NBA Summer League's 2013 Thread

Post #41 » by **Geoffrey P** » Thu Jul 4, 2013 6:16 am

Only Orlando

bendyone · Post #42 » by **bendyone** » Thu Jul 4, 2013 6:18 am

Geoffrey P wrote:Only Orlando

k ta

GreenMachine · Post #43 » by **GreenMachine** » Thu Jul 4, 2013 3:31 pm

tfmiii wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/scott_souza/status/352653887980834817[/tweet]

Good article about Pressey...

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/sport ... z2Y5hJAO54

Post #44 » by **UGA Hayes** » Thu Jul 4, 2013 5:44 pm

Whoops, thought we were in the vegas league, probably would have missed the games this weekend if I hadn't read here.

Gant · Post #45 » by **Gant** » Thu Jul 4, 2013 9:00 pm

Complete Summer League roster article by Baxter Holmes:

http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball ... oster.html

F Tim Abromaitis: A 6-foot-8, 236-pound former Notre Dame forward who played three seasons for the Fighting Irish, lastly in 2011-12, when he averaged 14 points and 7 rebounds in just two games before tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. The Unionville, Conn., native was denied a sixth year of eligibility from the NCAA. He finished his college career averaging 13.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per game.

G/F Courtney Fells: A 6-foot-6, 210-pound former North Carolina State swingman who has played professionally overseas in the Dominican Republic, Cyprus and, most recently, Israel, where he averaged 11.1 points in 34 games last season.

G Jayson Granger: A 6-foot-2, 180-pound point guard from Uruguay who played professionally in Spain last season, averaging 12.6 points in 24 games.

F Lawrence Hill: A 6-foot-8, 235-pound former Stanford forward who has bounced around the NBDL and played professionally in Israel last season, where he averaged 12.8 points per game in 27 games. He has also played for the Maine Red Claws and participated with the Sacramento Kings during their 2011 training camp.

C/F Eli Holman: A 6-foot-10, 255-pound former center/forward for the Detroit Titans of the Horizon League. He played three seasons for the Titans, averaging 10.8 points and 7.0 rebounds during his last season, in 2011-12. Was removed from all team-related activities for an indefinite period following an incident in which he allegedly assaulted a student at Detroit.

C Colton Iverson: A 7-foot, 255-pound center whom the Celtics acquired in the NBA draft. Iverson was selected by Indiana in the second round with the No. 53 overall pick, and the Celtics traded for him, giving the Pacers cash in exchange. He averaged 14.2 points and 9.8 rebounds last season at Colorado State. He sat out 2011-12 after leaving the University of Minnesota after three seasons.

G Darius Johnson-Odom: A 6-foot-2, 215-pound guard from Marquette who was drafted in the second round (55th overall) by Dallas in 2012. The Los Angeles Lakers acquired him in a draft-day trade with Dallas, and he played four games with them last season before the Lakers waived him in January. He also played in 13 games with the Los Angeles D-Fenders, an NBDL team, and averaged a team-high 20.6 points.

C Fab Melo: A 7-foot, 255-pound center entering his second season with the Celtics. A first-round draft pick out of Syracuse in 2012. Appeared in six games with the Celtics last season, averaging 1.2 points in limited minutes.

F Tony Mitchell: A 6-foot-6, 216-pound former Alabama standout who played with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA's Development League last season, earning NBDL Rookie of the Year honors after averaging a team-high 21.9 points as well as 6.4 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.4 steals and 35.3 minutes in 48 regular-season games.

C/F Kelly Olynyk: A 7-foot, 234-pound center/power forward out of Gonzaga whom the Celtics acquired in the 2013 NBA draft. The Celtics traded up three spots, from No. 16 to No. 13, to select him in the first round. He averaged 17.8 points and 7.3 rebounds in 32 games last season as a junior, earning West Coast Conference Player of the Year honors.

