Zards Summer League Plans Announced

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Wizards To Participate in 2007 NBA Summer League

Summer League Games Set to Be Broadcast Locally in Primetime
June 28, 2007


The National Basketball Association recently released the team participants and schedule for the 2007 NBA Summer League presented by adidas, the league’s summer showcase in Las Vegas for top free agents and members of the 2007 NBA Draft class.
“The Las Vegas Summer League is an important part of the development and maturation of our younger players," said Grunfeld. "We are excited to see our younger players have an opportunity to play in a very competitive environment. This will mark our third consecutive summer participating in the Las Vegas Summer League, and we look forward to joining the 21 other teams for an exciting two weeks of basketball."
Additionally, for the first time ever, Comcast SportsNet will broadcast all five of the Wizards’ summer league contests in primetime.
“As a long-standing partner of the Washington Wizards, Comcast SportsNet is delighted to add this original game programming to its lineup, featuring one of the most exciting teams in the NBA,” said Rebecca Schulte, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic. “These five games will give our viewers the first look at many of the Wizards top prospects, including the team’s most recent draft picks. As the region’s leader in local sports television, we are always looking for new ways to bring sports fans unique perspectives on their favorite teams and players.”

WIZARDS SUMMER LEAGUE BROADCAST SCHEDULE

Date
Opponent Broadcast Time

Tue. July 10th vs. Sacramento Kings 7:00 p.m.
Wed. July 11th vs. Detroit Pistons 7:00 p.m.
Fri. July 13th vs. Houston Rockets 10:30 p.m.
Sat. July 14th vs. Cleveland Cavaliers10:30 p.m.
Sun. July 15thvs. Milwaukee Bucks7:00 p.m.

“This is a unique opportunity to give Wizards fans NBA excitement during the middle of the summer,” said Matt Williams, Executive Vice President for Washington Sports and Entertainment. “This will give fans a ‘sneak peak’ at some of the young players and recent draft picks. Comcast SportsNet deserves a special thanks for diligently working with us to make this happen.”
The 2007 NBA Summer League presented by adidas, formerly the Las Vegas Summer League, will feature 21 NBA teams and the Chinese National Team competing over 10 days, from July 6-15. A 55-game schedule will be played at the Thomas & Mack Center and the Cox Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Teams joining the Wizards in Las Vegas for the 2007 NBA Summer League, include the Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota Timberwolves, Memphis Grizzlies, Milwaukee Bucks, New Orleans Hornets, New York Knicks, Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, San Antonio Spurs, Seattle Sonics and the Chinese National Team. The Wizards 2007 Summer League roster will be announced at a later date.

TV Schedule

4:00 PM Sacramento vs. Washington Cox Pavilion NBATV, Webcast
6:00 PM Washington vs. Detroit Cox Pavilion NBATV, Webcast
10:00 PM Houston vs. Washington Cox Pavilion NBATV, Webcast
8:00 PM Cleveland vs. Washington Cox Pavilion NBATV, Webcast
4:00 PM Milwaukee vs. Washington Cox Pavilion NBATV, Webcast

I am so pumped all the games are going to be on NBATV.

[GodShamgod]

Nice find man good to know they'll all be on tv

[Agent0IsMyHero]

good find...yeah..but i dont have nba tv :(...i mean i have it but i have to order it, anybody know how much it is?

[0>23]

what is your cable system

[admin]

dont have NBATV on my COX setup so ill watch the webcast

[0>23]

dont have NBATV on my COX setup so ill watch the webcast

On Cox if you buy the sports tier its like 3.99 extra per month and you get all the 240-257 channels that include, Golf Channel, Fox Sports, ESPN Classic, ESPNEWS, VS, NBA, NFL Network, GolTV to name a few

[0>23]

dont have NBATV on my COX setup so ill watch the webcast

Just read that Comcast will broadcast all 5 games as well.

[BBallWiz]

Here is the Wizards Summer League Roster:

