2007 NBA Summer League Thread

[timvp]

The Spurs are scheduled to play in the Vegas Summer League and the Rocky Mountain Revue in Salt Lake City. Here is the Spurs' schedule for the Vegas Summer League:

Spurs vs. Sixers - July 6th - 3PM CST
Spurs vs. Cavs - July 7th - 7PM CST
Spurs vs. Celtics - July 9th - 3PM CST
Spurs vs. Warriors - July 10th - 7:30PM CST
Spurs vs. Wolves - July 11th - 3PM

All the games well be webcast live and the game against the Celtics will be on NBATV.

The schedule isn't out yet for the RMR. I'd imagine the Spurs will play four or five games there as well starting on the 13th or 14th.

Spurs Roster
James White
Marcus Williams
Jackie Butler
Viktor Sanikidze?
Sergei Karaulov?
Beno Udrih?

White, Butler and Williams sound like they are going to play. Mahinmi was going to be on the team but he got injured. Hopefully Sanikidze can make it over this year. Karaulov I guess is decent for a token gesture.

And Beno, I think he should really play. Yeah, he's experienced but he hasn't played competitively in a while and maybe he can use summer league to gain back some confidence. At worst, that could help up his trade value.

Over the next couple days, we should hear of more players who will join the Spurs summer league team.

[samikeyp]

Will any of the guys who will be on the summer league team who were not on the roster this season have a shot of making next year's squad?

[intlspurshk]

I don't think other than the 3rd PG position there are any spaces left for summer league players.

[objective]

Now that Presti's gone, and given that Karaulov was Presti's idea of how to draft players that you've never seen, don't even have a picture of, are 22 and can't even break into the Russian a-leauge . . .

I wouldn't be surprised if the Spurs don't even bother to bring him over.

[Darkwaters]

Any chance Splitter plays the summer league?

[eisfeld]

Any news on the players who got invited to the spurs camps earlier this month? e.g. Ortner

[RobinsontoDuncan]

Now that Presti's gone, and given that Karaulov was Presti's idea of how to draft players that you've never seen, don't even have a picture of, are 22 and can't even break into the Russian a-leauge . . .

I wouldn't be surprised if the Spurs don't even bother to bring him over.

he was the 57th overall pick

[Darkwaters]

I had heard that Aaron Miles was looking at not playing the Spurs summer league now. Since we didn't draft a PG last thursday is there any chance that he rethinks that choice?

[tlongII]

Check out the Blazers Vegas Summer League roster:

#0 Taurean Green
#2 Josh McRoberts
#6 Stefano Mancinelli
#8 Martell Webster
#11 Sergio Rodriguez
#12 LaMarcus Aldridge
#18 Rick Apodaca
#31 Zendon Hamilton
#41 Joel Freeland
#42 Mo Charlo
#52 Greg Oden


Not bad. Probably could make the NBA Playoffs.

[T Park]

Rick Apodaca?

Any relation to the Colorado Rockie's pitching coach?

[Darkwaters]

Check out the Blazers Vegas Summer League roster:

#0 Taurean Green
#2 Josh McRoberts
#6 Stefano Mancinelli
#8 Martell Webster
#11 Sergio Rodriguez
#12 LaMarcus Aldridge
#18 Rick Apodaca
#31 Zendon Hamilton
#41 Joel Freeland
#42 Mo Charlo
#52 Greg Oden


Not bad. Probably could make the NBA Playoffs.


In the east they'd make the finals! But they wouldn't crack anything out west.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Man if that roster had Mahinmi I'd be really really excited to see our squad play. Would probably watch every webcast.....still may watch a few.

Theres no reason Beno shouldn't play. Earn some of your money for once you freakin bust.

[Bruno]

Teams playing the RMR are Sixers, Spurs, Jazz, Bulls, Mavs and Hawks.

Spurs will play against Sixers on July 13th at 6:30 pm and July 16 at 4:15 pm.
So, Spurs will play 3 times against Sixers this summer. It should be interesting given that Sixers team is quite good.

http://daily.phanaticmag.com/2007/06/sixers-summer-league-plans.html

[urunobili]

Splitter played three different tournaments (so did Scola) last season. he doesn;t have to come and show himself off to prove something he does daily there. plus.. he'll be playing against Kobe n' company on Vegas the Olympics qualifier...if you want to see him... just see that tournament...

