The Cleveland Cavaliers have assembled a summer league team of free agents and young veterans, including Cavaliers forward J.J. Hickson and guard Danny Green and 2009 draft pick Christian Eyenga (30^th overall), to participate in the 2010 NBA Summer League, Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant announced today. 

The 2010 NBA Summer League will be held July 9-18 in Las Vegas, NV with the Cavaliers playing a five-game schedule at the COX Pavilion and Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.  This marks the seventh consecutive year that the Cavaliers will compete in the league.

The Cavaliers will open summer league play with back-to-back games on Tuesday, July 13^th against the D-League Select Team and Wednesday, July 14^th versus the Phoenix Suns.  Cleveland closes summer league with contests on three consecutive days: a matchup versus Chicago on Friday, July 16^th, a showdown versus Miami on Saturday, July 17^th and their summer league finale versus Milwaukee on Sunday, July 18^th.

Every game of the 2010 NBA Summer League will air on NBA TV with 39 games airing live, including three of the Cavaliers five games. Every game of the summer league will also be streamed live on nba.com.

For more information on the Cavaliers summer plans, visit www.cavs.com. The Cavaliers summer league game schedule and roster are listed below.

CAVALIERS GAME SCHEDULE

Tuesday, July 13                 NBA D-League vs. Cleveland*         3:00 p.m. PST                      COX Pavilion

Wednesday, July 14            Phoenix vs. Cleveland                        5:30 p.m. PST                      Thomas & Mack

Friday, July 16                     Chicago vs. Cleveland                       5:30 p.m. PST                      Thomas & Mack

Saturday, July 17                Miami vs. Cleveland*                        3:00 p.m. PST                      COX Pavilion

Sunday, July 18                   Milwaukee vs. Cleveland*                1:00 p.m. PST                      COX Pavilion

*denotes game will air live on NBA TV

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER

(As of July 11, 2010)

NO           PLAYER                         POS       HGT      WGT     BIRTHDATE      FROM                                  DRAFT     YRS PRO

12             Jerome Dyson                 G        6-4        190         5/1/87             UConn                                 '10                  R

15             Christian Eyenga            G/F     6-5        210         6/22/89           Congo                                  '09                 R

36             Marquis Gilstrap             F          6-7        215        8/12/87            Iowa State                            '10                  R

14             Danny Green                   G/F      6-6        210        6/22/87            North Carolina                    '09                  1

16             Manny Harris                  G          6-5        185         9/21/89           Michigan                               '10                  R

21             J.J. Hickson                     F          6-9        242         9/4/88             North Carolina State            '06                 2

9               Aaron Jackson                G          6-4       185          5/6/86             Duquesne                             '09                 R

48             Nathan Jawai                  C         6-10     282          10/10/86         South Carolina                      '08                3

8               Pooh Jeter                        G         5-11    175           12/2/83           Portland                                  '04               R

50             Maciej Lampe                  F         6-11     275            2/5/85            Poland                                     '03               7

10             Rashad McCants            G        6-4        215           9/25/84          North Carolina                       '05                1

30             Tasmin Mitchell               F         6-7        240           6/25/86          LSU                                          '10               R

24             David Monds                    F         6-8        240          10/10/83         Oklahoma State                     '08               R

40             Jared Reiner                    C        6-11      255          4/82/84           Iowa                                         ‘04               6

                                                                                   HEAD COACH            Paul Pressey         

                                                                  ASSISTANT COACHES            Kornel David

                                                                                                                            Melvin Hunt

                                                                                                                            Chris Jent

                                                                                                                            Neal Meyer

                                                                                                                            Joe Prunty

                                                                                                                            John Treloar                            

          ASSISTANT COACH/STRENGTH & COND. COORD.                         Stan Kellers