Summer league announces team, inc. Demarcus Nelson
by FrankieJayIII on Jul 2, 2008 2:34 PM PDT
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In Warriors' news not involving Baron Davis, the team did announce summer league team
POSTED July 2, 12:52 PM
.jpg) Marco Belinelli If you’re looking for news regarding the Warriors not involving Baron Davis heading to the Los Angeles Clippers, they did announced their roster and schedule for their summer leagues in Las Vegas and Salt Lake City at the Rocky Mountain Revue.
As you’d expect Brandan Wright, Marco Belinelli, C.J. Watson, Anthony Randolph and Richard Hendrix will be playing. Two interesting names filling out the roster: DeMarcus Nelson and Mykal Riley.
Nelson was born in Oakland, attended high school in Sacramento and then played four years at Duke. Nelson was the ACC-Defensive Player the Year and All-ACC First Team this past season. He’s athletic and defense-oriented, which should make him worth a look. As for Riley, the Warriors are likely to keep a real close eye on him this summer. Riley shot 43 percent from 3-point range last season at Alabama, making him the second-best 3-point shooter in the 2008 NBA draft. Only Shan Foster, selected by Dallas at No. 51, shot better from beyond the arc than Riley. With Matt Barnes and Mickael Pietrus likely gone and Kelenna Azubuike an uncertainty, Riley will get an opportunity. He's athletic, can run the floor and is long. He struggles keeping guys in front of him on defense, and he's not supposed to be a great ballhandler. But that weakness wasn't apparent in his individual workouts. In fact, I'm calling it right now: Riley will make the team. |
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Hm....
I like Demarcus Nelson especially since he’s defense oriented. Riley…hm…I’m not sure we have room for another straight up shooter especially if Belinelli pans out to how he’s projected to be.
Demarcus definitely is worth taking a look but beyond that I think we should focus on
1) resigning Buike
2) looking for a PG
by gunwing54 on Jul 2, 2008 3:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I have moved on past Baron, and looking forward to what the reality of the issue is.
I see that we have a max offer into Brand, who is expected to make his decision tonight.
I personally like Demarcus Nelson, who was EXCELLENT at Duke.
by FrankieJayIII on Jul 2, 2008 3:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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I like him too. Big, strong guard, i think he will be able to defend in the nba… i like him alot but he kinda duplicates Kelenna.
by Nellieball on Jul 2, 2008 4:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
only 7?
there are only 7 guys on the summer league team—or are they still filling out the roster?
hopefully we can get a few other “big names” or nice surprises…
we would probably need to find another pg for this team as it seems CJ is the only one
by gogoldenbears on Jul 3, 2008 7:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Monta
should play summer league and not be allowed to take any shots besides 3’s in order to work on his trey and distributor skills.
by misterjennings on Jul 3, 2008 9:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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