Suns Summer League Roster

PHXfan85 · Post #1 » by **PHXfan85** » Thu Jul 3, 2008 9:49 pm

No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate College/Team Yrs
16 Rod Benson F/C 6-10 225 10/10/84 California R
10 Justin Cage G/F 6-6 225 6/26/85 Xavier R
4 Taquan Dean G 6-4 190 8/6/83 Louisville R
12 Jiri Hubalek F/C 6-11 225 11/25/82 Iowa State R
14 Ekene Ibekwe F 6-9 220 7/19/85 Maryland R
17 Jared Jordan G 6-2 187 10/14/84 Marist 1
15 Robin Lopez C 7-0 255 4/1/88 Stanford R
11 Ivan McFarlin F 6-8 232 4/26/82 Oklahoma State 1
8 D.J. Strawberry G 6-5 201 6/15/85 Maryland 1
29 Alando Tucker G 6-6 205 2/11/84 Wisconsin 1
2 Marcus Vinicius F 6-8 225 5/31/84 San Carlos (Brazil) 2
3 Judson Wallace F/C 6-10 220 12/31/82 Princeton R

...and schedule

Date Opponent Location Time TV
Monday, July 14 Houston Rockets Thomas & Mack Center 5:30 p.m. --
Thursday, July 17 San Antonio Spurs Thomas & Mack Center 5:30 p.m. --
Friday, July 18 New York Knicks Cox Pavilion 1 p.m. NBA TV
Saturday, July 19 Portland Trail Blazers Cox Pavilion 7 p.m. NBA TV
Sunday, July 20 Washington Wizards Cox Pavilion 3 p.m. --

http://www.nba.com/suns/news/2008_summer_roster.html

Sarlonus · Post #2 » by **Sarlonus** » Thu Jul 3, 2008 10:21 pm

Isn't Rod Benson that blog guy? He would be pretty cool to have on the team. Also nice to see Jared Jordan on the list. There are some interesting people on that list. Let's see if anybody does well enough to earn a spot.

Also I am suprised that Majerle is the summer league head coach over Kokoskov. Kokoskov has more coaching experience. Oh well, maybe we can learn something about Majerle's coaching style.

Sun Scorched · Post #3 » by **Sun Scorched** » Thu Jul 3, 2008 10:21 pm

Gonna see if I can't get out there for the Suns-Trailblazers game.

On a related note... does anyone know what the hell the Trailblazer's logo is supposed to be?

Gorilla Warfare · Post #4 » by **Gorilla Warfare** » Fri Jul 4, 2008 12:18 am

real nice to see Jared Jordan on the roster, he had a solid college career at Marist. He had good handles, had an above average 3pt and free throw percentage, and could pass the ball pretty well, reminds me of someone whose name i forgot but he is number 13.....

eastsidecrossover · Post #5 » by **eastsidecrossover** » Fri Jul 4, 2008 4:45 am

Many on this forum last year wanted Jordan as a back up to Nash, but did not happen. I always want to see the suns take a chance on a guy that went undrafted, but as usual, they just field it with scrubs.

I think Tuck and DJ will lead scores. I also hope to see Lopez avg a double-double, and would like to see if Jordan steps it up. But I think Tuck, dj and R Lop are the only ones from this squad that makes it of course. But I want to see these guys step up their game and lead the summer team.

TheMoochinator · Post #6 » by **TheMoochinator** » Fri Jul 4, 2008 5:15 am

Marcus Vinicius peaks my interest a little bit. He's a wing guy I remember when he got drafted he was suppose to be a pretty big talent

PHXfan85 · Post #7 » by **PHXfan85** » Fri Jul 4, 2008 5:27 am

I'm definitely watching the Knicks game cuz I'm fortunate enough to have NBATV. I dunno if Dantoni is coaching (probably not), but we'll at least get to see this Galinari fellow in action.

Post #8 » by **rsavaj** » Fri Jul 4, 2008 5:52 am

It'd be nice if Jordan/Benson/Vinicius could land a spot. Kinda sad that Jamont isn't on our team.

Post #9 » by **TASTIC** » Fri Jul 4, 2008 6:15 am

All 3 of the guys already listed might be good to bring in as some depth/insurance...Vinicius in particular has some skills that could be used here...Jordan I don't think will ever eventuate, and Benson probably just needs a chance

Maldonado · Post #10 » by **Maldonado** » Fri Jul 4, 2008 2:06 pm

Liking Benson, Dean and Vinicius. Hopefully they get a chance to make the squad. Especially Benson he's been on the verge of getting on with a team in the past but always comes up short plus he's a real funny dude Boom Tho!

