Gransberry's first summer league game friday

[Velcro]

http://www.nba.com/summerleague2008/vslnews08.html

NBA Summer League Presented by EA Sports

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Detroit Pistons announced that the club will participate in the NBA Summer League presented by EA Sports. The 21-team league will be held in Las Vegas, on the campus of UNLV, from July 11-20 at both the Thomas & Mack Center and COX Pavilion.

Two of Detroit’s games - vs. L.A. Lakers (July 11) and vs. Dallas (7/17) - will be televised by NBA TV. In addition to game action, NBA TV will provide reports on summer league teams, featuring interviews with players, coaches and team executives. NBA.com will provide live webcasts of all games.

Games featuring L.A. Lakers, L.A. Clippers, Milwaukee, Dallas and Charlotte will be open to the media and general public. For media credentials, please contact the Detroit Pistons Media Relations Department at (248) 377-0135.

Following is the Pistons schedule for summer league:

DATE GAME  TIME  TV

July 11  Detroit vs. L.A. Lakers  5:00 p.m. PST  NBA TV

July 13  Detroit vs. L.A. Clippers  7:00 p.m. PST  none

July 15  Detroit vs. Milwaukee  3:00 p.m. PST  none

July 17  Detroit vs. Dallas  1:00 p.m. PST  NBA TV

July 18  Detroit vs. Charlotte  3:00 p.m. PST  none 

Following is the Pistons Summer League Roster:

NO PLAYER POS HT WT COLLEGE/COUNTRY BIRTHDATE NBA EXP.

6 Alex Acker G 6-5 185 Pepperdine 1/21/83 1 year

28 Arron Afflalo G 6-5 215 UCLA 10/15/85 1 year

23 Derrick Allen F 6-8 238 Mississippi 7/17/80 R

7 Will Bynum G 6-0 185 Georgia Tech 1/4/83 1 year

34 Ryvon Coville F 6-9 250 Detroit 3/1/84 R

20 Kentrell Gransberry F/C 6-9 270 South Florida 8/1/85 R

25 Amir Johnson F 6-9 210 Westchester HS (Los Angeles)  5/1/87 3 years

44 Trent Plaisted F 6-11 245 BYU 10/20/86 R

35 Cheikh Samb C 7-1 195 Senegal 10/22/84 1 year

14 Walter Sharpe F 6-9 245 Alabama-Birmingham 7/16/86 R

12 Marcus Stout G 6-4 195 Fordham 6/20/86 R

3 Rodney Stuckey G 6-5 205 Eastern Washington 4/21/86 1 year

8 Deron Washington G/F 6-7 210 Virginia Tech 12/12/85 R

COACHES: Michael Curry, Georgia Southern

Dave Cowens, Florida State

Darrell Walker, Arkansas

Pat Sullivan, North Carolina

Harold Ellis, Morehouse College

Bill Pope, Kansas

ATHLETIC TRAINER:

Mike Abdenour, Wayne State

ASSISTANT STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH:

Dave Boyer, Wayne State

[feardabull]

Go get 'em KG!!!

[Velcro]

The only true center on Detroits roster is 7'1, 195 lbs.  Heck, McHugh Mattis was heavier than that, and he was only 6'5/6'6.  KG should get plenty of PT I would think.  Hopefully he makes the most of it.

[smazza]

tough road ahead

[Jewbull]

How do the NBA teams pick the coaching staff for the summer league?

[Velcro]

How do the NBA teams pick the coaching staff for the summer league?

Not sure, but the Piston's new head coach (michael curry) is head coaching the summer team, so KG has every opportunity to impress the guy that has the most power to get him on the roster (other than Joe Dumars, who i'm sure will be there as well).

[Vega]

The only true center on Detroits roster is 7'1, 195 lbs.  Heck, McHugh Mattis was heavier than that, and he was only 6'5/6'6.  KG should get plenty of PT I would think.  Hopefully he makes the most of it.

Samb is around 230lbs not 195.That was what he weighted entering the NBA a couple of years ago.

KG is on Detroit's team as a favor to Heath, because the one thing the Pistons have a lot of is PFs.

The Pistons are going to want minutes for Plaisted, Sharpe, Johnson, and Samb.I think that Kentrell must show a lot in practice he is better then a guy like Plaisted which he clearly is imo.

I am a Detroit Pistons' fan so I hope that Kentrell can become their version of "Big Baby" Glen Davis.If he works hard he can be that type of player.

[BullMedic]

Set up to record.

[Velcro]

No PT for KG yet...

i forgot about the foul limit being increased... on player has 8 fouls for detroit already

[Velcro]

KG finally got in the game

1 pt on 1 of 4 shooting from the charity stripe

and 1 rebound in 2 minutes of play