Marcellus Sommerville on Dallas Mavericks Summer League team

[Da Coach]

See the bottom of John Supine's article. Cellus just joined the Maverick's Vegas Summer League team, but did not play Thursday night in their 113-85 loss to Denver. They play again Saturday night.

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/070806/SPO_BAAPMLMF.W02.shtml

Here is the box score for the Thursday game with the roster of players Cellus will be playing with--

http://www.vegassummerleague.com/box_score.cfm?game=52

[Da Coach]

More reports on summer basketball by Dave Reynolds and John Supine--

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/070806/ILL_BAAPEQK2.W02.shtml

http://www.pjstar.com/stories/070806/ILL_BAAQ8G0H.077.shtml

[tornado]

Cellus is on the Mavericks' summer league team in Southern California.
The SPL (Summer Pro League) of Long Beach has only four NBA teams, one each from the Mavs, the Lakers, the Wizards, and the Grizzlies. There are other non-NBA team in the league.
Here is the game schedule:

http://www.summerproleague.com/2006GAMESCHEDULE.htm

The Mav's first game is today at 12:45PM Pacific time.
Their roster is not yet online:

http://www.summerproleague.com/mavericksroster.pdf

And once it's online, the box score of today's Mavs game will be here:

http://www.summerproleague.com/july9game2.html

Here's a review of the league:

http://www.kfba.net/Articles/21729.aspx

[BU Bill]

Here is an article from Bradley with a report on Cellus' performance in the Southern California Summer Pro League--

http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=325253

Good job Cellus!

[Braves4Life]

Wow

Wow! Let's hope our boy keeps up the good work and hits a few more shots.......He may have a chance

[MacabreMob]

Article link posted by BUBill says Cellus played the #2 spot as a guard. IMO, Cellus' dribbling might be suspect as a 2, but he is adequate, and the closer he gets to the basket the better he is for scoring and maybe harder for a typical 2 in the NBA to guard. Cellus does like to be more out on the perimeter. He might fit into someone's roster. Then again - I have no clue really - I REALLY don't follow the NBA. My guess... NBA teams will look at him as a potential 2 to match up with many 2 guards in the league with his size.

[flipper]

looks like cellus might have a chance to make the nba. alright cellus.way to go!!

[Da Coach]

Here is the box score from Cellus' first pro game

VISITOR: Mavericks (0-1)
NO PLAYER MIN FGFGA 3P3PA FTFTA OR DRTOT A PF ST TO BS PTS
8 Ben Hunt F14:47 3 6 2 3 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 8
32 DeAngelo Collin F29:03 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 7 8 1 4 1 0 2 6
43 Jelani McCoy C26:55 4 6 0 0 1 5 2 5 7 0 4 0 3 3 9
21 David Noel G32:57 2 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 4 0 4
12 Marcellus Somme G32:24 4 11 0 0 4 5 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 12
3 Ivan Koljevich 19:08 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 2 3 2 4 0 0
23 Ryab Forehan-Ke 27:46 6 12 2 5 2 4 3 2 5 1 1 0 2 0 16
11 Brian Boddicker 16:25 0 8 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 0
35 Bingo Merriex 20:43 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
20 Jay Youngblood 14:05 4 7 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 9
45 Alexi Korolev 2:54 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yuta Tabuse 2:53 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
TOTALS: 28 77 6 15 7 14 12 23 35 11 17 6 18 6 69
PERCENTAGES: 36.4% 40.0% 50.0% TM REB: 7 TOT TO: 19 (26 PTS)

HOME: LAKERS (1-0)
NO PLAYER MIN FGFGA 3P3PA FTFTA OR DRTOT A PF ST TO BS PTS
25 Danilo Pinnock F20:24 5 9 0 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 11
40 Marcus Slaughte F19:06 3 3 0 0 2 2 2 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 8
17 Andrew Bynum C31:25 5 12 0 0 4 5 6 9 15 2 3 1 4 5 14
11 Devin Green G26:26 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 1 0 3 0 12
5 Jordan Farmar G26:52 5 8 1 1 2 2 0 3 3 6 2 4 3 0 13
23 Von Wafer 25:03 7 15 2 3 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 3 3 0 18
45 Marcus Douthit 28:54 2 3 0 0 0 0 3 7 10 4 3 0 0 1 4
10 Nile Murry 23:41 3 11 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 3 4 1 0 8
20 Kasib Powell 21:34 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 3 0 3 0 4
41 Ed Fobbs 16:35 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 1 5
55 Micheal Fey DNP - Coach's Decision
35 Nick Horvath DNP - Coach's Decision
15 Doron Perkins DNP - Coach's Decision
30 Byron Sanders DNP - Coach's Decision
TOTALS: 40 80 3 5 14 18 16 33 49 17 18 12 19 8 97
PERCENTAGES: 50.0% 60.0% 77.8% TM REB: 9 TOT TO: 20 (19 PTS)
SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 FINAL
Mavericks 17 20 15 17 69
LAKERS 19 17 34 27 97
Pts. in the Pt. Mavericks 30, LAKERS 58 Biggest Lead Mavericks 7, LAKERS 32
2nd Chance Pts. Mavericks 12, LAKERS 13 Lead Changes 14
FB Pts. Mavericks 10, LAKERS 14 Times Tied 3

[chitownBUB]

Cellus played over 32 minutes, and didn't have much help from teammates.
The team had a total of only 11 assists, and nobody had more than two.
I dug out some of those names of the other players, and several have been playing in the CBA for a couple years.
I hope Cellus can keep up the good work.

[tornado]

Hey, I have a question.

One of the guys opn Cellus' team is
David Noel, from UNC.

Noel was the 39th draft pick, going to the Milwaukee Bucks.
But he is playing on the Mavs' summer team.
Perhaps it's a deal between the Mavs and Bucks since the Bucks don't have a team in either the Vegas summer league nor the Long beach one.

[BradleyBrave]

Hey, I have a question.

One of the guys opn Cellus' team is
David Noel, from UNC.

Noel was the 39th draft pick, going to the Milwaukee Bucks.
But he is playing on the Mavs' summer team.
Perhaps it's a deal between the Mavs and Bucks since the Bucks don't have a team in either the Vegas summer league nor the Long beach one.

Or perhaps they've already parted ways and he's a FA. 2nd round draft picks are guaranteed nothing.

[Bravesguy]

bubraves.com has some on Cellus & POB in summer leagues

http://www.bubraves.com//ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=325253

[MacabreMob]

Cellus played over 32 minutes, and didn't have much help from teammates.
The team had a total of only 11 assists, and nobody had more than two.

Cellus meet "Me Game".

"Me Game" meet... excuse me, "Me Game"... "Me Game" this is... uhhh... "Me Game"?

Good luck Cellus.

Time to be selfish and "Think All About Me"!

[Da Coach]

Marcellus Sommerville had another good game. In his second summer league game Monday night, Cellus scored 14 points, and had 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the Mavericks game against the Memphis Grizzlies. He was the leading scoreer for the Mavs, who lost for the second time, 113-82.

The box score is posted here--

http://www.summerproleague.com/july10game4.pdf

Here is the roster of the Mavericks summer league team--

http://www.summerproleague.com/mavericksroster.pdf

[Da Coach]

Here is an article about the game. There is a mention of Cellus as the leading scorer for the Mavs.--

http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/grizzlies/article/0,1426,MCA_475_4835602,00.html

And ESPN has an article about NBA rookies playing in the Vegas Summer League--

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2515865