South Bay Lakers

South Bay Lakers
founding	2006
history	Los Angeles D-Fenders 2006–2017 South Bay Lakers since 2017
Stadion	UCLA Health Training Center
Location	El Segundo , California
Club colors	Violet, gold, light blue, white    
league	NBA G-League
Head coach	Coby Karl
General manager	Nick Mazzella
owner	Los Angeles Lakers

The South Bay Lakers (formerly Los Angeles D-Fenders ) are a team of NBA G-League , which in El Segundo ( California is home).

history

The farm team of the Los Angeles Lakers was the Los Angeles D-Fenders for the season 2006/07 new in the NBA Development League added. Since then, the D-Fenders have also been in the possession of the Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss, who died in 2013 . Both the logo and the colors of the team were modeled on those of the Lakers. The Lakers were the first team in the league to have an exclusive farm team in the NBA D-League .

In the beginning, the D-Fenders played their home games at the Staples Center in Los Angeles . The D-Fenders games were usually placed before the Lakers home games and tickets for a Lakers game were also valid for a D-Fenders home game. But mostly the hall stayed empty and the costs for the home games rose enormously. In order to build up new structures for the team, the D-Fenders did not appear during the 2010/11 season and did not take part in the game. The team returned to the league for the 2011/12 season and played its home games at the Toyota Sports Center until 2016/17 . This offered space for around 300 spectators at home games. The D-Fenders were able to successfully contest the season and made it to the finals of the play-offs. There they were defeated by the Austin Toros after victories with 1-2.

From 2012 to 2013 Reggie Theus was head coach of the team. His successor should initially be the former player Mark Madsen. However, Madsen was later appointed as an assistant coach to the Los Angeles Lakers. Head coach for the 2013/14 season was Robert MacKinnon . For the 2013/14 season, the German national player Elias Harris was also sent by the Los Angeles Lakers to the D-Fenders to collect match practice there.

After the season 2016/17 was the NBA Development League in NBA G-League (short G-League ) renamed and the LA D-Fenders in South Bay Lakers. Since the 2017/18 season, the UCLA Health Training Center has served as a home with a capacity of 750 spectators.

Current squad

Squad of the South Bay Lakers

player	Coaches
No. Nat. Surname position birth size info 2 Joel Berry Guard 04/01/1995 183 cm UNC 4th Alex Caruso Guard 02/28/1994 196 cm Texas A&M 5 Jeffrey Carroll Forward 11/06/1994 198 cm Oklahoma State 8th Scott Machado Guard 06/08/1990 191 cm Iona 9 Jemerrio Jones Guard 04/09/1995 196 cm New Mexico State 11 DeMarcus Holland Guard 03/02/1994 193 cm Texas 14th Marcus Allen Guard 09/14/1994 188 cm Stanford 20th Andre Ingram Guard November 19, 1985 191 cm American 22nd Kadeem Jack Forward 10/27/1992 206 cm Rutgers 23 Derrick Griffin Forward 09/03/1993 201 cm Texas Southern 25th Robert Heyer Forward 03/01/1992 196 cm Boise State 37 Kostas Antetokounmpo Power forward July 20, 1997 208 cm TW Filathlitikos OA	Nat. Surname position Coby Karl Head coach Isaiah Fox Assistant coach Metta World Peace Assistant coach Brian Walsh Assistant coach
	Legend Abbr. meaning No. Jersey number Nat. nationality C. Team captain TW Two-way player (player with a two-way contract) NBA Assigned Player (assigned player from the NBA)

Well-known former players

D-Fenders logo from 2006 to 2017

• Gabe Pruitt
• Jamaal Tinsley
• Jamario Moon
• Mickaël Gelabale
• Sun Yue
• Jordan Farmar
• Ronald Dupree
• Elias Harris
• Coby Karl
• David Nwaba
• Travis Wear

Web links

• The South Bay Lakers on the NBA G-League website