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Tuesday, July 5, 2005 (xxx) xxx-xxxx

CAVALIERS TO PLAY SIX-GAME SUMMER SCHEDULE IN LAS VEGAS

CLEVELAND, OH – The Cleveland Cavaliers will participate in the 2005 Reebok Vegas Summer League, playing a six-game schedule during the month of July, Cavaliers General Manager Danny Ferry announced today.
The Cavaliers have assembled a summer league team of draftees, free agents and young veterans to participate in the Reebok Vegas Summer League, which will be held July 6-15. This is the second consecutive year that the Cavaliers will compete.
The Reebok Vegas Summer League expanded from six teams last year to 16 NBA teams this year that will compete in a 10-day, 43-game schedule. In addition to the Cavaliers, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Denver, Golden State, Los Angeles Clippers, New Jersey, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento and Washington will compete in the summer league. All games will be played at Cox Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Two of the Cavaliers games will be televised on NBA TV in a tape delay format. The Cavaliers game on Tuesday, July 12 versus the Boston Celtics will air on July 16 and the Wednesday, July 13 game versus the Portland Trail Blazers will air on July 19.
For more information on the Cavaliers summer plans, visit ClevelandCavaliers.com or VegasSummerLeague.com.

Cavaliers Game Schedule
Thursday, July 7 Cavaliers vs. Hornets 3 p.m. PST
Saturday, July 9 Warriors vs. Cavaliers 8 p.m. PST
Sunday, July 10 Nuggets vs. Cavaliers 3 p.m. PST
Tuesday, July 12 Celtics vs. Cavaliers 1 p.m. PST (airs 7/16)
Wednesday, July 13 Cavaliers vs. Blazers 7 p.m. PST (airs 7/19)
Friday, July 15 Cavaliers vs. Blazers 2 p.m. PST


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CLEVELAND CAVALIERS SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER
(As of July 5, 2005)

NO PLAYER POS HGT WGT BIRTHDATE FROM DRAFT NBA YRS
54 Martynas Andriuskevicius F/C 7-2 240 3/12/86 Lithuania '05 R
45 Kelenna Azubuike G 6-5 220 12/16/83 Kentucky '05 R
40 Bryan Bracey F 6-7 220 8/5/78 Oregon '01 R
24 Carl English G 6-5 205 2/2/81 Hawaii '03 R
35 Matt Freije F 6-10 235 10/2/81 Vanderbilt '04 1
5 John Gilchrist G 6-3 195 6/29/84 Maryland '05 R
33 Luke Jackson G/F 6-7 215 11/6/81 Oregon '04 1
41 Kresimir Loncar F 6-11 250 2/12/83 Ukraine '05 R
8 John Lucas III G 5-11 165 11/21/82 Oklahoma State '05 R
53 Olumide Oyedeji F/C 6-10 240 5/11/81 Nigeria '00 3
31 Ryan Randle F/C 6-9 240 4/21/81 Maryland '03 R
6 Blake Stepp G 6-4 190 2/4/82 Gonzaga '04 1
12 Derrick Tarver G 6-4 215 6/9/80 Akron '04 R
50 James Thomas F 6-8 240 11/22/80 Texas '04 1
30 Ime Udoka G/F 6-6 220 8/9/77 Portland State '02 1
36 Jeff Varem G/F 6-6 245 7/16/83 Washington State '05 R

HEAD COACH Kenny Natt (Northeast Louisiana '80)

ASSISTANT COACH Wes Wilcox (Cal State Fullerton '01)
Bryant Moore (Texas Tech '93)
Dave Joerger (Moorhead State)
ATHLETIC TRAINER Max Benton (Colorado '95)
STRENGTH & COND. COORD. /ASSISTANT COACH Stan Kellers (Cleveland State '85)

CAVALIERS NUMERICAL ROSTER

5 John Gilchrist
6 Blake Stepp
8 John Lucas III
12 Derrick Tarver
24 Carl English
30 Ime Udoka
31 Ryan Randle
33 Luke Jackson
35 Matt Freije
36 Jeff Varem
40 Bryan Bracey
41 Kresimir Loncar
45 Kelenna Azubuike
50 James Thomas
53 Olumide Oyedeji
54 M. Andriuskevicius

-- clevelandcavaliers.com --

 

[ChicagoCavFan]

I pray Luke gets through this without any back pain. I can't wait to see him in the regular season - this will be good run for him.

Didn't know we signed Lucas III.

Nice they're showing 2 of the 6 games, albeit tape delayed. Sucks we gotta wait till the 16th...

 

[LyXo]

Looks like a nice lineup. All eyes on Luke.

I like seeing James Thomas on this roster. He didn't really get to play at all when he signed that 10-day with us.

 

[King]

I think the starting lineup would look like this:
PG-Gilchrist
SG-Azubuike
SF-LJax
PF-Freije
C-Marty

 

[NarlCavs]

A few interesting names on the roster. English has some talent and I think was briefly with the Pacers. Oyedeji is a big physical PF who's been with a couple of NBA teams. J. Thomas is a player that's good to take a closer look at. Loncar is a decent European prospect who had a good chance to get drafted in this past draft. Lucas III is a good pickup since he does have talent although he's small.
We really shouldn't get overly excited about most of these players. None are an answer for the Cavs are are likely to never survive even training camp.

Interesting to see Kenny Natt is coaching the team. I thought he was gone.

 

[PIP]

i like thomas- reminds me a bit of haslem--

didn't he have 10+ boards against us, when we played portland ?

 

[hoops24]

2 names that I love to see on that roster:

Stepp and Lucas III

 

[TruBuckeye22]

the Cavs summer roster has some very interesting players i am going to watch. one is Azbuicke. he is very athletic and comes from a program in Kentucky where they teach defense.

should be an interesting battle between Gilchrist and Lucas at PG. can't remeber is Stepp a PG too?

 

[Karma]

With Cleveland having so many holes to fill there is every chance players like Gilchrist, Lucas, Oyedeji and Thomas can make the final roster. There is definately oppotunities for any talented point guard, as there is for a bruising big man. This is one of the few times we may have to watch closely as ther could be a future Cavalier or two come out.

 

[ChicagoCavFan]

2 names that I love to see on that roster:

Stepp and Lucas III

Welcome over hoops24.

 

[Pioneer10]

It's all about Luke and Gilchrist.

I would be surprised if Gilchrist isn't on our opening day roster considering we only have Snow as our PG right now

 

[Dungong]

Kenny Natt is still with the team? I thought Brown was getting his own assistants

 

[Karma]

Lets just hope Luke Jackson or Marty Vicious dont miss any open looks off a Gilchrist feed!

 

[Mac]

Im loving Lucas and Gilchrist, we will def keep one of these two guys.

 

[Karma]

We are in action in just 2 days. For piece of mind I hope Luke puts in a solid showing and stands out from the crowd. Gilchrist and Lucas III have a great oppotunity, so a big game from either will make feel a little more comfortable about our point guard situation. As for Marty Vicious, lets hope for something a little more promising then Diop produced year after year in these leagues.