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.

With the Toshiba Vegas Summer League over, our own The Low took time out so answer some questions from readers.

Thanks for all of the excellent reports, Low. Now that Chiekh Samb is no longer so mysterious, what do you think of him overall? Does he look like he might be headed for a meaningful NBA career? What would be his natural position?
~ lurker

LOW: It was my pleasure. I would want the same if I wasn’t able to get down here and someone we all knew had access.

Personally, I was very impressed with Cheikh. I thought the more he played, the more comfortable and effective he became. Aside from his lack of size, he was very aggressive on the boards and was willing to fight for position in the post on offense and defense. He showed a very soft touch on his shot from 12 to 15 ft which was the thing that surpised me the most. I fully expected him to have little to no offensive ability. Continue Reading »

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