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Las Vegas Summer League
The biggest and most intriguing Summer League this year will be held from July 6-15 at the COX Pavilion on the UNLV campus in Las Vegas.
Teams slated to appear in Vegas this summer include the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers, New Orleans Hornets, Denver Nuggets, Golden State Warriors, Orlando Magic, Sacramento Kings, Dallas Mavericks, Chicago Bulls, New Jersey Nets, Phoenix Suns, Washington Wizards, Detroit Pistons, Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks and Portland Trail Blazers. 43 games will be played over the 10 day span. 20 of those games will be broadcasted on NBATV, four games will be taped per day between Monday, July 11th and Friday, July 15th. All games will be aired on a tape-delay basis, two games a day from the 14th-23rd.
The official website, vegassummerleague.com should have all the info you need once things get started.
Since the rosters have not been published together anywhere yet, we'll go ahead and publish the ones we know so far, highlighting some of the players that we will be keeping closest tabs on.
Rosters
Boston Celtics
42 Tony Allen G 6-4 213 Oklahoma State '04
38 Will Bynum G 6-0 185 Georgia Tech 05
52 Taylor Coppenrath F 6-9 250 Vermont 05
4 Ryan Gomes F 6-7 250 Providence 05
5 Gerald Green F 6-8 200 Gulf Shores Academy 05
55 Orien Greene G 6-4 208 Louisiana-Lafayette 05
7 Al Jefferson F 6-10 265 Prentiss HS '04
51 Jeremiah Massey F 6-7 230 Kansas State 04
0 Will McDonald C 6-11 255 South Florida 03
43 Kendrick Perkins C 6-10 280 Clifton J. Ozen HS '03
9 Justin Reed F 6-8 240 Mississippi '04
13 Delonte West G 6-4 180 St. Joseph's
Head Coach:Glenn "Doc" Rivers
Assistant Coaches: Tony Brown, Jim Brewer, Armond Hill, Paul Pressey, Dave Wohl
Trainer: Ed Lacerte
Strength and Conditioning Coaches: Bryan Doo and Walter Norton, Jr.
Chicago Bulls
The Bulls will determine their VSL roster during a four-day mini-camp July 2 July 5 at the Berto Center. The team will hold two-a-day practices on Saturday, July 2 and Sunday, July 3 (10:00 AM 12:00 PM and 4:00 PM 6:00 PM). Following an off day on Monday, July 4, the mini-camp will conclude with a practice from 10:00 AM 12:00 PM on Tuesday, July 5, prior to the teams departure to Las Vegas. Players will only be available following morning sessions on Saturday and Tuesday (both 10-noon).
Chicago Bulls Mini-Camp Roster: Name Pos Ht | Wt DOB College 2004.05 Team
Chris Alexander C 7-1 | 240 7/20/80 Iowa State 03 Liaoning (China)
Mario Austin F 6-9 | 260 2/26/82 Miss. State 04 Laurenta (Italy)
Eddie Basden G 6-5 | 215 2/15/83 Charlotte 05 Charlotte (NCAA)
Mengke Bateer C 6-11 | 275 11/20/75 China Huntsville (NBDL)/Beijing (China)
Quinnel Brown G 6-6 | 210 8/26/83 Auburn 05 Auburn (NCAA)
Taliek Brown G 6-1 | 185 6/23/82 Connecticut 04 Idaho (CBA)
Adam Hall G 6-5 | 203 3/10/80 Virginia 02 Braunschweig (Germany)
Arthur Johnson C 6-9 | 255 8/26/83 Missouri 04 Denver (NBA)/Aris (Greece)
Ugonna Onyekwe F 6-8 | 230 7/14/79 Pennsylvania 03 Huelva (Spain)
