Bulls to play six games in Rocky Mountain Revue under Pete Myers' direction
Bulls Mini-Camp, Summer Roster Set
July 11, 2002 -- The Chicago Bulls today announced their summer league roster and schedule of events for a four-day mini-camp at Berto Center.
The Bulls will begin the mini-camp with two two-a-day sessions (10am-12pm and 5pm-7pm, Monday, July 15 and Tuesday, July 16), a morning session followed by a 1pm scrimmage on Wednesday, July 17, and end with a final morning session on Thursday, July 18 before departing for Utah.
The Bulls will play six games in eight days at the Rocky Mountain Revue in Salt Lake City, Utah. On Thursday, July 25 at 9:00 PM CT, the Bulls will take on the Memphis Grizzlies in a contest tentatively scheduled to be aired on ESPN. Full results from each game will be available on Bulls.com.
Pete Myers will direct a summer league squad including Tyson Chandler, Eddy Curry, Trenton Hassell and Jay Williams.
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Chandler averaged 6.1 ppg, 4.8 rpg and 1.35 bpg in 71 games last season as a rookie out of Dominguez (CA) High School. The 7-1, 235-pound forward reached double figures in scoring on 16 occasions last season, posted seven double-doubles and averaged 11.3 ppg, 8.6 rpg and 1.56 bpg, shooting .508 from the floor over the final nine games of the season.
Curry appeared in 72 games, making 32 starts, for the Bulls last season as a rookie, averaging 6.7 ppg and 3.8 rpg, shooting a team-best .501 from the floor. The 6-11, 285-pound center reached double figures in each of the final four games and six of the last seven, averaging 10.9 ppg, 5.9 rpg and 1.00 bpg, shooting .581 from the floor and .788 from the free throw line in April.
Hassell, the Bulls’ second-round draft pick, was one of the league’s top rookies a season ago, averaging 8.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg and 2.2 apg, shooting .425 from the floor, .364 from three-point range and .763 from the free throw line. The 6-5, 200-pound guard averaged 10.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg and 2.8 apg, shooting .434 from the floor and .365 from three-point range in his 47 starts last season.
Williams, the Bulls’ first-round draft pick (second overall) in NBA Draft 2002, was the Naismith Award winner as National College Basketball Player of the Year and a First Team All-American as a junior at Duke University. In his three-year college career, the 6-2, 200-pound guard averaged 19.3 ppg and 6.0 apg, shooting .453 from the floor and .393 from three-point range.
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