G Phill Pressey: A 5-foot-11, 176-pound point guard who left Missouri as a junior after averaging 11.9 points and a league-best 7.1 assists per game. He was under consideration for the Bob Cousy Award as the best collegiate point guard in the country as a sophomore when he averaged 10.1 points and 6.4 assists on a team that went 30-5. His father, Paul, a former NBA player himself, was an assistant coach for the Celtics on Doc River's staff. During that time, Pressey played one year at Waltham High.

G/F Omar Reed: A 6-foot-6, 210-pound swingman who played for the NBDL's Maine Red Claws last season, averaging 5.4 points in 44 games. He played at Bluefield College in Virginia, a small, Christian liberal arts school in Tazewell County.

G Nolan Smith: A 6-foot-2, 185-pound shooting guard out of Duke who was drafted in the first round (21st overall) by the Portland Trailblazers in 2011. He averaged 3.3 points in 9.9 minutes per game with the Trailblazers the last two seasons. He is an unrestricted free agent. He won a national title with the Blue Devils in 2010.

sam_I_am · Post #46 » by **sam_I_am** » Thu Jul 4, 2013 9:21 pm

Wonder why Momo Jones is playing with Portland SL team instead of Celtics when he was signed by Celtics.

Vito Chirco ‏@VitoJerome 23h

Former standout Iona PG Lamont Jones will no longer be playing for the Boston Celtics in the summer league, according to agent Dino Pergola.

GreenMachine · Post #47 » by **GreenMachine** » Thu Jul 4, 2013 9:26 pm

Some interesting guys on there... Mitchell, Pressey, Johnson-Odom and Smith in addition to getting to see if Melo has made any progress as well as exactly what we have in Kelly and Colton. I just wonder how many, if any, roster spots we actually have for that first group. Other then Pressey they are all SG and SF and we really don't have a need there. Personally other then Kelly/Colten/Fab I am really looking forward to seeing what Mitchell can do. D-League Rookie of the Year. He's got to be better then most of this years 2nd round picks. Probably better then a bunch of late first round picks...

GreenMachine · Post #48 » by **GreenMachine** » Thu Jul 4, 2013 9:28 pm

sam_I_am wrote:Wonder why Momo Jones is playing with Portland SL team instead of Celtics when he was signed by Celtics.

Vito Chirco ‏@VitoJerome 23h

Former standout Iona PG Lamont Jones will no longer be playing for the Boston Celtics in the summer league, according to agent Dino Pergola.

Especially since PG is one position where a rookie FA might actually have a chance to make the team... Maybe someone told him about DA's love affair with Pressey...

FlatearthZorro · Post #49 » by **FlatearthZorro** » Thu Jul 4, 2013 9:30 pm

GreenMachine wrote:Some interesting guys on there... Mitchell, Pressey, Johnson-Odom and Smith in addition to getting to see if Melo has made any progress as well as exactly what we have in Kelly and Colton. I just wonder how many, if any, roster spots we actually have for that first group. Other then Pressey they are all SG and SF and we really don't have a need there. Personally other then Kelly/Colten/Fab I am really looking forward to seeing what Mitchell can do. D-League Rookie of the Year. He's got to be better then most of this years 2nd round picks. Probably better then a bunch of late first round picks...

Yea, feel the same way as you, mostly interested in seeing how Olynyk/Iverson/Fab/Pressey do in the Summer League. Other than Pressey I don't think these guys have a huge chance of making the roster.

rickrolled · Post #50 » by **rickrolled** » Thu Jul 4, 2013 11:20 pm

Sunday July 7th, 11:00 AM ET

at

Amway Center, Magic Practice Court

Orlando Magic

Boston Celtics

smith2373 · Post #51 » by **smith2373** » Thu Jul 4, 2013 11:21 pm

Who is the guy that's between Johnson-Odom and Olynyk?

rickrolled · Post #52 » by **rickrolled** » Thu Jul 4, 2013 11:24 pm

^
tony mitchell

LobCityRondo2KG · Post #53 » by **LobCityRondo2KG** » Fri Jul 5, 2013 12:16 am

Magic have a pretty good summer league squad

zronv7 · Post #54 » by **zronv7** » Fri Jul 5, 2013 12:43 am

magic have three starters on their summer team starting lineup.