Drago Pasalic F 6-11 | 236 6/23/84 Croatia KK Split (Croatia)
Kasib Powell F 6-7 | 215 3/18/81 Texas Tech 03 Great Lakes (CBA)
Dawid Przybyszewski C 7-2 | 260 10/09/81 Vanderbilt 05 Vanderbilt (NCAA)
Jared Reiner C 6-11 | 255 4/08/82 Iowa 04 Chicago Bulls
Kenny Satterfield G 6-2 | 175 4/10/81 Cincinnati 03 Guainqueries (Venezuela)
Omar Thomas G 6-5 | 205 2/27/82 Texas-El Paso 05 Texas El-Paso (NCAA)
Kelvin Torbert G 6-4 | 215 5/24/83 Michigan State 05 Michigan State (NCAA)
Ezra Williams G 6-5 | 220 11/02/80 Georgia 03 Great Lakes (CBA)
Head Coach: Scott Skiles
Assistant Coaches: Ron Adams, Jim Boylan, Pete Myers, Johnny Bach
Asst. Coach/Advance Scout: Mike Wilhelm
Cleveland Cavaliers
Martynas Andriuskevicius F/C 7-2 240 3/12/86 Lithuania '05 R
Kelenna Azubuike G 6-5 220 12/16/83 Kentucky '05 R
Bryan Bracey F 6-7 220 8/5/78 Oregon '01 R
Carl English G 6-5 205 2/2/81 Hawaii '03 R
Matt Freije F 6-10 235 10/2/81 Vanderbilt '04 1
John Gilchrist G 6-3 195 6/29/84 Maryland '05 R
Luke Jackson G/F 6-7 215 11/6/81 Oregon '04 1
Kresimir Loncar F 6-11 250 2/12/83 Ukraine '05 R
John Lucas Jr. G 5011 155 11/21/82 Oklahoma State '05 R
Olumide Oyedeji F/C 6-10 240 5/11/81 Nigeria '00 3
Ryan Randle F/C 6-9 240 4/21/81 Maryland '03 R
Blake Stepp G 6-4 190 2/4/82 Gonzaga '04 1
Derrick Tarver G 6-4 215 6/9/80 Akron '04 R
James Thomas F 6-8 240 11/22/80 Texas '04 1
Ime Udoka G/F 6-6 220 8/9/77 Portland State '02 1
Jeff Varem G/F 6-6 245 7/16/83 Washington State '05 R
Dallas Mavericks
Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate College Yrs. Pro
Filiberto Rivera G 6-2 175 9/28/82 UTEP '05 R
Marquis Daniels G 6-6 200 1/7/81 Auburn '03 2
Gee Gervin G 6-2 163 8/7/76 Houston '00 R
Felipe Lopez G/F 6-5 195 12/19/74 St. John's '98 4
Roger Powell F 606 235 1/15/85 Illinois '05 R
Pavel Podkolzin C 7-5 260 1/15/85 Russia 1
DJ Mbenga C 7-0 245 12/20/80 Congo 1
Victor Muzadi F 6-7 216 6/22/78 Angola R
Devin Harris G 6-3 185 2/27/83 Wisconsin '05 1
Michael Harris F 6-6 240 6/15/83 Rice '05 R
Josh Powell F 6-9 225 12/5/83 N.C. State '03 1
Darius Rice F 6-10 215 10/16/82 Miami '05 R
Head Coach: Avery Johnson, Southern
Assistant Coach: Rolando Blackman - Kansas State '81
Denver Nuggets
20 Joseph Dabbert C 6-11 255 Creighton 04 R
4 Tyus Edney G 5-10 166 UCLA 95 4
22 Jason Ellis F 6-7 220 Boise State 05 R
30 Ben Eze F 6-10 245 Southern Idaho 01 R
12 Luis Flores G 6-2 195 Manhattan 04 1
25 Marcus Haislip F 6-10 230 Tennessee 03 3
14 Travis Hansen G/F 6-6 205 BYU 03 1
36 Axel Hervelle F 6-8 230 Belgium R
29 Julius Hodge G/F 6-6 180 North Carolina State 05 R
55 Kenyon Jones C 6-10 240 San Francisco 00 R
43 Linas Kleiza F 6-8 245 Missouri 07 R
27 Boniface NDong C 7-0 205 Senegal R
32 Ricky Sanchez F 6-11 205 IMG Academy (FL) 05 R
35 Luke Schenscher C 7-1 255 Georgia Tech 05 R
Detroit Pistons
10 John Allen G 6-5 230 Seton Hall 05 none none
6 Alex Acker G 6-5 185 Pepperdine 05 none none
1 Rodney Billups G 5-10 165 Denver 05 none none
20 Carlos Delfino G 6-6 230 Argentina 1 year none
9 Andreas Glyniadakis C 7-1 280 Greece none none
