Crawford, a 22 year-old native of Detroit, Michigan, played four seasons at the University of Kentucky, averaging 11.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 127 games (76 starts).
Karl, a 6-5 guard out of Boise State, appeared in 17 games last season for the Lakers, averaging 1.8 points and 0.8 rebounds in 4.2 minutes. Karl also played in 17 games for the Los Angeles D-Fenders where he averaged 17.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.1 steals in 37.6 minutes while posting a .411 3-point field goal percentage. In the D-Fenders’ two playoff games, Karl averaged 13.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.0 steals in 37.0 minutes.
The Lakers will play their first Summer League game vs. the Detroit Pistons on Friday, July 11th at 5pm at the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, NV.
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
2008 SUMMER LEAGUE SCHEDULE
DATE | OPPONENT | TIME | LOCATION |
Fri. July 11 | Detroit | 5:00 pm | COX Pavilion |
Sun. July 13 | Memphis | 5:00 pm | COX Pavilion |
Tue. July 15 | Philadelphia | 5:00 pm | COX Pavilion |
Wed. | Minnesota | 5:30 pm | Thomas |
Fri. July 18 | Toronto | 5:30 pm | Thomas |
Sat. July 19 | Denver | 3:30 pm | Thomas |
All times Pacific
LOS ANGELES LAKERS
2008 SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER
# | NAME | POS | HT | WT | DOB | SCHOOL | Y |
1 | Cedric Bozeman | G | 6-6 | 220 | 03-07-83 | UCLA | 1 |
25 | Pat Calathes | F | 6-10 | 210 | 12-12-85 | St. Josephs | R |
15 | Nik Caner-Medley | F | 6-8 | 240 | 10-20-83 | Maryland | R |
12 | Joe Crawford | G | 6-5 | 207 | 06-17-86 | Kentucky | R |
26 | Bryant Dunston | F | 6-9 | 250 | 05-28-86 | Fordham | R |
20 | Sharrod Ford | F | 6-9 | 235 | 09-09-82 | Clemson | 1 |
21 | Taj Gray | F | 6-9 | 230 | 03-14-84 | Oklahoma | R |
23 | Davon Jefferson | F | 6-7 | 215 | 11-03-86 | USC | R |
11 | Coby Karl | G | 6-5 | 210 | 06-08-83 | Boise State | 1 |
9 | Marcelus Kemp | G | 6-5 | 210 | 05-18-84 | Nevada | R |
22 | Yi Li | F | 6-9 | 210 | 11-07-85 | Nanjing | R |
31 | Lorenzo Mata-Real | F | 6-9 | 245 | 02-27-86 | UCLA | R |
3 | Dwayne Mitchell | G | 6-5 | 210 | 08-24-82 | La Lafayette | R |
5 | Brian Roberts | G | 6-2 | 175 | 12-03-85 | Dayton | R |
35 | Michael Southhall | C | 6-10 | 260 | 03-29-82 | La Lafayette | R |
10 | James White | G/F | 6-6 | 195 | 10-21-82 | Cincinnati | 1 |
HEAD COACH: Dan Panaggio (SUNY-Brockport)
ASSISTANT COACHES:Chucky Brown (North Carolina State), Rasheed Hazzard (George
Washington)
ATHLETIC TRAINER: Marco Nunez (Cal Poly
Pomona)