NBA Summer League Rosters 2014: Team-by-Team List of Players for Orlando, Vegas
If you've spent the past few weeks fretting over the loss of NBA basketball in your life, don't worry: A kinda-sorta OK facsimile is headed your way.
As everyone league-wide attempts to sort through the latest free-agency drama, the NBA Summer League season gets underway Saturday in Orlando. A yearly gathering of rookies, second-year players and myriad hangers-on hoping to catch a coach's eye, the NBA Summer League is something to behold.
For most, the Orlando Summer League is something of a warm-up for the true craziness in Vegas. Every year, league executives, media members and players use the Vegas Summer League as a convenient reason to make a midsummer trip to Sin City. Some of the best unprintable stories in NBA lore have happened during that week-and-a-half extravaganza, and the reunion atmosphere can often get the ball rolling on some huge moves.
You cannot put league executives from almost every NBA team in the same city together without talking shop. Everyone is also conveniently due to arrive in one of our great American cities the day after the league-wide free-agency moratorium ends. Just know that almost every rumor you hear between July 11 and the end of the month was probably spawned poolside at some beautiful Vegas hotel.
The Orlando and Vegas Summer Leagues also serve, you know, an actual purpose and stuff. There's actual basketball being played. The competition is rarely pristine. Team defensive concepts are a mess because players are thrown together having never been on the floor together. Individual commitment to defense tops your typical All-Star Game, but not by that much.
Players in the summer are, for the most part, out to help out themselves. Every year, there are a handful of undrafted players who parlay their impressive performances in Orlando or Vegas into a training camp spot. Jeremy Lin is among the most recent examples.
Teams and analysts largely do not take big summer stats seriously. And they shouldn't. What's on the table the next few weeks is an opportunity to show just enough flashes to get a look when it really counts. Go head-to-head with Andrew Wiggins and play him to a draw, and you might receive a call when it comes time for camp.
Speaking of Wiggins: He and the remaining first-round rookies are the overarching reason for this event. It's their first showcase on the so-called NBA level, and everyone should look forward to wild overanalysis of every shot. Should Wiggins get outperformed by Jabari Parker—and the two play in their first Vegas game on July 11—expect a whole lot of "told you so" from the Parker contingent. Should the opposite happen, Jason Kidd will probably demand Wiggins be traded to Milwaukee and threaten to take Adam Silver's commissionership if it doesn't happen.
Vegas is weird, man.
But the important thing is knowing the names and faces we'll all be seeing the next few weeks. Below is a summer roster for every NBA team and information on when and where you can catch the action from Vegas and Orlando.
Summer League Information
Dates: July 5-11 (Orlando), July 11-21 (Las Vegas)
Watch: NBA Summer League Pass, NBA TV (schedule to be determined)
Summer League Rosters
A couple notes here. Not every team has announced its full roster at this time. In cases where only a handful of players have been confirmed, those teams have been left off for now. In cases where a majority of the roster has been decided, I put them in so fans can at least get a glimpse of what's to come. All information is via NBA releases and the indispensable HoopsHype.
Las Vegas
| Michael Bramos | G-F | Miami (Ohio) |
| Eric Dawson | F | Midwestern State |
| Stephen Holt | G | Saint Mary's |
| John Jenkins | G | Vanderbilt |
| Mike Muscala | F-C | Bucknell |
| Lamar Patterson | G | Pittsburgh |
| Adreian Payne | F | Michigan State |