JohnVancouver · Post #11 » by **JohnVancouver** » Fri Jul 4, 2008 6:19 pm

[quote="PHXfan85"]No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate College/Team Yrs
Re: roster and summer sked -

Thanks for this.
The modern world sucks in many ways but ... lots of basketball on tv. I grew up in the NBA on CBS/ABC era, one game a week during the season and most, unless preempted, of the playoffs

Purple Palace · Post #12 » by **Purple Palace** » Fri Jul 4, 2008 7:46 pm

Rod Benson and his blog to the Suns!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kA_IM6viUCI

Post #13 » by **TASTIC** » Fri Jul 4, 2008 8:31 pm

OK someone has to explain to me what the hell Boom Tho and what Dos are

Jeez I'm not even old...I guess I hate rap so if this is gangsta then I'm shooting a goose egg

Benson...the new Shirley??

hey JohnVancouver we get 2x games a week on TV here, and its either LAL, BOS, CLE or MIL (Bogut - we get the Aussie feed thru ESPN)

I managed to download/watch through streams about 90% of games last season though

WTFsunsFTW · Post #14 » by **WTFsunsFTW** » Fri Jul 4, 2008 10:07 pm

I watched about 18 seconds of that. Did it get any better?

Post #15 » by **TASTIC** » Fri Jul 4, 2008 10:13 pm

To be honest, I didn't watch more than a minute - funny-ish, but not my sort of humour...

JohnVancouver · Post #16 » by **JohnVancouver** » Sat Jul 5, 2008 5:15 pm

Sun Scorched wrote:Gonna see if I can't get out there for the Suns-Trailblazers game.

On a related note... does anyone know what the hell the Trailblazer's logo is supposed to be?

-- I been puzzling that one for years. Comes from the era of ambiguous corporate graphics ... it's up there with the old Expos logo for incomprehensibility. If you look really hardyou can convince yourself it's some attempt at conveying the letter "P" but ...

The raptors dribbling dinosaur was a bad one, at the other end of the style spectrum

jlove_26 · Post #17 » by **jlove_26** » Sat Jul 5, 2008 5:56 pm

Rod Benson PF/C (6'10" 235): Averaged 13.6 pts / 12 rbs / 1 ast / 1 st / 1 blk while shooting 52% FG / 68% FT in the NBDL last year.

Justin Cage SG/SF (6'6" 225): 12 pts / 6 rbds / 2 asts / 1 st / 1 blk while shooting 60% FG / 50% 3FG / 80% FT in the NBDL last year. GREAT DEFENSE!!! (a lot like Marion on defense and the ability to IMPACT a game without plays run for him)

Taquan Dean PG/SG (6'3" 185): 12 Pts / 3 rbds / 2 asts / 2 stl while shooting 38% FG / 30% 3FG / 78% FT in the Italian League last year. NOT NBA READY!!!!

Jiri Hubalek PF/C (6'11" 236): 11 Pts / 7 Rbds / 1 Blk while shooting 45% FG / 28% 3FG / 68% FT in NCAA (Iowa State) in 2006-2007. No record of playing BBall last year.

Ekene Ibekwe PF (6'9" 208): 10 Pts / 8 rbds / 1 Ast / 1 St / 3 Blks while shooting 50% FG / 64% FT in NCAA (Maryland) in 2006-2007. No record of playing BBall last year.

Jared Jordan PG (6'2" 182): 1 Pt / 1 Ast while shooting 39% FG / 17% 3FG in 11 games in Europe last year. ?????????

Ivan McFarlin PF (6'7" 228): 1 Pt / 1 Rbd while shooting 39% FG / 1% 3FG / 71% FT in 11 games in NBA (2006-2007). No record of playing BBall last year.

Marcus Vinicius SF (6'8" 225): 2 Pts / 1 Ast while shooting 45% FG / 42% 3FG / 46% FT in 13 games with Memphis last year.

Judson Wallace PF (6'10" 240): Unable to find current stats. Under contract with Bennetton Treviso of Italy for 2008-2009 season.

jlove_26 · Post #18 » by **jlove_26** » Sat Jul 5, 2008 5:57 pm

My favs to look out for are Rod Benson and Justin Cage. My surprise was the fact that Otis George wasn't brought back this summer. He's a guy I was hoping would be back to compete for a roster spot. I just don't see Jordan being able to do much in the NBA. If he can't do well overseas, he's not gonna do well here.

Maldonado · Post #19 » by **Maldonado** » Sun Jul 6, 2008 4:00 pm

JohnVancouver wrote:
Sun Scorched wrote:Gonna see if I can't get out there for the Suns-Trailblazers game.

On a related note... does anyone know what the hell the Trailblazer's logo is supposed to be?

-- I been puzzling that one for years. Comes from the era of ambiguous corporate graphics ... it's up there with the old Expos logo for incomprehensibility. If you look really hardyou can convince yourself it's some attempt at conveying the letter "P" but ...

The raptors dribbling dinosaur was a bad one, at the other end of the style spectrum

I remember reading it was a graphic interpretation of basketball 10 lines, 5 of each color representing both teams facing off on the court.

JohnVancouver · Post #20 » by **JohnVancouver** » Sun Jul 6, 2008 9:44 pm

does anyone know what the hell the Trailblazer's logo is supposed to be?[/quote]

--- "I remember reading it was a graphic interpretation of basketball 10 lines, 5 of each color representing both teams facing off on the court.[/quote]"

--- Brilliant. God, I hate art schools.
Thanks for filling me in.