Cavaliers release Summer League roster

by John Bena (aka CavsBlogger) on Jul 10, 2009 1:57 PM CDT in Cavaliers in the News Comment 22 comments

The Cleveland Cavaliers released their Summer League 2009 roster earlier today as they get set to play 5 games over the next 10 days or so. The roster consists of -

2009 cavaliers Summer League Roster
Num	Player	Position	Height	Weight	From
26	Leo Lyons	F	6-9	244	Missouri
15	Christian Eyenga	G-F	6-5	210	Congo (Zaire)
5	Jamont Gordon	G	6-4	225	Grand Valley State
14	Danny Green	G-F	6-6	210	North Carolina
35	David Harrison	C	7-0	280	Colorado
0	Darnell Jackson	F	6-9	253	Kansas
8	Tarence Kinsey	G	6-6	189	South Carolina
6	Maureece Rice	G	6-1	225	George Washington
31	Jawad Williams	F	6-9	220	North Carolina

Cavaliers Assistant Coach Chris Jent will lead the team.

The team's first game from Las Vegas is tomorrow at 6PM est. All Summer League games can be watched live on the Web(for a fee of $14.99) HERE.

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We have Leo Lyons?!

by Roger Dorn on Jul 10, 2009 8:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I have a feeling

that Jackson and Kinsey are going to major player for the Cavs this year. I am sure they will get much better by playing summer league. J.J Hickson is looking like he will be lucky to make the team this year.

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by E5 on Jul 10, 2009 9:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

JJ Hickson could turn into a solid bench player for us this year if he stays healthy. With his athletic ability alone its gonna be hard for Mike Brown to leave him off the team. He’s a high energy guy with offensive skills that Anderson Varejao could only dream of having. Basically what i’m saying is that Hickson has to play as long as he is healthy.

by BornInThePound on Jul 11, 2009 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

J.J Hickson is looking like he will be lucky to make the team this year.

this is one of the least accurate comments i’ve seen here in a while.

hickson has a back injury that’s keeping him out of summer league.

by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 12, 2009 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is a summer league like a Practice squad?

by BradyQuinnisBeast on Jul 11, 2009 6:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Or you can watch it for free

http://www.justin.tv/sports_live_3

Baseball is God's sport! All Truth Goes Through Three Stages 1.It is ridiculed 2.It is violently opposed 3.Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. kinesiologist

by E5 on Jul 11, 2009 9:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

How did they do?

by BradyQuinnisBeast on Jul 11, 2009 11:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Check this out

Good write up on Green. http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=13277

I love both draft picks this year. They are really doing things the right way down a the Q.

Baseball is God's sport! All Truth Goes Through Three Stages 1.It is ridiculed 2.It is violently opposed 3.Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. kinesiologist

by E5 on Jul 12, 2009 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

at least you’re consistent…

Come on Ferry is this all you have. Seriously you can’t win championships with mush players. Lebron is most definatly at fault here also. His head games are costing the Cavs players and his chances at a championship in Cleveland. If we don’t win it all this year and Lebron leaves then screw him and his mega attitude problem. Stop playing head games with Cleveland, Lebron and grow up.

quoting you, from another thread. so, which is it? they’re doing things the right way or putting together mush?

by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 13, 2009 12:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, this is great. He’s always trashing Ferry and the front office, and now he says they’re going things the right way? How funny.

by Buckeye Brad on Jul 13, 2009 7:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe you missed the sarcasm.

Baseball is God's sport! All Truth Goes Through Three Stages 1.It is ridiculed 2.It is violently opposed 3.Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. kinesiologist

by E5 on Jul 13, 2009 8:07 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

there’s no maybe about it. which one was sarcastic?

by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 13, 2009 10:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Lost both games

You can check it out at Summerleague

by kptb on Jul 13, 2009 6:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Leo

Yea Roger I guess only you and I are excited about that. I have been saying it on other blog sites that this dude is a player. He was really solid at Mizzou and an important part of their run to the elite 8. I think he could be the kind of stretch player the Cavs need. He has good size and can knock downan open j. He went to school for 4 yrs which is also a plus. He and Green have to best chance of making the roster IMO.

by Evan S on Jul 13, 2009 4:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I am a Mizzou fan so I have watched quite a bit of him. He had to play mostly inside due to the lack of big men on Mizozu’s roster, but I think he has the ability to make the transition to guarding a 3. If he works on his outside jump shot, he could be a really nice player.

by Roger Dorn on Jul 13, 2009 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can Danny Green defend the 2? I hated him at UNC (which is good because I am a Duke fan) but I don’t remember him trying to take on Duke’s smaller/quicker athletes.

by rufio on Jul 13, 2009 4:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i think delonte, anthony parker, and LeBron will get the lion’s share of the minutes against the opposing 2’s, with green coming in and getting some time to adjust and see if he can handle the 2 or is better served guarding the 3. i would imagine they expect him to be able to guard the 2, but he won’t have to do it in high-leverage situations very often.

by DontCallMeJoey on Jul 13, 2009 5:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I really hope he can be good for us, at least down the road. I was surprised he dropped to us and it seemed like some of the “experts” were too.

by rufio on Jul 13, 2009 11:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why is Eyenga doing real bad

by BradyQuinnisBeast on Jul 13, 2009 4:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

He’s 18 and was playing in a 2nd tier Spanish league last year. I would say he is not quite ready for the competition in the NBA or the NBA summer league.

by Roger Dorn on Jul 13, 2009 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Right. He probably won’t play in the NBA for a couple years while he refines his game in Europe. The Spurs have done this a couple times, most notably with Manu Ginobli. The pick was definitely a move for the future by Ferry, so I wouldn’t worry too much about how he plays right now.

by Buckeye Brad on Jul 13, 2009 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I thought he was 20? Very young, either way.

Eyenga is a really good athlete and I wouldn’t be surprised if he is better on the defensive end of the floor which wouldn’t show up in the stat sheet.

by rufio on Jul 13, 2009 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs