2023-2024 Dakota Bikers season

Dakota Bikers
Primary Contact	FadedForest
Secondary Contact	None
Arena	Sofawolf Stadium - Sturgis, SD
Owner(s)	Bernard Dwight (male red fox)
General Manager	Alexander Whitaker (male arctic fox)
Head coach	Lucas Dupre (male red fox)
Results
Record	44-36
Place	Division: 2nd (Plains)
	Conference: 3rd (Western)
Playoff finish	Lost to Alaska Arctics 3-4 (Conference Semifinals)
2022-23	2024-25

The 2023-24 Dakota Bikers season is the 45th season of the franchise in the Furry Basketball Association (FBA).

Key Dates

• September 6th, 2023 Start of Free Agency
• September 15th, 2023 Draft Day held in Las Vegas, NV at the FBA Amphitheatre

Draft Picks

Main article: 2023 FBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Species	Position
1	22	Elijah Wolfgang	Wolverine	F/G
2	42	Ryan Easteron	North American River Otter	F
2	46	Sylvia Walker	Opossum	G

Roster

Depth Chart

Dakota Bikers 2023-24 Depth Chart

Starters
Point Guard		Shooting Guard		Small Forward		Power Forward		Center
32	Matthew Silvius (Long-Tailed Weasel, G)	9	Jonathan Lawyer (Meerkat, F/G)	15	Dylan Redfield (Red Deer, F)	7	Mika Mishima (Tanuki, F/C)	42	Benjamin Durby (Fallow Deer, C/F)
Bench
Guard		Forward		Swingfur		Bigfur		Forward
2	Erik Kijani (Leopard, G)	88	Troy Roenick (Cat, F)	1	Elijah Wolfgang (Wolverine , F/G)	76	Hugo Flynn (Scaly-foot Snail, F/C)	77	Nawaki Yoshigahara (Akita Inu , F)
Reserves
Swingfur		Forward		Center		Center		Guard
5	J.C. Golde (Yellow-bellied Weasel, F/G)	34	Ryan Easteron (North American River Otter, F)	19	Xavier Saffiren (Greyhound, C)	55	Eli Schuck (Pangolin, C)	27	Sylvia Walker (Opossum , G)

Regular Season Stats

Name	G	Min	FGM	FGA	3PtM	3PtA	FTM	FTA	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts	MPG	FG%	TP%	FT%	RPG	APG	TPG	SPG	BPG	FPG	PPG
Mika Mishima	65	2025.8	283	616	0	0	192	315	128	655	283	122	97	89	216	758	31.2	0.459	N/A	0.61	10.1	4.4	1.9	1.5	1.4	3.3	11.7
Matthew Silvius	67	2086.8	525	1064	251	574	181	193	32	116	713	186	145	40	154	1482	31.1	0.493	0.437	0.938	1.7	10.6	2.8	2.2	0.6	2.3	22.1
Lorenz Valerio	67	2081.3	514	1086	188	491	231	273	29	309	331	157	70	25	198	1447	31.1	0.473	0.383	0.846	4.6	4.9	2.3	1	0.4	3	21.6
Jonathan Lawyer	67	2035.9	474	999	247	581	192	216	27	212	327	150	150	34	203	1387	30.4	0.474	0.425	0.889	3.2	4.9	2.2	2.2	0.5	3	20.7
Michael River	66	2008.9	408	844	5	32	262	341	142	631	141	160	48	78	223	1083	30.4	0.483	0.156	0.768	9.6	2.1	2.4	0.7	1.2	3.4	16.4
José Carrestados	67	1388.7	228	446	64	165	120	145	34	226	216	56	45	27	117	640	20.7	0.511	0.388	0.828	3.4	3.2	0.8	0.7	0.4	1.7	9.6
Benjamin Durby	67	1290.8	108	265	1	1	111	132	60	353	88	80	35	40	87	328	19.3	0.408	1	0.841	5.3	1.3	1.2	0.5	0.6	1.3	4.9
Elijah Wolfgang	67	1290.9	207	455	103	234	84	109	39	209	105	70	59	18	99	601	19.3	0.455	0.44	0.771	3.1	1.6	1	0.9	0.3	1.5	9
Troy Roenick	67	833.5	78	152	0	0	66	78	47	245	11	47	12	14	65	222	12.4	0.513	N/A	0.846	3.7	0.2	0.7	0.2	0.2	1	3.3
Sylvia Walker	67	798.1	117	278	62	148	47	63	26	78	11	46	36	10	54	343	11.9	0.421	0.419	0.746	1.2	0.2	0.7	0.5	0.1	0.8	5.1
Sarah Gruda	3	33.9	3	6	0	0	1	2	1	8	0	1	0	0	1	7	11.3	0.5	N/A	0.5	2.7	0	0.3	0	0	0.3	2.3
Nawaki Yoshigahara	67	180.5	11	39	5	18	7	14	29	49	24	11	11	2	17	34	2.7	0.282	0.278	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.2	0	0.3	0.5
Erik Kijani	67	174.9	16	43	2	8	15	20	35	48	18	17	9	5	18	49	2.6	0.372	0.25	0.75	0.7	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3	0.7
Legend: G: Games played, Min: Minutes, FGM: Field Goals Made, FGA: Field Goal Attempts, 3PtM: 3-Pointers Made, 3PtA: 3-Point Attempts, FTM: Free Throws Made, FTA: Free Throws Attempted, Off: Offensive Rebounds, Reb: Total Rebounds, Ast: Assists, TO: Turnovers, Stl: Steals, Blk: Blocks, PF: Personal Fouls, Pts: Points Scored, MPG: Minutes per game, FG%: Field Goal Percentage, TP%: Three-Point Percentage, FT%: Free Throw Percentage, RPG: Rebounds per game, APG: Assists per game, TPG: Turnovers per game, SPG: Steals per game, BPG: Blocks per game, FPG: Fouls per game, PPG: Points per game