GreenMachine · Post #55 » by **GreenMachine** » Fri Jul 5, 2013 3:00 am

LOVE to hear this!!! I would have thought it would be the other way around...

Colton Iverson @colton_iverson about 2 hours ago
Eating dinner is gonna be fun considering I have a hole in my upper lip, thanks @Kelly Olynyk!

eris · Post #56 » by **eris** » Fri Jul 5, 2013 6:54 am

GreenMachine wrote:LOVE to hear this!!! I would have thought it would be the other way around...

Colton Iverson @colton_iverson about 2 hours ago
Eating dinner is gonna be fun considering I have a hole in my upper lip, thanks @Kelly Olynyk!

Kelly isn't soft, he's just not strong. I've watched a few games (not highlights, games) of him from last season and he consistently battled under the basket. He got pushed off the block way too easily, real centers walked him right under the basket when he tried to box them out, and he had a tendency to have the ball ripped away when he did get his hands on a rebound, but he was in there battling.

I'd really love to hear more about the practice today. To see some highlights or something.

bendyone · Post #57 » by **bendyone** » Fri Jul 5, 2013 7:27 am

Does Kelly look like David Anderson pre-tatts? I'm gunna call him the
Bird-child'.

orlando1214 · Post #58 » by **orlando1214** » Fri Jul 5, 2013 7:39 am

Hey guys, Magic fan here. First I just want to say I'm really excited about the game on Sunday. I think both squads should be a lot of fun to watch. I also just wanted to swing by and show you this photo from the Celtic's practice at a local college that one of our sports reporters took. I know it's not much but I thought maybe some of you guys would like to see it, especially with it having Kelly in it. Anyways, good luck in summer league and next season, I'm very interested to see how the Celtics and Stevens will do.

Post #59 » by **165bows** » Fri Jul 5, 2013 1:29 pm

orlando1214 wrote:Hey guys, Magic fan here. First I just want to say I'm really excited about the game on Sunday. I think both squads should be a lot of fun to watch. I also just wanted to swing by and show you this photo from the Celtic's practice at a local college that one of our sports reporters took. I know it's not much but I thought maybe some of you guys would like to see it, especially with it having Kelly in it. Anyways, good luck in summer league and next season, I'm very interested to see how the Celtics and Stevens will do.

Thanks for the pic. I like that they caught Olynyk hoisting corner 3's. looking forward to the game as well, will be a good test for the Celtics young 'uns, with Harris, et al on the other side. On a side note, I remember a C's summer league game from three years ago when we had nobody of consequence, playing OKC with Harden, Ibaka, Byron Mullins on the team. It will be interesting to see where his Orlando squad goes.

Ibaka hurt his knee, but everything turned out well for them. :lol:

orlando1214 · Post #60 » by **orlando1214** » Fri Jul 5, 2013 2:02 pm

165bows wrote:Thanks for the pic. I like that they caught Olynyk hoisting corner 3's. looking forward to the game as well, will be a good test for the Celtics young 'uns, with Harris, et al on the other side. On a side note, I remember a C's summer league game from three years ago when we had nobody of consequence, playing OKC with Harden, Ibaka, Byron Mullins on the team. It will be interesting to see where his Orlando squad goes.

Ibaka hurt his knee, but everything turned out well for them.

Yeah the Magic squad is pretty crazy, I mean six of the guys were on the actual team last year and most were either starters or played a lot of minutes. I'm also really excited to watch Oladipo play, and also see how he does playing along side Harris and Harkless. He's suppose to get some minutes at point guard as well, so that should be fun to watch.

I agree though, I think it will be interesting to see how the Celtics players do against the Magic. Should be a good challenge for them though going up against a lot of players with NBA experience. Having three 7-footers on the team should help I would think. Obviously I'm really curious to watch Kelly play, but I'm excited to see the other guys as well like Pressey and Melo. Should be a really fun week!