NBA Summer Leagues full of USBL players
July 9, 2004 - United States Basketball League (USBL) News Release
MILFORD, CT â The United States Basketball League, Inc. (USBL) might have finished its 19th season of play, but it enters another exciting time of the year as the alumni of the USBL participate in the NBA Summer Leagues. At the present time, 75 players are holding down spots on NBA Summer League teams. More are surely to come, as 8 NBA teams have yet to announce their rosters and the Rocky Mountain Revue and the Las Vegas Stars of Tomorrow rosters are still being finalized. With the many Summer Leagues going on throughout the month, players will be playing for more than one team in hopes of making a Training Camp roster in the fall.
Notables include, 2002 Co-Rookies of the Year Devin Brown and Corsley Edwards are both with the San Antonio Spurs, while 2004 Defensive Player of the Year Immanuel McElroy is with the Toronto Raptors. The Cedar Rapids River Raiders and the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs have five players from this past season on Summer League Rosters, the most in the USBL. A list of players is as follows:
Charlotte: Danny Johnson
Cleveland: Lonnie Jones, Dean Oliver
Dallas: Bingo Merriex, Rod Gregoire, Jemeil Rich, Chad Wilkerson, Ira Clark, and Kipp Christianson
Denver: Greg Stempin
Detroit: Kevin Freeman, Billy Keys
Golden State: Marlon Parmer, Tony Bland, Keith McLeod, Art Long
LA Clippers: Chad Prewitt, Mike Campbell, Schea Cotton, Rocky Walls, Michael Johnson
LA Lakers: Richard Jeter, Leon Smith, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jr.
Memphis: Antonio Meeking
Milwaukee: Fred House
Minnesota: Jerry Holman, Jermaine Jackson, Keith McLeod
New York: Brett Nelson, Zech Marbury, Tim Gittens
Orlando: David Bailey, Jimmie "Snap" Hunter, Rod Grizzard
Philadelphia: Demetrious Alexander
Sacramento: Bryan Bracey
San Antonio: Devin Brown, Brandon Kurtz, Jemeil Rich, Corsley Edwards
Toronto: Immanuel McElroy, Jermaine Walker, Richard Jeter, Lee Benson, DeeAndre Hulett
Washington: Taliek Brown, Art Long, Billy Thomas, Ime Udoka
Agent Teams: JJ Miller, Charles Ward, Ned Rolsma, Mike King, Mike Mackell, Alvin Jefferson, Ron Johnson, Brandon Hawkins, Ethan Cole, Schea Cotton, Harold Pierson, Joe Smith, Yuichiro Morishita, Darren Little, Jeremy Eaton, Cypheus Bunton, Wayne Houston, Morgan Bell, Maurice Spillers, Mike Manciel, Prosper Karangwa, Lawrence Moten, Sam Mack, Brian Green, Damon Jones
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