MOTOR CITY CRUISE ACQUIRE CENTER NATE ROBERTS

DETROIT, MI – The Motor City Cruise announced today that they have acquired center Nate Roberts from the available player pool.

Roberts has appeared in nine games (four starts) this season with the Wisconsin Herd of the NBA G League, averaging 2.0 points on 44% shooting, 4.1 rebounds and 0.8 assists in 13.9 minutes.

The 6-foot-11, 235-lb center was selected in the first round (17th overall) of the 2022-23 G League Draft by the South Bay Lakers. Roberts was acquired by the Wisconsin Herd on November 19th from the player pool before being placed on waivers on February 3rd

A Native of Washington D.C., Roberts attended the University of Washington where he averaged 4.3 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 0.3 assists in 18.6 minutes per game over three years from 2019-22 for the Huskies.