| Casey Prather | F | Florida |
| Trevor Releford | G | Alabama |
| Dennis Schroeder | G | Germany |
| DJ Shelton | F | Washington State |
| Travis Wear | F | UCLA |
| Jordan Bachynski | C | Arizona State |
| James Bell | G | Villanova |
| De'Mon Brooks | F | Davidson |
| Justin Brownlee | F | St. John's |
| Josh Davis | SF | Wyoming |
| Jerome Dyson | G | Connecticut |
| PJ Hairston | G | North Carolina |
| Justin Jackson | F | Cincinnati |
| Mickey McConnell | G | Saint Mary's |
| Roberto Nelson | G | Oregon State |
| Jarred Shaw | C | Utah State |
| Jamie Skeen | F | Virginia Commonwealth |
| Noah Vonleh | F | Indiana |
| Cody Zeller | F-C | Indiana |
| Travis Bader | G | Oakland |
| Aaron Craft | G | Ohio State |
| Festus Ezeli | C | Vanderbilt |
| Kiwi Gardner | G | Midland College |
| Orlando Johnson | G | California-Santa Barbara |
| Ognjen Kuzmic | C | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Walt Lemon | G | Bradley |
| Robert Loe | F | Saint Louis |
| James Michael McAdoo | F | North Carolina |
| Tyrus McGee | G | Iowa State |
| Nemanja Nedovic | G | Serbia |
| Rod Odom | F | Vanderbilt |
| Davon Usher | G | Delaware |
| Tarik Black | F | Kansas |
| Jabari Brown | G | Missouri |
| Isaiah Canaan | G | Murray State |
| Andre Dawkins | G | Duke |
| Luke Hancock | G-F | Louisville |
| Nick Johnson | G | Arizona |
| Geron Johnson | G | Memphis |
| Maarty Leunen | F | Oregon |
| Akil Mitchell | F | Virginia |
| Omar Oraby | C | USC |
| Richard Solomon | F | California |
| Chris Udofia | G | Denver |
| Pendarvis Williams | G | Norfolk State |
| Rodrigue Beaubois | G | France |
| Jordan Clarkson | G | Missouri |
| Xavier Gibson | C | Florida State |
| Anthony Ireland | G | Loyola Marymount |
| Jerome Jordan | C | Tulsa |
| DeAndre Kane | G | Iowa State |
| Kendall Marshall | G | North Carolina |
| Trevor Mbakwe | F | Minnesota |
| Kevin Murphy | G | Tennessee Tech |
| Julius Randle | F | Kentucky |
| LaQuinton Ross | G-F | Ohio State |
| Roscoe Smith | F | UNLV |
| Renaldo Woolridge | F | USC |
| Danilo Barthel | F-C | Germany |
| Larry Drew II | G | UCLA |
| James Ennis | G-F | Long Beach State |
| Frank Gaines | G | IPFW |
| Langston Hall | G | Mercer |
| Justin Hamilton | C | LSU |
| Eli Holman | F-C | Detroit |
| Tyler Honeycutt | F | UCLA |
| Tyler Johnson | G | Fresno State |
| Shabazz Napier | G | Connecticut |
| Ronald Roberts | F | Saint Joseph's |
| Scott Suggs | G | Washington |
| Cameron Ayers | G | Bucknell |
| Luke Babbitt | F | Nevada-Reno |
| Josh Carter | G-F | Texas A&M |
| Keith Chamberlain | F | Grinnell |
| Drew Crawford | G | Northwestern |
| Courtney Fells | G | North Carolina State |
| Abdul Gaddy | G | Washington |
| Josh Howard | F | Wake Forest |
| DeQuan Jones | G | Miami |
| Samardo Samuels | F | Louisville |
| Russ Smith | G | Louisville |
| James Southerland | F | Syracuse |
| Jeff Withey | C | Kansas |
| Patric Young | C-F | Florida |
| Zane Johnson | G | Hawaii |
| Jordan Vandenberg | C | North Carolina State |
| Shane Larkin | G | Miami (Florida) |
| Thanasis Antetokounmpo | G-F | Greece |
| Shannon Brown | G | Michigan State |
| Jeremy Tyler | C | None |
| Brandon Triche | G | Syracuse |
| Will Sheehey | F | Indiana |
| Cameron Moore | F | UAB |
| Cleanthony Early | F | Wichita State |
| Cole Aldrich | C | Kansas |
| Jordan Henriquez | C | Kansas State |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | G | Michigan |
| Langston Galloway | G | Saint Joseph's |
| Michael Carter-Williams | G | Syracuse |
| Aaron Craft | G | Ohio State |
| Ed Daniel | F | Murray State |
| Melvin Ejim | G | Iowa State |
| Tim Frazier | G | Penn State |
| Arsalan Kazemi | F | Oregon |
| Sean Kilpatrick | G | Cincinnati |
| K.J. McDaniels | G-F | Clemson |
| Jordan McRae | G | Tennessee |
| Nerlens Noel | F | Kentucky |
| Jakarr Sampson | F | St. John's |
| Isaiah Sykes | G-F | UCF |
