PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. – The Northern Arizona Suns announced today their 15-man training camp roster for the 2018-19 season. Training camp starts in Prescott Valley, Arizona, on Monday.
The training camp roster consists of five returning players, four local tryout players, three of their draft picks, two players they acquired in trades, and one Two-Way player.
Making their return for the 2018-19 season are Derek Cooke Jr., Tyrell Corbin, Peter Jok, Tidjan Keita, and Eric Stuteville. Cooke played for the NAZ Suns during their inaugural season in 2016-17. He most recently played for the Perth Wildcats in the National Basketball League. Corbin (an available player pool player last year), Jok (an affiliate player last year), Keita (an affiliate player last year) and Stuteville (the No. 1 overall draft pick in 2017) are all set to play their second year in a NAZ Suns uniform.
The NAZ Suns drafted four players in the 2018 NBA G League Draft on Saturday. They traded one of those players for Daxter Miles Jr., who was selected No. 11 overall by the Iowa Wolves. NAZ Suns draft picks who will report to training camp are Aaron Epps (first round, sixth overall), A.J. Mosby (second round, 36th overall) and LaQuinton Ross (second round, 51st overall).
Anthony Lefeau, Wayne McCullough, Retin Obasohan and James Pegues made the training camp roster as local tryout players. The Suns completed a trade to acquire Shaquille Thomas this week. George King is a Two-Way player under contract with the Phoenix Suns.
NAME | POS | HT | WT | DOB | COLLEGE/COUNTRY | STATUS |
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Derek Cooke Jr. | F | 6-9 | 220 | 8/23/91 | Wyoming/USA | Returning |
Tyrell Corbin | G | 6-1 | 185 | 9/21/92 | Cal State Bakersfield/USA | Returning |
Aaron Epps | C | 6-10 | 214 | 4/28/96 | Louisiana State/USA | Drafted |
Peter Jok | F/G | 6-6 | 205 | 3/30/94 | Iowa/Sudan | Returning |
Tidjan Keita | F | 6-10 | 205 | 11/30/96 | Thetford, Quebec/France | Returning |
George King | F | 6-6 | 220 | 1/15/94 | Colorado/USA | Two-Way |
Anthony Lefeau | F | 6-7 | 222 | 7/21/95 | Cerritos College/USA | Local Tryout |
Wayne McCullough | G | 6-5 | 205 | 6/22/94 | Colorado Christian/USA | Local Tryout |
Daxter Miles Jr. | G | 6-3 | 200 | 1/5/95 | West Virginia/USA | Trade |
A.J. Mosby | G | 6-3 | 160 | 4/8/96 | Alcorn State/USA | Drafted |
Retin Obasohan | G | 6-3 | 220 | 7/6/93 | Alabama/Belgium | Local Tryout |
James Pegues | F | 6-6 | 220 | 11/2/93 | Newman/USA | Local Tryout |
LaQuinton Ross | F | 6-8 | 220 | 11/19/91 | Ohio State/USA | Drafted |
Eric Stuteville | C | 6-11 | 250 | 2/6/95 | Sacramento State/USA | Returning |
Shaquille Thomas | F | 6-7 | 180 | 3/25/92 | Cincinnati/USA | Trade |