{"id":229636,"date":"2025-10-21T15:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/229636\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T15:31:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T15:31:10","slug":"nine-gators-on-nba-opening-day-rosters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/229636\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine Gators on NBA Opening Day Rosters"},"content":{"rendered":"

With three NBA Draft picks this season, the Gators enter the 2025-26 season with nine players on NBA opening day rosters.
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\nWalter Clayton Jr.<\/a> (Jazz), Alijah Martin<\/a> (Raptors two-way) and Will Richard<\/a> (Warriors) all joined the NBA ranks after last season’s national championship run, as Bradley Beal (Clippers), Dorian Finney-Smith (Rockets) and Al Horford (Warriors) all signed with new teams during the offseason.
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\nAndrew Nembhard continues his run with the defending Eastern Conference champion Indiana Pacers. In addition, Tre Mann enters his fifth NBA season continuing with the Charlotte Hornets, while Colin Castleton recently agreed to a two-way deal with the Orlando Magic.
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\nIn addition to the nine NBA players set for 2025-26 campaign, the Gators have a wide range of former players, coaches and staff in NBA coaching and front office roles.
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\nThe NBA season tips off Tuesday evening with Finney-Smith’s Rockets taking on the Thunder, followed by Horford and Richard’s Warriors vs. the Lakers.
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\nGators on 2025-26 NBA Opening Day Rosters
\nBradley Beal, Los Angeles Clippers
\nColin Castleton, Orlando Magic (two-way)
\nWalter Clayton Jr.<\/a>, Utah Jazz
\nDorian Finney-Smith, Houston Rockets
\nAl Horford, Golden State Warriors
\nTre Mann, Charlotte Hornets
\nAlijah Martin<\/a>, Toronto Raptors (two-way)
\nAndrew Nembhard, Indiana Pacers
\nWill Richard<\/a>, Golden State Warriors
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\n2025-26 NBA Staff (Florida role)
\nBennett Andersen<\/a>, San Antonio Spurs, Operations Assistant (player\/manager)
\nCorey Brewer, New Orleans Pelicans, Assistant Coach (player)
\nRC Buford, San Antonio Spurs, CEO (assistant coach)
\nMark Daigneault, OKC Thunder, Head Coach (assistant to the head coach)
\nBilly Donovan, Chicago Bulls, Head Coach (head coach)
\nBilly Donovan III, Windy City Bulls, Head Coach (player)
\nAndrew Ford, Brooklyn Nets, Scouting Coordinator (manager)
\nAdam Glessner, San Antonio Spurs, Associate VP of Player Personnel (manager)
\nJack May, Miami Heat, Video Room Intern (player)
\nKenny McCraney, Miami Heat, Senior Director of Player Programs (assistant coach)
\nSchuyler Rimmer, Phoenix Suns, Assistant Coach (player)
\nBilly Schmidt, Chicago Bulls, Assistant Coach (assistant to the head coach)
\nDaniel Starkman, Atlanta Hawks, VP of Player Personnel (manager)
\nDeVon Walker, OKC Thunder, Director of Advance Scouting and Player Analyst (player)
\nMike Weinar, Indiana Pacers, Assistant Coach (manager)
\nRyan Winters, Brooklyn Nets, Pro Scout (manager)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With three NBA Draft picks this season, the Gators enter the 2025-26 season with nine players on NBA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-229636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}