CLIPPERS: 2008 Summer League Notes

CLIPPERS BACK IN VEGAS: The Clippers are participating in the Las Vegas Summer League for the fourth straight season…The Clippers have a 6-9 overall record in the Las Vegas Summer League, going 2-3 each season…Last season, Al Thornton led the Clippers by averaging 17.6 points, 6.2 rebounds in 29.0 minutes.

CLIPPERS 2008 ROSTER FAMILIAR WITH VEGAS: The Clippers 2008 Vegas Summer League roster includes five players who played in the 2007 edition of the Summer League in Las Vegas and three of the players on the Clips summer league roster appeared for Los Angeles during the NBA regular season as Al Thornton, Nick Fazekas and Marcus Williams all played for the Clippers. Thornton averaged 12.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists in 79 games en route to being named to the All-Rookie First Team…Fazekas averaged 4.7 points and 3.9 rebounds in 22 games with the Clippers. Fazekas also played four games with the Mavericks last season…Signed as a free agent on March 29, Williams appeared in 10 games with the Clippers and averaged 1.0 point and 1.2 rebounds.

WHAT THEY HAVE DONE MOST RECENTLY IN VEGAS:

Al Thornton (2007-Clippers):

NAMED TO 2007 LAS VEGAS SUMER LEAGUE ALL-STAR TEAM

Nick Fazekas (2007-Dallas): 6.6 ppg, 4.4 rpg in 5 games

Brandon Heath (2007-Seattle): 4.6 ppg, 2.0 rpg in 5 games

Dustin Salisbery (2007-Philadelphia): 1 game

Darryl Watkins (2007-Sacramento): 3.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 0.8 bpg in 5 games

THORNTON BREAKS OUT AFTER VEGAS SUMMER: Clippers rookie forward Al Thornton was named to the T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team on May 13. Thornton garnered a total of 48 points in the final voting with 20 First Team points. The 6’8” high-flyer from Florida State turned in a break-through rookie season, averaging 12.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 27.3 minutes in 79 games played (31 starts). He also connected on 374-871 FG (.429), 43-130 3FG (.331) and 214-288 FT (.743) on the year. Thornton finished his first NBA campaign ranked second among rookies in scoring (12.7 ppg), fifth in minutes (27.3 mpg), eighth in rebounds (4.5 rpg), fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.331 3FG) and fourth in double-doubles (7). Thornton also poured in a 2007-08 NBA Rookie and Clippers’ season high 39 points vs. Memphis on March 29, 2008. The 39-point outburst also tied the Clipper rookie mark for points scored in a game (Terry Cummings – 3/9/83 and Tom Chambers – 4/15/82). In addition, Thornton tallied 15.4 points and 6.2 rebounds in his 31 starts while scoring 20+ points on 20 occasions and 30+ points three times on the year. He led the Clippers in scoring 16 times, rebounding eight times, blocks 12 times and steals 10 times. Rounding out the T-Mobile NBA All-Rookie First Team are Atlanta’s Al Horford (58 points), Seattle’s Kevin Durant (57 points), Houston’s Luis Scola (53 points) and Seattle’s Jeff Green (43 points). CLIPPERS SUMMER TIME HONORS OF THE PAST: The Clippers placed two players on the 2006 Vegas Summer League All-Star team, as James Singleton and Daniel Ewing (14.4 ppg, 4.0 apg) were recognized for their strong play in the summer…The 2005 Clippers boasted Chris Kaman, who was recognized as a 2005 Vegas Summer League All-Star.

CLIPPERS NBA SUMMER LEAGUE RESULTS Las Vegas, NV
2005 (2-3)
DATE	TEAM	SCORE
July 7	Boston Celtics	L, 76-69
July 9	Phoenix Suns	L, 74-68
July 11	Detroit Pistons	L, 73-69
July 13	Sacramento Kings	W, 74-68
July 15	Denver Nuggets	W, 94-78

2006 (2-3)
DATE	TEAM	SCORE
July 8	Golden State Warriors	L, 92-85
July 9	Boston Celtics	W, 78-62
July 11	Houston Rockets	L, 58-54
July 13	Detroit Pistons	W, 89-73
July 14	Phoenix Suns	L, 96-81

2007 (2-3)
DATE	TEAM	SCORE
July 8	Denver Nuggets	L, 108-104
July 10	Houston Rockets	L, 90-76
July 12	Minnesota Timberwolves	W, 85-73
July 13	Memphis Grizzlies	W, 90-84
July 15	Sacramento Kings	L, 82-60

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