Playoff Stats

Name	G	Min	FGM	FGA	3PtM	3PtA	FTM	FTA	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	Blk	PF	Pts	MPG	FG%	TP%	FT%	RPG	APG	TPG	SPG	BPG	FPG	PPG
Dylan Redfield	8	164.1	30	53	1	9	11	14	4	38	18	10	1	3	10	72	20.5	0.566	0.111	0.786	4.8	2.3	1.3	0.1	0.4	1.3	9
Eli Schuck	5	12.9	0	2	0	0	2	2	5	6	2	2	0	0	1	2	2.6	0	N/A	1	1.2	0.4	0.4	0	0	0.2	0.4
Benjamin Durby	14	438.7	73	167	0	0	43	58	30	146	46	24	13	17	37	189	31.3	0.437	N/A	0.741	10.4	3.3	1.7	0.9	1.2	2.6	13.5
Erik Kijani	14	311	45	89	1	15	12	27	7	41	59	21	18	3	24	103	22.2	0.506	0.067	0.444	2.9	4.2	1.5	1.3	0.2	1.7	7.4
Hugo Flynn	14	73.3	6	15	0	0	5	6	8	19	3	7	1	3	2	17	5.2	0.4	N/A	0.833	1.4	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.2	0.1	1.2
Jonathan Lawyer	14	443.4	125	253	60	125	46	51	4	53	77	38	24	9	37	356	31.7	0.494	0.48	0.902	3.8	5.5	2.7	1.7	0.6	2.6	25.4
Matthew Silvius	13	366.8	107	205	54	111	38	41	6	24	100	39	27	6	42	306	28.2	0.522	0.486	0.927	1.8	7.7	3	2.1	0.5	3.2	23.5
Xavier Saffiren	14	278.7	38	61	0	0	18	28	8	68	10	17	2	12	18	94	19.9	0.623	N/A	0.643	4.9	0.7	1.2	0.1	0.9	1.3	6.7
Mika Mishima	14	440.2	58	158	0	0	48	78	20	125	67	44	20	18	44	164	31.4	0.367	N/A	0.615	8.9	4.8	3.1	1.4	1.3	3.1	11.7
Troy Roenick	10	314.7	38	101	0	0	41	49	2	95	13	26	2	10	30	117	31.5	0.376	N/A	0.837	9.5	1.3	2.6	0.2	1	3	11.7
Nawaki Yoshigahara	14	115.4	8	18	3	6	7	10	6	19	12	10	2	3	13	26	8.2	0.444	0.5	0.7	1.4	0.9	0.7	0.1	0.2	0.9	1.9
Elijah Wolfgang	14	223.2	37	77	19	41	17	22	8	33	20	12	1	1	15	110	15.9	0.481	0.463	0.773	2.4	1.4	0.9	0.1	0.1	1.1	7.9
Ryan Easteron	14	92	3	13	0	0	4	6	4	28	4	8	3	1	8	10	6.6	0.231	N/A	0.667	2	0.3	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.6	0.7
Sylvia Walker	6	110.6	10	27	5	11	3	4	5	13	2	5	4	3	10	28	18.4	0.37	0.455	0.75	2.2	0.3	0.8	0.7	0.5	1.7	4.7
Legend: G: Games played, Min: Minutes, FGM: Field Goals Made, FGA: Field Goal Attempts, 3PtM: 3-Pointers Made, 3PtA: 3-Point Attempts, FTM: Free Throws Made, FTA: Free Throws Attempted, Off: Offensive Rebounds, Reb: Total Rebounds, Ast: Assists, TO: Turnovers, Stl: Steals, Blk: Blocks, PF: Personal Fouls, Pts: Points Scored, MPG: Minutes per game, FG%: Field Goal Percentage, TP%: Three-Point Percentage, FT%: Free Throw Percentage, RPG: Rebounds per game, APG: Assists per game, TPG: Turnovers per game, SPG: Steals per game, BPG: Blocks per game, FPG: Fouls per game, PPG: Points per game

Transactions

Main article: 2024 Transactions

Overview

Dakota Bikers

Players Added Via Draft Elijah Wolfgang (Wolverine , F/G) Ryan Easteron (North American River Otter, F) Sylvia Walker (Opossum , G) Via Free Agency N/A Via Trade N/A

Players Lost Bought out N/A Via Free Agency Jhearett Tendua (Black Panther, F) David Cartwright (Snowy Owl, G) Via Trade N/A Via Retirement N/A

Trades

• None

Free Agents

Additions

Player	Signed	Former Team
Jonathan Lawyer (Meerkat, F/G)	4y - $85m	Contract Extension

Subtractions

Player	Reason Left	New Team
Jhearett Tendua (Black Panther, F)	Free Agency	HNT
David Cartwright (Snowy Owl, G)	Free Agency	HNT