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Released today:
College: Last Team:

9 Jarrid Famous F 6-11 240 7/16/88 South Florida Petron Blaze Boosters
8 Reggie Hamilton G 5-11 176 5/23/89 Oakland University Oakland University
23 Ben Hansbrough G 6-3 206 12/23/87 Notre Dame KRKA (Slovenia)
18 Matt Janning G 6-4 220 6/22/88 Northeastern Novipiu Casale (Italy)
11 Orlando Johnson G 6-5 224 3/11/89 UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara
16 Tyren Johnson F 6-7 225 7/24/88 Louisiana-Lafayette Rio Grande (NBADL)
4 Chris Kramer G 6-3 215 4/4/88 Purdue Oliver Baskets (Germany)
5 Hamady Ndiaye C 7-0 235 1/12/87 Rutgers Maine (NBADL)
29 Jeff Pendergraph F 6-9 240 4/29/87 Arizona State Pacers
13 Miles Plumlee C 7-0 252 9/1/88 Duke Duke
22 Matt Rogers F 6-11 225 12/3/87 Southwest Baptist Texas (NBADL)
6 Lance Stephenson G 6-5 210 9/5/90 Cincinnati Pacers
15 Robert Vaden G-F 6-5 205 3/3/85 Alabama-Birmingham Tulsa (NBADL)
14 Julian Mavunga F 6-8 245 Miami of Ohio Miami of Ohio

Interesting to see Famous back with us.

Magnum Rolle is on Orlando.

Complete rosters are on my other SL thread

My line-up thoughts would be:

PG: Hansbrough/ Janning/ Hamilton/ Kramer

SG: Stephenson/ Orlando Johnson/ Vaden

SF: Pendergraph/ Tyren Johnson

PF: Famous/ Rogers

C: Plumlee/N'Daiye

Note: Monday's game vs. Detroit will be on NBATV. 5:00 p.m.

Don't see many options of guys that could sneak onto the ACTUAL roster. About the only ones would possibly be Kramer and Hansbrough battling to replace AJ Price as the emergency PG. Both are decent offensive directors in a game plan that focus on defense. Generally, those are the types of guys that latch on in summer league.

Count me as wanting nothing to do with Robert Vaden. Kid just doesn't have a place in the NBA. Ball chucking ineffective 3 pt specialists who don't play defense and don't rebound just really don't land in the NBA.

I think Pendergraph will be a PF; maybe Famous can play SF or O Johnson. I would like to see what Hansborough can do.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zahm8ku0Yag[/youtube]

Hamady Ndiaye may be able to make the team as the third Center. He looks to have great instincts for blocking shots. And seems to move fairly well for a 7 footer. I hope he can be the guy. At least he would come at a price that isnt ludicrous for a third 5.

SmashMouthRod wrote:I think Pendergraph will be a PF; maybe Famous can play SF or O Johnson. I would like to see what Hansborough can do.

Oh, I've already counted Orlando as making the team.

SmashMouthRod wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zahm8ku0Yag[/youtube]

Hamady Ndiaye may be able to make the team as the third Center. He looks to have great instincts for blocking shots. And seems to move fairly well for a 7 footer. I hope he can be the guy. At least he would come at a price that isnt ludicrous for a third 5.

Yeah I think they're auditioning Ndiaye for the old "6th big" role. Basically gonna be either him or Fesenko behind hibbert and plumlee, I'm guessing.

I see the 5th big spot as still open. I'll be disappointed if Lou comes back as the 2nd center although I have no trouble signing him to compete for minutes as the 2nd or 3rd power forward.

^^ After re-signing Hibbert, Plumlee would be the 2nd center. But he could also slide into the 4 at times. I'm optimistic about Lou returning, he was a great help last season despite playing out of position most of the time. If only Jeff Pendergraph can play 3, bringing back Fes and Lou would be nice.

I think Jeff is closer to a 5 than a 3 but I agree that if he could play some 3 it would make everything easier. I expect Fes or Lou to be back but not both. Barbosa was supposedly great in the locker room and at the right price might be worth bringing back for that alone.

I kinda overlooked our roster, there is one guy i remember when i was reading a college hoops magazine - Reggie Hamilton. One of the leading scorers in NCAA last season.
Not really a playmaker type, he's in the mold of Quincy Douby, Lester Hudson, maybe JJ Barea at best.
He's a big time scorer, solid from the perimeter. Despite being a little under 6'-0" he plays bigger than someone like Isiah Thomas. If we are not going to retain AJ Price, i'd like us to try him out.

Pistons fan here. First the game will be on nbatv at 3 pm eastern. I have watched reggie hamilton for a couple years now he is a player. He led the nation in scoring at 26 ppg also averged 5 as and 2 steals. H e is fast but can also shoot. He shot 42 percent from 3 and made over 3 threes a game. He went to the foul line 8 times a game and shot 90 perecent from the line. If given a shot i have no doubt he will make them team. He didnt just score against small schools he had 28 against michigan, 31 against arrizona, and 35 against tennessee

bad boys wrote:Pistons fan here. First the game will be on nbatv at 3 pm eastern. I have watched reggie hamilton for a couple years now he is a player. He led the nation in scoring at 26 ppg also averged 5 as and 2 steals. H e is fast but can also shoot. He shot 42 percent from 3 and made over 3 threes a game. He went to the foul line 8 times a game and shot 90 perecent from the line. If given a shot i have no doubt he will make them team. He didnt just score against small schools he had 28 against michigan, 31 against arrizona, and 35 against tennessee

Can't wait to see this guy play in the summer league. I didn't even knew he got listed for the draft.

Perry Jones is looking good. The Plumlee pick is looking better and better.