Official Summer League Thread (Includes Roster Pg.2)

[goflyakite]

I suppose the summer league rosters will be coming out in the next coupla weeks. I wonder if the Magic bring in Pat Calathes, since he's a local kid and all. Kinda surprised he didn't get picked at least in the late second.

[Howard+Nelson]

Pat will be on Miami's team. the roster should be coming out soon w/ a little over week left till summer league begins. looking forward to watching it again this year. hopefully the top picks in the draft play.

[theTHIEF]

it is going to be real fun...cant wait...hopefully i can catch the whole week, but...idk...i will make at least a few of them...get to watch JJ light it up again

[EasternMagic]

fans cant get into watch the summer league can they?

[theTHIEF]

I am certain that the SL games are not open to the public...

[EasternMagic]

I am certain that the SL games are not open to the public...

Ya thats what i thought.. damn, I wish they were.... but i understand why they arent. They come on NBATV though dont they?

[theTHIEF]

I believe they do, not sure if all of them air, but I know they show them there, I think ESPN2 airs them as well...plus they will probably stream them live on the OM site, just like last year...i think...

[lovehoops01]

Magic's summer league usually isn't on TV. NBA TV only does the summer leagues in Utah and Las Vegas.

Last year, the Magic put it on orlandomagic.com.

[DiplomaticMagic]

It's going to be on orlandomagic.com

Not available to Public.

Though, they gave away passes on Dante and Galante

[Magic.City.23.]

The team site says it starts on July 7.....Any idea of when the roster will be released?

[theTHIEF]

Magic's summer league usually isn't on TV. NBA TV only does the summer leagues in Utah and Las Vegas.

Last year, the Magic put it on orlandomagic.com.

really they dont show any of the SL games on TV? I thought those Vegas games were on NBATV? maybe not I guess...

[DiplomaticMagic]

I never been excited about the Summer League before. Rose, Beasley, Lopez, Rush will all be there. I hope Gortat gets to guard Beasley and Lopez. That will be fun!

[j-ragg]

Thief I think you misread what he said.

The Magic's SL isn't on tv, but a couple others air on NBA TV.

[theTHIEF]

agh i see...thanks for pointing that out...

[thefranchise2k5]

it is going to be real fun...cant wait...hopefully i can catch the whole week, but...idk...i will make at least a few of them...get to watch JJ light it up again

Just wondering, how do you get in to see the games. What's your connection? I was able to see the summer league games two years ago because I was doing an internship with the Orlando Sentinel and got to interview Diener, Otis, and Dave Twardzik. Diener was amazing on that summer team. Larry Bird was there also but I didn't have the balls to go up to him because my story was on Diener. I should have asked a question like, "Larry, how does it feel to now be the second best white player after Travis Diener." : (

[freakty81]

Maybe 1 of these guys will step up for a roster spot(Kruger,Roberts,Reed,Tyndale)

42 Pero Antic F-C 6-11 230 7-29-84 - NO CLUE!!!
40 James Augustine F 6-10 235 2-27-84 - (LOCK)
22 Derrick Byars G 6-7 220 4-25-84
43 Russell Carter G 6-4 220 3-30-85
11 B.J. Elder G 6-4 218 9-4-82
41 D'or Fischer C 6-10 247 10-12-81 - ?????
13 Marcin Gortat F-C 6-11 240 2-17-84 - LOCK)
25 Cliff Hammonds G 6-3 200 12-18-85 - ??????
2 Kevin Kruger G 6-2 185 5-1-83 - (PG PROSPECT)
32 Courtney Lee G 6-5 200 10-3-85 - (LOCK)
23 Justin Reed F 6-8 238 1-16-82 - (Decent Tweener)
3 Brian Roberts G 6-2 175 12-3-85 - (PG PROSPECT?)
24 Antywane Robinson F 6-8 200 7-12-84 - (NO CLUE)
17 Mark Tyndale G 6-5 210 1-4-86 - (Orlando likes him)

[theTHIEF]

oh wow, Cliff Hammonds is a nice prospect I like him a lot, he is a great energy guy and he's a quality player, good offense and defense, real pesky...

Brian Roberts is decent, he's primarily a scorer though, Mark Tyndale is a nice prospect, but he's another combo 2/3 guy, not sure if that's what we want even though he has a lot of potential, Derrick Byars is a great young athlete and he plays very very good defense, but IDK about him. D'or Fischer meh...once again the Magic have one of the weakest SL rosters, we'll certainly lose all 5 games this year...but we do have Lee and Lee>>>>Beasley, Rose, Mayo, Love etc...

[Catledge]

Where did you find this? I was just on the Magic site and didn't see anything about the summer league roster.

Anyway, probable starting lineup (?):
PG - Kruger
SG - Lee
SF - ???
PF - Auggie
C - Gortat

If I'm Stan, I tell Ewing to give Lee at least ten minutes at the PG each game and to run a zillion pick and rolls with Lee and Gortat. We need to see what those two guys can do on the offensive end.

Also, I would make Lee guard the other team's best perimeter player regardless of position so we can get an idea of how he does against quick little PGs and against longer, stronger wing players.

[theTHIEF]

Anyway, probable starting lineup (?):
PG - Kruger
SG - Lee
SF - Byars
PF - Auggie
C - Gortat

that's what I would think

[Just Plain Mark]

Thanks for posting this. I think that Tyndale can actually be a Dooling type player and he's bigger. Maybe Byars got his act together, he could turn out to be decent. I'm pretty skeptical of bigs that go undrafted and have to play through summer leagues.

Not bad. I think the Magic half heartedly try to use the Summer League like other teams use the 2nd round of the draft.