1) Shagari Alleyne 7-3 C 1/16/84 Manhattan Manhattan
2) Brian Chase 5-9 PG 10/8/81 Virginia Tech Los Angeles (NBDL)
3) Mike Hall 6-8 F 5/5/84 George Washington Washington Wizards
4) Jared Homan 6-9 F/C 6/3/83 Iowa State Athens (Greece)
5) Lee Humphrey 6-2 G 4/26/84 Florida Florida
6) Dominic McGuire 6-8 F 10/20/85 Fresno State Fresno State
7) Aaron Miles 6-1 G 4/13/83 Kansas Pau-Orthez (France)
8) Oleksiy Pecherov 7-0 F/C 12/8/85 Ukraine BC Kyiv (Ukraine)
9) Kevinn Pinkney 6-10 F/C 10/20/83 Nevada-Reno Bakersfield (NBDL)
10) J.R. Pinnock 6-4 G 12/11/83 George Washington Arkansas (NBDL)
11) Leon Rodgers 6-7 F 6/2/85 Northern Illinois EiffelTowers(Holland)
12) Kyle Visser 6-11 C 10/19/85 Wake Forest Wake Forest
13) Jameel Watkins 6-10 F 8/2/77 Georgetown Dongbu (Korea)
14) Nick Young 6-6 G/F 6/1/85 Southern California Southern California
15) Derrick Zimmerman 6-3 PG 2/2/81 Mississippi State Air Avellino (Italy)

http://www.nba.com/wizards/news/SL07_roster_070703.html

[Thomas]

nice roster

[The Burgundy and Gold]

we have a 7'3 center from japan? Thats strange that he just randomly showed up on our roster.

[Diablo]

For those of us who can't catch it, can you guys do a recap? I can't wait to hear about how it pans out. Really excited bout our young guys.

[Thomas]

For those of us who can't catch it, can you guys do a recap? I can't wait to hear about how it pans out. Really excited bout our young guys.

I second this. I really wanna know how this goes.

[LooseCannon_aka_one3]

I wanna know if my boyzzzz Phil Chenier and Steve Buckhantz are doing the games out there.

[BBallWiz]

Here's the team's first practice from today:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVQp58IilfQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ewashingtonwizardsblog%2Eco m%2F2007%2F07%2F07%2Fsummer%2Dcamping%2Dday%2D1%2F
I like what I heard and saw from Young, Pecherov and McGuire. It's good to know EJ thinks highly of McGuire. He seems like he might be another second round gem by EG. Also, Nick Young seems like another good character added to this team. That was a funny comment he made about that former Wizard player who wore #5.

[Thomas]

Great vid. Loved to see all the young guys impressing EJ.

And the Kwame humor was awesome.

[LooseCannon_aka_one3]

haha man that was good from nick young.....and I am pumped about he, McGuire and Pecherov, can't complain and can not freakin wait until Tuesday night---- already got a spot on my couch locked up

[0>23]

I second this. I really wanna know how this goes.


Ill be watching live on Tuesday, so id be more than happy to do a recap of the game.

[Thomas]

I found that NBA.com has free summer league streams on their site. You just have to start an account.

http://www.nba.com/summerleague2007/schedules/index.jsp for those who can't see these live or anything

[0>23]

Also, Comcast SportsNet is broadcasting all of the games.

[The Burgundy and Gold]

haha that's a great vid, they were frying Kwame lol. Btw i've heard a lot of different things about this, are yousummer league games gonna be on comcast sportsnet or do you have to like order them?

[CC Soldier]

haha that's a great vid, they were frying Kwame lol. Btw i've heard a lot of different things about this, are yousummer league games gonna be on comcast sportsnet or do you have to like order them?

na, they're just on csn like the normal wizards games.

[The Burgundy and Gold]

na, they're just on csn like the normal wizards games.

sweet, that's really cool that we can all watchem this year. I'm excited.

[skywalker]

Buck and phil aren't doing the play by play though. I heard Buck say that the other day on the team.

[agentgilberto]

the wiz really have to chill out on the local players. Mike Hall and J.R. Pinnock were both pretty good college players, but both of them have shown nothing when it comes to playing in the NBA. Pinnock played in the D-League last year and Hall was on and off of the inactive list for the wiz. Also, Lee Humphrey should make the team and become the wizards version of steve kerr.

[0>23]

the wiz really have to chill out on the local players. Mike Hall and J.R. Pinnock were both pretty good college players, but both of them have shown nothing when it comes to playing in the NBA. Pinnock played in the D-League last year and Hall was on and off of the inactive list for the wiz. Also, Lee Humphrey should make the team and become the wizards version of steve kerr.

If you look at the roster, and the way the NBA does things, Pinnock and Hall have just as good if not better chance of cracking this roster than Humphrey, for the simple fact of what you said, they have been to the NBDL or have NBA experience. You are talking about an undrafted FA who played college ball last year coming in and being the next Steve Kerr? JCN has a better chance of being that guy than Humphrey ever will. Don't get me wrong im not downing the guy, but no thank you, id rather Kyle Visser of one of the 7 footers on our summer squad make this team.

[The Burgundy and Gold]

Also, Lee Humphrey should make the team and become the wizards version of steve kerr.

agreed, he can shoot lights out from three land.