009-2010 Springfield Armor Nets, Knicks, Sixers
2008-2009 Anaheim Arsenal Hawks, Clippers
2007-2008 Anaheim Arsenal Hawks, Clippers, Magic

Grand Rapids Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Rex Walters Head Coach 2016-2017 Head Coach (San Francisco, 2008 to 2016)
Dion Glover Assistant Coach 2014-2015 N/A
Ryan Krueger Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Lehigh, 2011 to 2015)
Jon Phelps General Manager 2016-2017 Director of Basketball Operations (Grand Rapids Drive, 2014 to 2016)
Courtney Havens-Mitchell Head Athletic Trainer 2016-2017 N/A
Evarist Akujobi Strength and Conditioning Coach 2016-2017 Strength and Conditioning Coach (Memphis, 2014 to 2016)