2 Junior Harrington G 6-4 190 Wingate 02 2 years none
7 Jerry Holman F 6-10 222 Minnesota 03 none none
12 Amir Johnson F 6-9 210 Westchester HS (Los Angeles) 05 none none
5 Rickey Paulding G 6-4 210 Missouri 04 none none
4 Bryant Matthews F 6-7 215 Virginia Tech 04 none 1 year
54 Jason Maxiell F 6-7 260 Cincinnati 05 none none
31 Darko Milicic C 7-0 245 Serbia & Montenegro 2 years none
3 Thomas Mobley F 6-5 220 College of Charleston 04 none none
Golden State Warriors
15 Andris Biedrins F 6-11 240 4/2/86 Latvia 1
11 Zarko Cabarkapa F/C 6-11 225 5/21/81 Serbia-Montenegro 2
9 Ike Diogu F 6-8 255 9/11/83 Arizona State, 06 R
8 Monta Ellis G 6-3 177 10/26/85 Lanier HS (Jackson, MS) R
35 Brandon Gay F 6-8 220 8/8/82 San Diego, 05 R
12 David Graves F 6-6 209 7/3/79 Notre Dame, 02 R
30 Larry OBannon G/F 6-4 200 8/15/83 Louisville, 05 R
22 Paul Marigney G 6-3 195 10/26/83 St. Marys (CA), 05 R
33 Damir Miljkovic G 6-4 194 3/1/80 Croatia R
7 Guy Muya G 6-3 192 1/31/83 Belgium R
6 Marque Perry G 6-1 185 1/28/81 St. Louis, 03 R
10 Ronald Ross G 6-2 185 2/11/83 Texas Tech, 05 R
32 Chris Taft F 6-10 261 3/10/85 Pittsburgh, 07 R
21 Jawad Williams F 6-9 218 2/19/83 North Carolina, 05 R
Ray Young G 6-4 215 3/20/80 UCLA, 03 R
Los Angeles Clippers
Lance Allred C 6-11 270 2/2/81 Weber State '05
Alpha Bangura G 6-6 215 4/2/80 St. John's '02
Mark Bortz F 6-11 255 12/23/82 Buffalo '05
Lionel Chalmers G 6-0 180 11/10/80 Xavier (OH) '04
Mire Chatman G 6-2 185 10/24/78 UTPA '05
Erwin Dudley F 6-8 245 10/2/81 Alabama '03
Chuck Eidson F 6-7 205 10/10/80 South Carolina '03
Daniel Ewing G 6-3 185 3/26/83 Duke '05
Tang Hamilton F 6-7 205 5/26/78 Mississippi State '01
Jerry Johnson G 6-0 175 4/23/82 Rider '05
Chris Kaman C 7-0 265 4/28/82 Central Michigan '04
Thomas Kelati G 6-4 194 9/27/82 Washington State '05
Ontario Lett F 6-6 265 12/14/79 Pittsburgh Perth '03
Shaun Livingston G 6-7 182 9/11/85 Peoria Central HS
Jonathan Moore F 6-8 220 6/10/82 N.C. Central '05
Quinton Ross G 6-6 193 4/30/81 SMU '03
Jobey Thomas G 6-4 190 3/24/80 UNC-Charlotte '02
Cuthbert Victor G 6-5 190 1/30/83 Murray St. '04
Chris Wilcox F 6-10 235 9/3/82 Maryland '04
Yaroslav Korolev will NOT participate (joining Russia's Junior team for FIBA tournaments)
New Jersey Nets
6 Maurice Baker G 61 185 07/28/79 Oklahoma State R
44 Brian Boddicker F 68 228 06/08/81 Texas R
33 Sam Clancy F 67 240 05/04/80 USC R
34 Tremmell Darden G 64 200 12/17/81 Niagara R
9 Christian Drejer G 69 210 12/08/82 Florida R
31 Noel Felix F/C 6'9" 220 10/04/81 Fresno State R
28 Sharrod Ford F 6'9" 223 01/09/82 Clemson R
41 Ken Johnson C/F 6'11" 240 02/01/78 Ohio State 3
1 Matt Lottich G 64 205 07/29/82 Stanford R
55 Jelani McCoy C/F 610 245 12/06/77 UCLA 7
7 Anthony Roberson G 61 180 02/14/83 Florida R
22 Melvin Sanders G/F 6'5" 210 01/03/81 Oklahoma State R
26 Awvee Storey F 6'6" 225 04/18/77 Arizona State 1
2 Antoine Wright G/F 67 210 02/06/84 Texas A&M R
New Orleans Hornets
Sean Banks F 6-8 210 1/20/85 Memphis '07 R
Brandon Bass F 6-8 240 4/30/85 LSU '07 R