| Jarvis Varnado | F | Mississippi State |
| Scottie Wilbekin | G | Florida |
| Taylor Braun | G | North Dakota State |
| Alec Brown | C-F | Green Bay Phoenix |
| Dionte Christmas | G | Temple |
| Seth Curry | G | Duke |
| Tyler Ennis | G | Syracuse |
| Archie Goodwin | G | Kentucky |
| Elias Harris | F | Gonzaga |
| Alex Len | C | Maryland |
| Alex Oriakhi | F | Missouri |
| Miles Plumlee | F | Duke |
| David Stockton | G | Gonzaga |
| T.J. Warren | F | North Carolina State |
| Keith Appling | G | Michigan State |
| Will Barton | G | Memphis |
| Davion Berry | G-F | Weber State |
| Craig Brackins | F | Iowa State |
| Bobby Brown | G | Cal-State Fullerton |
| Allen Crabbe | G | California |
| Sam Dower | F-C | Gonzaga |
| Joel Freeland | F-C | Great Britain |
| Jonathan Gibson | G | New Mexico State |
| Meyers Leonard | C | Illinois |
| CJ McCollum | G | Lehigh |
| Thomas Robinson | F | Kansas |
| Quincy Acy | F | Baylor |
| Sim Bhullar | C | New Mexico State |
| Marshon Brooks | G-F | Providence |
| Rion Brown | G | Miami |
| Jared Cunningham | G | Oregon State |
| Ra'Shad James | F-C | Iona |
| Dwayne Jones | F-C | Saint Joseph's |
| Brendan Lane | F | Pepperdine |
| Ray McCallum | G | Detroit |
| Ben McLemore | G | Kansas |
| Eric Moreland | F | Oregon State |
| Jake Odum | G | Indiana State |
| Josh Owens | F | Stanford |
| Nik Stauskas | G | Michigan |
| Nick Wiggins | G | Wichita State |
| Derrick Williams | F | Arizona |
| Kyle Anderson | F | UCLA |
| Vander Blue | G | Marquette |
| Nobel Boungou-Colo | F | Republic of the Congo |
| Bryce Cotton | G | Providence |
| Marcus Denmon | G | Missouri |
| Melvin Ejim | G | Iowa State |
| Viktor Gaddefors | G | Sweden |
| Darington Hobson | G-F | New Mexico |
| Durand Scott | G | Miami |
| Deshaun Thomas | F | Ohio State |
| Trey Burke | G | Michigan |
| Ian Clark | G | Belmont |
| Dante Exum | G | Australia |
| Diante Garrett | G | Iowa State |
| Rudy Gobert | C | France |
| Rodney Hood | F | Duke |
| Erik Murphy | F-C | Florida |
| Greg Somogyi | C | California |
| Malcolm Thomas | F | San Diego State |
| Jason Washburn | F-C | Utah |
| Khalif Wyatt | G | Temple |
| Khem Birch | F | UNLV |
| Ian Chiles | C | Morgan State |
| Jarell Eddie | G-F | Virginia Tech |
| Kim English | G | Missouri |
| Luke Harangody | F | Notre Dame |
| Daniel Miller | C | Georgia Tech |
| Daniel Orton | C | Kentucky |
| Otto Porter | F | Georgetown |
| Glen Rice Jr | G | Georgia Tech |
Orlando
| OD Anosike | F | Siena |
| Chris Babb | G | Iowa State |
| Dairis Bertans | G | Latvia |
| Daniel Coursey | C-F | Mercer |
| Colton Iverson | C | Colorado State |
| Edwin Jackson | G | France |
| Chris Johnson | C | LSU |
| Mike Moser | F | Oregon |
| Devin Oliver | F | Dayton |
| Kelly Olynyk | C | Gonzaga |
| Phil Pressey | G | Missouri |
| Marcus Smart | PG | Oklahoma State |
| James Young | F | Kentucky |
| Steven Adams | C | Pittsburgh |
| Semaj Christon | G | Xavier |
| Fuquan Edwin | G/F | Seton Hall |
| Josh Huestis | F | Stanford |
| Grant Jerrett | F | Arizona |
| Perry Jones | F | Baylor |
| Jeremy Lamb | G | Connecticut |
| Marcus Lewis | F | Oral Roberts |
| Mario Little | G | Kansas |
| Mitch McGary | F | Michigan |
| Andre Robertson | F | Colorado |
| Nolan Smith | G | Duke |
| Michael Stockton | G | Westminster |
| Maurice Sutton | C | Villanova |
| Markel Brown | G | Oklahoma State |
| Kyle Casey | F | Harvard |
| Daniel Clark | C | Great Britain |
| Donte Greene | F | Syracuse |
| Jorge Gutierrez | G | California |
| Cory Jefferson | F | Baylor |
| Michael Jenkins | G | Winthrop |
| Lasan Kromah | F | Connecticut |
| Nick Minnerath | F | Detroit |
| Alen Omic | C | Slovenia |
| Mason Plumlee | F-C | Duke |
| John Roberson | G | Texas Tech |
| Shane Southwell | G | Kansas State |
| DaJuan Summers | F | Georgetown |
| Marquis Teague | F-G | Kentucky |
| Xavier Thames | G | San Diego State |
