September 23, 2016 – 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:
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)