Fifty Five Players with NBA D-League Experience Highlight 2014 Sunner League Rosters
Published on July 5, 2014 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
NEW YORK, July 5, 2014 - Fifty-five players with NBA Development League experience highlight rosters of the ten NBA teams playing in the 2014 Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League, tipping off in Orlando today, which features 25 games over seven days.
Eleven of the 16 players on the Indiana Pacers Summer League team boast NBA D-League experience, the most of any team playing in Orlando, while the Magic and Oklahoma City Thunder squads each have eight former NBA D-League players. Each of the remaining seven teams playing in Orlando has at least two players with NBA D-League experience on their rosters.
Of the 55 players with NBA D-League experience playing in Orlando this summer, 12 earned GATORADE Call-Ups to the NBA last season: Chris Babb (Boston), Seth Curry (Orlando), Dewayne Dedmon (Orlando), Jorge Gutierrez (Brooklyn), Justin Hamilton (Miami), Damion James (Detroit), Grant Jerrett (Oklahoma City), DeAndre Liggins (Detroit), James Nunnally (Indiana), Arinze Onuaku (Indiana), Willie Reed (Indiana) and Adonis Thomas (Brooklyn).
Jay Larranaga and Darko Rajakovic, who will serve as the head coaches of the Celtics and Thunder, respectively, are two of six coaches on benches in Orlando with NBA D-League experience. They are joined by Rod Baker (Philadelphia), Octavio De La Grana (Miami), Shawn Respert (Memphis) and Roy Rogers (Brooklyn).
The following is a breakdown of players with NBA D-League experience on 2014 Southwest Airlines Orlando Pro Summer League rosters.
Boston Celtics
Chris Babb*
Chris Johnson
Brooklyn Nets
Donte Greene
Jorge Gutierrez*
DaJuan Summers
Marquis Teague
Adonis Thomas*
Detroit Pistons
Justin Harper
Damion James*
DeAndre Liggins*
Tony Mitchell
Tim Ohlbrecht
Peyton Siva
Houston Rockets
Isaiah Canaan
Robert Covington
Chris Kramer
Indiana Pacers
Dee Bost
Jackie Carmichael
Frank Gaines
Solomon Hill
DeQuan Jones
C.J. Leslie
James Nunnally*
Arinze Onuaku*
Willie Reed*
Sadiel Rojas
Donald Sloan
Memphis Grizzlies
Jamaal Franklin
Jarrid Famous
Kalin Lucas
Edwin Ubiles
Terrico White
Miami Heat
Larry Drew
Justin Hamilton*
Tyler Honeycutt
Trey McKinney Jones
Oklahoma City Thunder
Grant Jerrett*
Perry Jones
Jeremy Lamb
Marcus Lewis
Mario Little
Andre Roberson
Nolan Smith
Maurice Sutton
Orlando Magic
Seth Curry*
Dewayne Dedmon*
Kim English
Cameron Jones
Vernon Macklin
Josh Magette
Romero Osby
Scott Suggs
Philadelphia 76ers
Jamile Hagins
Pierre Jackson
Hollis Thompson
* indicates earned a GATORADE Call-Up, 2013-14
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