2010 UTAH JAZZ SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER
# | POS | NAME | HEIGHT / WEIGHT |
GUARDS | |||
2 | G | Sundiata Gaines | 6-1 / 195 |
11 | PG | Dominic Waters | 6-1 / 180 |
3 | PG | Tyrese Rice | 6-1 / 190 |
6 | G | Othyus Jeffers | 6-5 / 200 |
FORWARDS | |||
23 | SF | Bernard Robinson | 6-6 / 210 |
15 | SF | Thomas Gardner | 6-5 / 225 |
33 | PF | Jermareo Davidson | 6-10 / 230 |
50 | PF | James Augustine | 6-10 / 235 |
16 | SF | Paul Harris | 6-4 / 230 |
21 | PF | Tadija Dragicevic | 6-9 / 222 |
10 | SF | Demetris Nichols | 6-8 / 218 |
20 | SF | Gordon Hayward | 6-8 / 207 |
45 | PF | Darian Townes | 6-10 / 243 |
40 | PF | Jeremy Evans | 6-9 / 196 |
CENTERS | |||
51 | C | Rod Benson | 6-10 / 225 |
31 | C | Kosta Koufos | 7-1 / 265 |
The most interesting players to watch this summer is going to be Hayward and Tadija Dragicevic (Jazz former 2nd round pick).
Shake, you just got HI-JACKED!!
Dignan here, HI-JACKING Shake's latest post. I just have to give my 2 cents on the sleeper of this Summer class:
Rod Benson Why the *@!# not!
Why has this guy not been picked up from the D-league? If you get 50% of his production in the NBA he's a starter! Check this out:
Benson averaged an impressive astounding 24 points, 16.3 rebounds and 1.7 blocks while shooting 63% from the field and keeping his team in the three-game series, but still wasn't able to get the opportunity of an NBA call-up that so many of his D-League counterparts received.
That's because the NBA talent is there - and is quite visible not only in the numbers you can see in the box score (look at the playoff averages above), but also when looking at the Synergy Sports Technology numbers to get a better idea of his impact on the defensive end. According to SST, Benson had 337 defensive possessions this season while holding his opponents to a meager 35.7% field goal shooting percentage. He ranked as "excellent" both as a post defender, a situation he was in 35.6% of the time, and as a spot-up defender, a situation he encountered 32.3% of the time.
So to recap thus far: he's good on offense, he's good on defense, he's smart, he's well-rounded and he's fixed every problem NBA teams have been said to have with the 6-foot-10 big man. What am I missing?
50 % of his offensive production:
12 pts. 8 rbs. .8 blocks
I'll take it!
HI-JACK over!
3 comments:
I guess Rod Benson is "the man" in the D-league. I hope he works out, just for the D-league's sake.
That is really interesting! Looks like he could actually play... Only concern is that he only weighs in at 225 lbs.
I believe that we have had a couple of D League all stars in the last couple of years i.e. Morris Almond and Kosta Koufus which both panned out to very little benefit at the level. It should be interesting to see this kid and if he can actually make a transition into the big league.
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