Henry Abbott posted the following love on ESPN Truehoop today,

Chauncey Billups says it’s no secret that then Jason Maxiell gets the ball, he has bad intentions. He wants to dunk it even when he has no business dunking it. I support that. The Piston squad also features Rodney Stuckey who promises to be one of the most exciting guards in what is traditionally a guard’s league. Piston fans have been hanging their hopes on Amir Johnson for some time, who some have compared to a young Kevin Garnett. Former UCLA standout Arron Afflalo will be making his pro debut, too.

And Keith Langlois has written a nice piece on the Pistons practices in Vegas. Perhaps this year we get back to seeing our kids be competitive against the other squads in the VSL. With 6 legitimate Pistons prospects on the roster, it has to be one of the deepest squads in the Summer League.

“It’s always tough when you put a new group of guys together,” said Pistons assistant coach Terry Porter. “But the effort has definitely been there. I can’t fault the effort. The guys are giving me a lot of energy and now it’s just a matter of trying to go out and execute. We’ll tell more as far as where they’re at once they’re in competition. Sometimes it’s hard to go against each other. I’m sure these guys are sick of seeing each other and they’re looking forward to playing games.”

We’ll kick off this summer season with a post, bigger than Oliver Miller and with more potential than Darko Milicic.

Hoopsworld has rosters for the Vegas Summer League, and here are the Pistons playing in Sin City,

There are two picks from the 2005 draft (Amir Johnson and Jason Maxiell), a player traded to Detroit in the 2006 draft (Cheikh Samb) and all three 2007 Detroit Piston draft picks. Rodney “Hot Rod” Stuckey, Arron Afflalo and Sammy Mejia, henceforth know as the 3 Horsemen of Mayhem and Destruction. Continue Reading »

The Vegas Summer League and NBA.com have released a preliminary list of teams participating in summer league action this summer.

The 2007 NBA Summer League will be held from July 6-15, 2007 at the Cox Pavilion and Thomas & Mack Center on the Campus of UNLV. Teams participating in this summer’s league include:

• Dallas Mavericks
• Denver Nuggets
• Golden State Warriors
• Houston Rockets
• Los Angeles Clippers
• Los Angeles Lakers
• Memphis Grizzlies
• Minnesota Timberwolves
• New Orleans/Okla. City Hornets
• Phoenix Suns
• Portland Trail Blazers
• Sacramento Kings
• San Antonio Spurs
• Seattle SuperSonics
• Boston Celtics
• Cleveland Cavaliers
• Detroit Pistons
• Milwaukee Bucks
• New York Knicks
• Philadelphia 76ers
• Wasington Wizards
• Chinese National Team

Yep, you’re reading that right. The Chinese National Team is coming to the Vegas Summer League.

As usual, BadBoySummerCamp plans to be there, bringing you insight and information from courtside.

The same lovely people that bring you Bad Boy Summer Camp are also bringing you Human Victory Cigar.

With so many small details to account for, we feel safe saying tonight that this is close because, it is really all about the content.

The cause. The power of the typed word. The message and stuff.

First up, the Dharma Scribe brings us Transition Game. We’ve backported his previous work which can be found here.

Needless to say, Human Victory Cigar was inspired by the nickname of former Detroit Piston Darko Milicic.

Here is the news wire roundup with mention of the summer plans for Jason Maxiell and Amir Johnson, so read on! Continue Reading »