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Summer leagues

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Any word on which of our globetrotting alumni will be playing stateside in NBA summer leagues? I was wondering if Marcellus or Ruff would be giving it a shot..
 
Teams are only beginning to formulate their summer rosters..
http://www.nba.com/summerleague2009/players/index.html

Here is more on the NBA Summer Leagues...
http://www.nba.com/summerleague2009/
http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2009/6/8/902197/2009-nba-summer-league-schedule
http://www.insidehoops.com/nba-summer-leagues.shtml

and per our previous discussions...
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12600
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12526

this league has Boogie Wright
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12489&highlight=summer

also John Little, Ryan Thornton, DeAndre Miranda
http://midstatehoops.com/v5/2009/06/24/twin-city-summer-league-adds-former-peoria-area-stars/

I started a separate thread on our guys playing summer ball...
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=135766#post135766post135766
 
For anyone who loves b-ball and has never been to a Pro-Am summer league game I highly recommend that you head out to one. They usually consist of local college players, top of the line HS players, few pros and occasionally a notable NBA player. The competition is fun and fast pace. When I lived in DC I use to go to the games and watch Iverson just blow by people. You knew he was going to be special when everyone around him looked like they were in slow-mo. Here in SF they have a nice league with some local flavor but it really gets good for their play-offs, where I saw Leon Powe just dominate a game once.

Here's a link to the SF summer league with roster and a list of past pros.
http://www.sanfranciscoproam.com/rosters-m.htm

Here's a nice Youtube link to get a feel of the league. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71nHrLkfoZc
 
yes, the Rocky Top does draw pretty well....considering those guys are playing in unnumbered white undershirts!

But again...can there be any defense being played? If not then can this endeavor be all that good to develop the players?

The guy leading the league in scoring is Scotty Hopson at 37.1 ppg after 7 games. There are two other guys scoring over 33 ppg, and most teams have 6, 8, or even as many as 9 players averaging in double figures!
Guys who you've never heard of (Boo Jackson, Jon Primm, Jon Higgens, Damon Johnson) are averaging 20-27 ppg.
Even Josh Tabb, who has a LIFETIME scoring average in college of just 2.8 ppg, and has never even equalled his freshman avg. of 3.5 ppg since then...is averaging 22.3 ppg in the Rocky Top League!

ex-Volunteer, Chris Lofton, who really is a good player, and who is playing in Europe, made short appearances in two games for the Team Choice (so his stats don't qualify), and all he did was score 103 points in those two games, hitting 59% of his shots for an astounding scoring average of 51.5 ppg, although he has since quit playing since the league is barely more than a wide open layup drill.
 
Tornado, do you know which team Boogie Wright is on in the Bloomington summer league? He is not listed on any. We live in the area and would like to watch a game or two.
 
Peoria Lion '77 said:
Tornado, do you know which team Boogie Wright is on in the Bloomington summer league? He is not listed on any. We live in the area and would like to watch a game or two.
Click to expand...

Here are league rosters, updated this moring (7/3/09)--
http://midstatehoops.com/v5/2009-msh-twin-city-summer-league/team-rosters/

Lawrence Wright must have had a change of mind. In the initial release by MidstateHoops.com, they mentioned Wright as a participant. But now he is not listed on any of the teams' rosters.
Note some familiar names playing, including several former ISU players. The only former Bradley player appears to be Ryan Thornton, who redshirted a year at BU.--
Team Rosters


*rosters subject to change through Sunday, July 5th
1. Kerosin Clothing
5’9 Tom Norton (Truman State)
6’1 Josh Bronke (Olivet Nazerene)
6’2 Bradley Behrens (Illinois State)
6’3 Alex Birge (Spoon River)
6’3 Aaron Garriott (Wheaton)
6’6 Mo Bond (Concordia)
6’6 Liam Slesinski (Elmhurst)
6’5 Andy Traeger (Greenville)
6’8 Ryan Thornton (Illinois-Springfield)
2. OneNine88
5’9 Boo Richardson (Illinois State/ABA)
6’0 Kenny King (Miles)
6’0 Brandon Leake (Spoon River)
6′2 Clarence Calhoun (Heartland)
6’2 Tylon McAllister (Illinois Valley)
6’3 D’mitri Riggs (Highland)
6’5 James Monroe (ICC)
6’5 John Peters (Black Hawk)
6’7 Steve Parham (Cecil)
6’9 Anthony Slack (Illinois State/Ukraine)
3. Tech Crue Consulting
5’9 Carl Davis (Spoon River)
6’0 Jamell Jamison (Illinois State)
6’0 Dom Johnson (Illinois State/Slovakia)
6’1 Paul Burse (Peoria Manual HS)
6’2 Kedric Williams (Normal HS)
6’2 Ron Lyons (Bloomington HS)
6’4 Tyler Patterson (Parkland)
6’7 Blake Schilb (Loyola-Chicago/Czech Republic)
6’8 Chris Britt (Spoon River)
4. Blumill
6’1 Chumar Williams (Illinois)
6’2 Darrelynn Dunn (Iowa Western)
6’3 Brandon Dunson (Wabash Valley)
6’3 Brandel Griggs (SIU-Edwardsville)
6’3 Taylor Jones (MSU-West Plains)
6’5 Dariss Smith (ICC)
6’6 Nate Swarts (Elmhurst)
6’7 Keith Biggers (Coffeyville)
6’8 Casey Reid (Illinois State)
5. Wooden Cotton
6’1 Mike McGruder (Spoon River)
6’2 Shaquille Florez (Spoon River)
6′3 Austin Andrews (Black Hawk)
6’3 John Little (Northern Iowa/Germany)
6’4 Jordan Lee (Kaskaskia)
6’4 John Painter (Illinois)
6’5 Ray Brown (Miles)
6’6 Spencer Adams (Yakima Valley)
6’8 DeAndre Miranda (Illinois-Springfield)
6. Amitor
6’0 Sean Johnson (Illinois Wesleyan)
6’1 Jaron Davis (Northeastern)
6’2 Isiah Cunningham (Carl Sandburg)
6’2 Greg Reed (Bloomington HS)
6’3 Mike Donnelly (Bloomington HS)
6’5 Lonnie Lawrence (Lewis)
6’5 Neil Plank (Illinois State)
6’6 Dexter Walker (Illinois Wesleyan)
6’9 Tim Parham (Maryland-Eastern Shore/Mexico)
 
It is not the Ray Brown who played at Bradley.
It is Ray Brown from Miles Community College in Miles City, Montana (D1 juco).
He is originally from Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

He's #31 in this team picture-
http://mccpioneers.com/mbasketball.php
mbb0809.JPG


He averaged 2.2 ppg in just 21 games last year at Miles CC.-
http://njcaa.org/colleges_college_stats.cfm?sid=4&collegeid=1623&slid=2&category=Stats
 
The NBA Summer League Rosters are nearing completion...
a few Valley players, but NO BU guys...
Indiana State's David Moss, MSU's Blake Ahearn, CU's Anthony Tolliver
also Shaun Livingston......
http://www.nbadraft.net/node/8843

one of the assistant coaches is Jack Sikma
 
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