[Darkwaters]

Splitter played three different tournaments (so did Scola) last season. he doesn;t have to come and show himself off to prove something he does daily there. plus.. he'll be playing against Kobe n' company on Vegas the Olympics qualifier...if you want to see him... just see that tournament...

When is that? I'd love to watch it.

[Darkwaters]

Summer League rosters are starting to trickle in...of course, the Spurs are dragging ass.

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/46856/20070702/summer_league_rosters_arriving/

[Bruno]

Aaron Miles will play with Wizards summer league.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/29/AR2007062902351.html?hpid=sec-sports


Young, second-round pick Dominic McGuire and Pecherov will be joined on the team's summer league roster by former George Washington forward Mike Hall, who appeared in two games with the Wizards last season; Brian Chase, a Washington native and former Virginia Tech guard who played with the Utah Jazz last season; former Kansas guard Aaron Miles and other non-drafted free agents.

Maybe Miles won't play for Spurs summer league because Beno will play with them.

[Solid D]

Rick Apodaca?

Any relation to the Colorado Rockie's pitching coach?

I don't think he is related to Bob Apodaca, T Park. Rick is an excellent player. You may remember seeing him play for Puerto Rico with Carlos Arroyo and Larry the Ballah Ayuso.

[T Park]

It was more a slight joke. You must admit, its quite the unique name, and its strange to see two people in sports with it.

[timvp]

Maybe Miles won't play for Spurs summer league because Beno will play with them.

It probably has more to do with the fact that everyone knows the Spurs don't have any roster spots. It's going to be tough to get any decent players to join the Spurs summer league team.

[Bruno]

Melvin Sanders will play with Suns summer league team.

[Darkwaters]

Where do you go to watch the webcasts of the summer league games?

[Behrooz24]

http://www.nba.com/summerleague2007/ They'll prolly have webcast links there

[timvp]

Melvin Sanders will play with Suns summer league team.

At least that ends the Spurs' low point in domestic scouting. Melvin Sanders ... great guy, bad basketball player.

[timvp]

If Beno can't pull himself away from the buffet line, hopefully the Spurs can get a half way decent point guard to run the show in summer league. Two players who wouldn't be half bad would be Marque Perry and Cheyne Gadson.

As far as bigs go, I'd like to see an athletic four such as Jamar Smith, Sharrod Ford or maybe even James Singleton. A bruiser like Michael Wright could work.

White, Williams and Butler should be enough scoring. I just hope they aren't stuck with a scrub PG who struggles to get it into their hands.

[Spurs Brazil]

If the Spurs plan to keep Beno he must play in the Summer League

[objective]

still no roster updates on the RealGM site, making the Spurs one of the very few teams without at least a few players listed.

Will there be any roster released before they play their first game on Friday?

[timvp]

still no roster updates on the RealGM site, making the Spurs one of the very few teams without at least a few players listed.

Will there be any roster released before they play their first game on Friday?

Yeah, the Spurs always release their roster before summer league starts. This season they are late in releasing their roster. They usually release it four or five days before they start.

I expect the roster to be released tonight or at the latest tomorrow night.

[Darkwaters]

I just recently got NBA TV and I'm not familiar with their coverage of the Summer Leagues. They don't broadcast them live generally, do they? The games are usually recorded and played later, right? I heard that 4 of their 5 games will be on NBA TV, but how long will I have to wait to watch them?

[Kori Ellis]

I just recently got NBA TV and I'm not familiar with their coverage of the Summer Leagues. They don't broadcast them live generally, do they? The games are usually recorded and played later, right? I heard that 4 of their 5 games will be on NBA TV, but how long will I have to wait to watch them?

I'm not sure because it's completely different this season. In the past, they were broadcast a few days later to a week later, but this year they are supposed to have some live TV broadcasts, live webcasts, etc. So I guess we have to wait for the details.