Chris Garnett F/C 6-11 260 1/23/80 Indiana Southeast '04 R
DeSean Hadley G 6-4 205 9/14/77 Eastern Michigan '01 R
Maciej Lampe F/C 6-11 275 2/5/85 Poland 2
Jarred Merrill F 6-9 220 12/5/81 Oklahoma Christian '05 R
Chris Paul G 6-0 175 5/6/85 Wake Forest '07 R
Eddie Robinson F 6-9 210 4/19/76 Central Oklahoma '99 5
Mark Salyers F 6-9 220 2/28/79 Samford '01 R
J.R. Smith G 6-6 220 9/11/85 St. Benedict's Prep (NJ) 1
Jackson Vroman F/C 6-10 220 1/6/81 Iowa State '04 1
David West F 6-9 240 8/29/80 Xavier '03 2
New York Knicks
21 Trevor Ariza F 6-8 200 Jun. 30, 1985 UCLA '07 1
16 Steven Barber G 5-10 160 Jan. 14, 1980 Texas-Arlington '02 R
45 Jackie Butler C 6-10 250 Mar. 10, 1985 Coastal Christian Academy (VA) 1
25 Rueben Douglas G 6-4 195 Oct. 30, 1979 New Mexico '03 R
46 Anthony Fuqua C 6-11 220 Feb. 16, 1983 Texas-San Antonio R
7 Channing Frye C 6-11 248 May 17, 1983 Arizona '05 R
18 Cheyne Gadson G 6-4 205 Jul. 17, 1980 Oklahoma State '03 R
52 Otis George F/C 6-8 225 May 7, 1982 Louisville '05 R
26 Lou Kelly G/F 6-5 210 Aug. 22, 1979 Nevada-Las Vegas '02 R
42 David Lee F 6-9 249 Apr. 29, 1983 Florida '05 R
Aaron Miles G 6-1 175 Apr. 13, 1983 Kansas '05 R
17 Lamar Rice F 6-7 210 Oct. 30, 1982 Clemson '05 R
4 Nate Robinson G 5-9 180 May 31, 1984 Washington '05 R
14 Bruno Sundov C 7-2 260 Feb. 10, 1980 Croatia 7
35 Brent Wright F 6-8 235 May 6, 1978 Florida '01 R
Orlando Magic
7 Jason Klotz F 6-9 240 10-16-81 Texas 05 R
10 David Jackson G 6-5 215 9-21-78 Oregon 01 R
20 Mark Jones G 6-6 215 5-25-75 Central Florida 98 1
40 Rob Little C 6-10 260 1-14-83 Stanford 05 R
12 Dwight Howard F-C 6-11 240 12-8-85 SW Atl. Christian Academy (HS) 04 1
14 Jameer Nelson G 6-0 190 2-9-82 Saint Josephs (PA) 04 1
21 Roger Mason Jr. G 6-5 200 9-10-80 Virginia 03 2
24 Fran Vazquez F 6-10 238 5-1-83 Spain R
25 Isiah Victor F 6-9 220 7-6-78 Tennessee 01 R
34 Travis Diener G 6-1 175 3-1-82 Marquette 05 R
35 Rich Melzer F 6-8 225 1-8-79 Wisconsin-River Falls 04 R
42 Jerome Beasley F 6-9 237 5-17-80 North Dakota 03. 1
44 Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje C 7-0. 255 5-20-78 Georgetown 01 3
57 Marcin Gortat F-C 6-11 240 2-17-84 Poland R
Phoenix Suns
Leandro Barbosa G 6-3 188 11/28/82 Baura Tilibra (Brazil) 2
Tim Bowers G 6-2 190 1/9/82 Mississippi State '04 R
Geno Carlisle G 6-3 200 8/13/76 California '99 1
Yakouba Diawara F 6-7 225 8/29/82 Pepperdine '05 R
Stephen Graham G 6-6 215 6/11/82 Oklahoma State '05 R
Lynn Greer G 6-1 186 10/23/79 Temple '02 R
Michael Haynes G/F 6-8 205 3/15/81 Fordham '04 R
Nick Jacobson G 6-4 206 10/25/80 Utah '04 R
Jan Jagla F 6-10 231 6/25/81 Penn State '05 R
Harold Jamison F 6-9 269 11/20/76 Clemson '99 2
Lonnie Jones C 7-0 235 11/8/79 Ball State '02 R
Mindaugas Katelynas F 6-9 225 5/16/83 Tennessee Chattanooga '05 R
Brandon Kurtz C 6-10 255 6/27/78 Tulsa '00 R
Rory O'Neil C 6-11 240 10/12/82 USC '05 R
Adam Parada C 7-0 265 1/6/81 California-Irvine '04 R
Romain Sato G 6-5 205 3/2/81 Xavier '04 1
Ron Slay F 6-8 240 6/29/81 Tennessee '03 R
Dijon Thompson G/F 6-7 195 2/23/83 UCLA '05 R
