Saturday, July 19, 2008

Utah NBA Summer League (Rocky Mountain Revue) - Day 1


Today is the first day of the Utah Summer League, more commonly known as the Rocky Mountain Revue. Just like the Orlando and Las Vegas Summer Leagues, I will be posting daily on all the games and the performances of certain players. This summer league also features some foreign teams and a team of D-League players but I don't expect to write much about them.

(Links to previous days below)

Game 1 Boxscore: Atlanta Hawks 89 Dallas Mavericks 74

Preview: Dallas is running with the same squad they are using in the Las Vegas Summer League. This is the first summer league game for the Atlanta Hawks though. Keep an eye on Othello Hunter and the progress of Acie Law.

Notables:

Shan Foster, DAL: 11 points, 3-7 FG, 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal
Gerald Green, DAL: 20 points, 8-17 FG, 1 rebound, 2 assits, 1 steal
Jajuan Smith, DAL: 6 points, 3-7 FG
Charles Rhodes, DAL: 4 points, 1-4 FG, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals
Reggie Williams, DAL: 2 points, 1-3 FG, 1 rebound, 1 steal

Acie Law, ATL: 6 points, 3-13 FG, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 5 turnovers
Othello Hunter, ATL: 11 points, 5-5 FG, 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 block
Jeremy Richardson, ATL: 21 points, 8-14 FG, 4 rebounds, 4 assists

Comments: Disappointing game for Acie Law. I thought he would play better than he did, but we will see how he performs in his second game. Solid debut for Othello Hunter, who is so efficient on the offensive end. None of the Mavs rookies have stepped up in the summer league and Gerald Green continues to be their best player.

Game 2 Boxscore: San Antonio Spurs 8 Utah Jazz 57

Preview: Just like Dallas, the Spurs are running with the same team they used in Las Vegas. This is the first summer league game for the Utah Jazz and it also will be the debut of Kosta Koufos, who was their first round pick. I'm interested to see how he is going to play. The Jazz also brought in Earl Calloway, who played well in the Orlando Summer League for the Pacers.

Notables:

James Gist, SA: 7 points, 2-5 FG, 6 rebounds, 1 steals
George Hill, SA: 21 points, 6-14 FG, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals
Ian Mahinmi, SA: 9 points, 2-6 FG, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal

Kosta Koufos, UTH: 5 points, 1-3 FG, 4 rebounds, 1 block
Morris Almond, UTH: 17 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assits, 1 steals, 1 block
Earl Calloway, UTH: DNP
Kyrylo Fesenko, UTH: 0 points, 0-1 FG, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 2 blocks

Comments: George Hill played well in the first game of the Utah Summer League after shooting a combined 0 for 16 in his last two games in Las Vegas. Kosta Koufos has an unimpressive debut for Utah. Not much else going on here except that the Jazz got clobbered.

Rocky Mountain Revue Rosters:

Atlanta Hawks: Summer League Roster

Utah Jazz: Summer League Roster

New Jersey Nets: Summer League Roster

Dallas Mavericks: Summer League Roster (Same roster as Las Vegas)

Golden State Warriors: Summer League Roster (Same roster as Las Vegas)

San Antonio Spurs: Summer League Roster (Same roster as Las Vegas)


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