[Kori Ellis]

Well it looks like the details are already out.

http://www.nba.com/summerleague2007/schedule/index.html

The games with the * are tape delay. The rest are live.

[Solid D]

The Spurs only have one Vegas Summer League Game broadcast on regular NBAtv. It's the Boston game next Monday afternoon.

[AFBlue]

I can't find any damn thing on the rosters and the games start tomorrow!

What's the deal? :madrun

[mcdunk]

It looks like we will find out the Spurs summer league roster at 1:00pm tomorrow when they step on the court in Las Vegas.

[Spurminator]

Any idea if the NBA will archive webcasts so we can watch them later?

[Kori Ellis]

I just posted the roster in another thread, but here you go.

SPURS ANNOUNCE SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER

SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs announced today their roster that will participate in the 2007 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas from July 6-14 and the 2007 Rocky Mountain Revue from July 16-20.

The NBA Summer League will be held at the Cox Pavilion and the Thomas & Mack Center on UNLV’s campus. Every summer league game will be live video webcasted on nba.com and the Spurs vs. Boston Celtics game on July 9 will be televised on NBA TV at 3 p.m. CDT.

Following the conclusion of the NBA Summer League the Spurs will head to Salt Lake City to participate in the Rocky Mountain Revue. Every game will be played at the Lifetime Activities Center located at the Redwood Campus of Salt Lake Community College.

Results from the Spurs NBA Summer League games and Rocky Mountain Revue contests will be posted on spurs.com.

NO PLAYER POS. HT. WT. DOB COLLEGE NBA EXP.
1 C.J. Watson G 6-2 180 04/17/84 Tennessee R
3 Charles Lee G 6-3 210 11/11/84 Bucknell R
6 Viktor Sanikidze F 6-8 200 04/01/86 Republic of Georgia R
8 Donnell Harvey F 6-8 220 08/26/80 Florida 5
10 Marcellus Sommerville F 6-7 225 02/21/82 Bradley R
18 Darryl Hardy F 6-8 232 05/28/74 Winston-Salem R
19 Matt Haryasz F/C 6-11 230 03/20/84 Stanford R
24 Frederic Adjiwanou F/C 6-8 230 07/17/80 St. Mary’s (CA) R
26 Marcus Williams F 6-7 205 11/18/86 Arizona R
27 Rich Melzer F 6-8 225 12/08/79 Wisconsin-River Falls R
28 Cheyne Gadson* G 6-2 205 07/17/80 Oklahoma State R
33 James White G/F 6-7 190 10/21/82 Cincinnati 1
42 Keith Langford G 6-4 215 09/15/83 Kansas R
43 Regis Koundjia F 6-8 224 11/08/83 George Washington R
45 Jackie Butler C 6-10 260 03/10/85 Coastal Christian Academy (VA) 3
Anthony Roberson# G 6-2 180 02/14/83 Florida 1

HEAD COACH: Don Newman (NBA Summer League), Mike Wells (Rocky Mountain Revue)
ASSISTANT COACHES: Mike Wells, James Borrego, Brian Keefe, Vin Bhavnani, Reggie Geary, Jerome Allen, Derrick Pumaren
TRAINERS: Chad Bergman (NBA Summer League), Will Sevening (Rocky Mountain Revue)

* - will only be participating in Las Vegas
# - will only be participating in Utah

[AFBlue]

:tu

Thanks Kori!

I'm geeked about seeing Butler, White, and Williams get some legitimat PT...albiet mostly against guys competing for 15th roster spots.

[Kori Ellis]

:tu

Thanks Kori!

I'm geeked about seeing Butler, White, and Williams get some legitimat PT...albiet mostly against guys competing for 15th roster spots.

Actually most of the top rookies are playing in the Las Vegas league, so the competition is good. Oden, Durant, etc are all playing (though the Spurs don't play Por/Sea).

[pad300]

6 Viktor Sanikidze F 6-8 200 04/01/86 Republic of Georgia R


Kori, is this his drafted height and weight, or current measurements. I remember reading somewhere that he had grown and was now closer to 6'10". It will also be interesting to see if he has learned anything over the last year.

[Darkwaters]

We should have a vBookie for how many points Butler averages in the Summer League.