Lucas Tischer F 6-9 230 3/3/83 San Jose dos Pinhais (Brazil)
Portland Trail Blazers
5 Ha Seung-Jin C 7-03 310 08/04/85 1 South Korea
8 Martell Webster G/F 6-07 233 12/04/86 R Seatle Prep, WA (HS)
10 Ira Clark F 6-08 230 06/15/75 R Texas 1998
12 Sergei Monia F 6-08 220 04/15/83 R Russia
14 Ebi Ere G 6-05 215 08/03/81 R Oklahoma 2003
19 Billy Keys G 6-00 180 10/26/77 R N. Mexico State 2000
21 Seamus Boxley* F 6-07 214 09/21/82 R Portland State 2005
24 Robert Tomaszek F 6-09 245 06/16/81 R Texas Tech 2004
25 Travis Outlaw F 6-09 210 09/18/84 2 Starkville H.S. (MS) '03
31 Sebastian Telfair G 6-00 165 06/09/85 1 Lincoln H.S. (NY) '04
33 Nedzad Sinanovic C 7-03 225 07/01/83 R Bosnia
42 Kris Lang F/C 6-11 236 12/12/79 R North Carolina 2002
Sacramento Kings
55 Robert Archibald F-C 6-11 250 3/29/80 Illinois 02 2
7 Tony Bland G 6-5 201 1/27/80 San Diego State 03
33 Cookie Belcher G 6-2 190 6/25/78 Nebraska 01
53 Marcus Campbell C 7-0 270 3/11/82 Mississippi State 05
35 Marquin Chandler F 6-7 220 3/11/82 San Jose State 05
15 Erik Daniels F 6-8 214 4/1/82 Kentucky 04 1
32 Francisco Garcia G 6-7 195 12/31/81 Louisville 06
42 Jared Homan F-C 6-10 250 3/6/83 Iowa State 05
22 Anthony Lever G 6-3 180 3/7/79 Oregon 03
23 Kevin Martin G 6-7 185 2/1/83 Western Carolina 05 1
8 Percy Miller G 6-4 220 4/29/70
31 Patrick Okafor F 6-8 250 4/13/79 Houston 02
20 Ronnie Price G 6-2 190 6/21/83 Utah Valley State 05
19 Tre Simmons G 6-5 195 7/24/82 Washington 05
18 Garrett Tien F-G 6-7 185 1/6/83 Taiwan
30 Ray Weathers G 6-4 205 4/7/75 Michigan State 97
40 Guillaume Yango C 6-9 250 1/31/82 Pacific 05
Head Coach: Elston Turner
Assistant Coaches: T.R. Dunn , Bubba Burrage, Pete Carril
Trainer: Pete Youngman
Washington Wizards
Andray Blatche 6-11 235 Forward 8/22/86 South Kent Prep South Kent Prep (HS)
Damone Brown 6-9 202 Forward 6/28/79 Syracuse Washington Wizards
Ousmane Cisse 6-9 250 Forward 10/20/82 St. Jude (HS) Fayetteville Patriots (NBDL)
Ed Cota 6-2 202 Guard 5/19/76 North Carolina Dynamo St. Petersburg
Henry Domercant 6-3 200 Guard 12/30/80 East Illinois Efes Pilsen Istanbul
Corsely Edwards 6-9 275 Forward 3/5/79 Cen. Conn. St. New Orleans Hornets
Gerald Fitch 6-3 188 Guard 8/12/82 Kentucky Khimik-OPZ Yuzny
William Frisby 6-8 235 Forward 6/9/81 Miami (FL) Miami, FL (NCAA)
Hiram Fuller 6-9 240 Forward 5/15/81 Fresno State Barangay Ginebra Kings
David Hawkins 6-4 230 Guard 10/28/82 Temple Lottomatica Roma
Randy Holcomb 6-9 220 Forward 8/8/79 San Diego St. Cocodrilos
Jarvis Hayes 6-7 220 Guard 8/9/81 Georgia Washington Wizards
Kaspars Kambala 6-9 250 Forward 12/13/78 UNLV Unics Kazan
Ervin Murray 6-5 200 Guard 1/27/80 Wake Forest Nebraska Cranes (USBL)
Peter John Ramos 7-3 275 Center 5/13/85 Washington Wizards
Jamal Sampson 6-11 235 Center 5/15/83 California Charlotte Bobcats
Bruce Seals 6-2 185 Guard Manhattan
Joe Troy Smith 6-3 200 Guard 12/19/77 Ala.-Huntsville Gloria Due Montecatini
Lenny Stokes 6-6 215 Guard 4/9/81 Cincinnati Asheville Altitude
Donnell Taylor 6-6 180 Guard 7/26/82 UAB Alabama-Birmingham
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