| Adonis Thomas | G | Memphis |
| Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | G | Georgia |
| Brian Cook | F | Illinois |
| Spencer Dinwiddie | G | Colorado |
| Justin Harper | F | Richmond |
| Jordan Heath | F | Canisius College |
| Damion James | F | Texas |
| DeAndre Liggins | G | Kentucky |
| David Lighty | G | Ohio State |
| Ian Miller | G | Florida State |
| Tony Mitchell | F | North Texas |
| Tim Ohlbrecht | F-C | Germany |
| Mustafa Shakur | G | Arizona |
| Peyton Siva | G | Louisville |
| Tristan Spurlock | F | UCF |
| Markel Starks | G | Georgetown |
| Christian Watford | F | Indiana |
| Miro Bilan | C | Croatia |
| Tarik Black | F | Kansas |
| Jabari Brown | G | Missouri |
| Isaiah Canaan | G | Murray State |
| Jahii Carson | G | Arizona State |
| Robert Covington | F | Tennessee State |
| Chris Crawford | F | Marquette |
| Nick Johnson | G | Arizona |
| Chris Kramer | G | Purdue |
| Maarty Leunen | F | Oregon |
| Jermaine Marshall | G | Arizona State |
| Akil Mitchell | F | Virginia |
| Richard Solomon | F | California |
| Chris Udofia | G | Denver |
| Lavoy Allen | F | Temple |
| Eric Atkins | G | Notre Dame |
| Dee Bost | G | Mississippi State |
| Jackie Carmichael | F | Illinois State |
| Frank Gaines | G | IPFW |
| Solomon Hill | F | Arizona |
| Kevin Jones | F | West Virginia |
| DeQuan Jones | G | Miami |
| CJ Leslie | F | North Carolina State |
| Roger Mason | G | Virginia |
| James Nunnally | F | California-Santa Barbara |
| Jake Odum | G | Indiana State |
| Willie Reed | F-C | St. Louis |
| Sadiel Rojas | G-F | Oklahoma Wesleyan |
| Donald Sloan | G | Texas A&M |
| Tyler Stone | F | Southeast Missouri State |
| Jordan Adams | G | UCLA |
| Justin Cobbs | G | California |
| Jack Cooley | F | Notre Dame |
| Jarrid Famous | F-C | South Florida |
| Jamaal Franklin | G | San Diego State |
| Niels Giffey | F | Connecticut |
| Joe Jackson | G | Memphis |
| Kalin Lucas | G | Michigan State |
| Jarnell Stokes | F | Tennessee |
| Deon Thompson | F | North Carolina |
| Janis Timma | F | Latvia |
| Edwin Ubiles | G-F | Siena |
| Terrico White | G | Mississippi |
| Okaro White | F | Florida State |
| Scottie Wilbekin | G | Florida |
| Ivan Aska | F | Murray State |
| Danilo Barthel | F-C | Germany |
| Jerrelle Benimon | F | Towson |
| Nobel Boungou-Colo | F | Republic of the Congo |
| Andre Dawkins | G | Duke |
| Larry Drew II | G | UCLA |
| James Ennis | G-F | Long Beach State |
| Langston Hall | G | Mercer |
| Justin Hamilton | C | Louisiana State |
| Eli Holman | F-C | Detroit |
| Tyler Honeycutt | F | UCLA |
| Tyler Johnson | G | Fresno State |
| Trey McKinney Jones | G | Miami |
| Shabazz Napier | G | Connecticut |
| Kadeem Batts | F | Providence |
| Matt Bouldin | G | Gonzaga |
| Seth Curry | G | Duke |
| Dewayne Dedmon | C | USC |
| Asauhn Dixon-Tatum | C | Auburn |
| Kim English | G | Missouri |
| Aaron Gordon | F | Arizona |
| Luke Hancock | G-F | Louisville |
| Cameron Jones | G | Northern Arizona |
| Vernon Macklin | C | Florida |
| Josh Magette | G | Alabama–Huntsville |
| Devyn Marble | G | Iowa |
| Victor Oladipo | G | Indiana |
| Romero Osby | F | Oklahoma |
| Elfrid Payton | G | Louisiana-Lafayette |
| Kendrick Perry | G | Youngstown State |
| Augustine Rubit | F | South Alabama |
| Scott Suggs | G | Washington |
| Darrius Williams | G | Morehouse College |
| Travis Bader | G | Oakland |
| Aaron Craft | G | Ohio State |
| Ed Daniel | F | Murray State |
| Melvin Ejim | G | Iowa State |
| Jerami Grant | F | Syracuse |
| Jamelle Hagins | F | Delaware |
| Pierre Jackson | G | Baylor |
| Nerlens Noel | F | Kentucky |
| Ronald Roberts | F | Saint Joseph's |
| Jakarr Sampson | F | St. John's |
| Isaiah Sykes | G-F | UCF |
| Hollis Thompson | F | Georgetown |
| Casper Ware | G | Long Beach State |
| Talib Zanna | F | Pittsburgh |
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