[Kori Ellis]

Kori, is this his drafted height and weight, or current measurements. I remember reading somewhere that he had grown and was now closer to 6'10". It will also be interesting to see if he has learned anything over the last year.

I always thought he was at least 6'9 too - on the press release they may have just used the height/weight from the draft.

[yavozerb]

Holy crap, look at this summer league team!!!

2007 NBA Summer League Roster


# Name Pos Ht Wt NBA Yrs Birthdate From
12 LaMarcus Aldridge F/C 6-11 245 1 7-19-85 Texas
40 Chris Ellis F 6-9 250 R 3-5-84 Wake Forest
41 Joel Freeland F 6-10 225 R 2-7-87 England
4 Terrance Green G 6-3 212 R 1-10-81 Nevada
0 Taurean Green G 6-0 177 R 11-28-86 Florida
31 Zendon Hamilton C 6-11 254 6 4-29-75 St. John’s
28 Petteri Koponen G 6-4 195 R 4-13-88 Finland
6 Stefano Mancinelli F 6-8 214 R 3-17-83 Italy
2 Josh McRoberts F 6-10 240 R 2-28-87 Duke
52 Greg Oden C 7-0 250 R 1-22-88 Ohio State
11 Sergio Rodriguez G 6-3 168 1 6-12-86 Spain
8 Martell Webster G/F 6-7 230 2 12-4-86 Seattle Prep HS (WA)

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

That team can make the playoffs in the east!

[Solid D]

NO PLAYER POS. HT. WT. DOB COLLEGE NBA EXP.
1 C.J. Watson G 6-2 180 04/17/84 Tennessee R
3 Charles Lee G 6-3 210 11/11/84 Bucknell R
6 Viktor Sanikidze F 6-8 200 04/01/86 Republic of Georgia R
8 Donnell Harvey F 6-8 220 08/26/80 Florida 5
10 Marcellus Sommerville F 6-7 225 02/21/82 Bradley R
18 Darryl Hardy F 6-8 232 05/28/74 Winston-Salem R
19 Matt Haryasz F/C 6-11 230 03/20/84 Stanford R
24 Frederic Adjiwanou F/C 6-8 230 07/17/80 St. Mary’s (CA) R
26 Marcus Williams F 6-7 205 11/18/86 Arizona R
27 Rich Melzer F 6-8 225 12/08/79 Wisconsin-River Falls R
28 Cheyne Gadson* G 6-2 205 07/17/80 Oklahoma State R
33 James White G/F 6-7 190 10/21/82 Cincinnati 1
42 Keith Langford G 6-4 215 09/15/83 Kansas R
43 Regis Koundjia F 6-8 224 11/08/83 George Washington R
45 Jackie Butler C 6-10 260 03/10/85 Coastal Christian Academy (VA) 3
Anthony Roberson# G 6-2 180 02/14/83 Florida 1

HEAD COACH: Don Newman (NBA Summer League), Mike Wells (Rocky Mountain Revue)
ASSISTANT COACHES: Mike Wells, James Borrego, Brian Keefe, Vin Bhavnani, Reggie Geary, Jerome Allen, Derrick Pumaren
TRAINERS: Chad Bergman (NBA Summer League), Will Sevening (Rocky Mountain Revue)

* - will only be participating in Las Vegas
# - will only be participating in Utah

Don Newman's and R.C.'s script for calling this year's summer league prospects:
"Hi _________________, hey we are getting the old bunch back together again. Are you up for a free trip to Vegas?"

[AFBlue]

That team can make the playoffs in the east!

:lol

What's crazy is that you're absolutely right.

How are they going to find playing time for all these guys in the next couple years?

Good night, they're LOADED with young talent!

Side Note: Rudy Fernandez isn't even on there....one more starting calibur player.

Rediculous.

[objective]

Now that Presti's gone, and given that Karaulov was Presti's idea of how to draft players that you've never seen, don't even have a picture of, are 22 and can't even break into the Russian a-leauge . . .

I wouldn't be surprised if the Spurs don't even bother to bring him over.

Not to pat myself on the back too much, but hey, looks like I was right.