Pacers Announce Rookie/Free Agents Camp Roster
Veterans, Draft Picks Highlight Pacers' Rookie/Free Agent Camp Roster
July 3, 2012
Veterans Jeff Pendergraph and Lance Stephenson, along with first-round draft pick Miles Plumlee and second-round pick Orlando Johnson (acquired in a draft night trade with Sacramento), are among 13 players on the Indiana Pacers’ rookie/free agent roster, which starts camp Thursday afternoon at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
The roster is filled with a number of familiar names: Jarrid Famous, Tyren Johnson and Matt Rogers were all in the Pacers' training camp last December. Chris Kramer, who played at Purdue, Robert Vaden, who played at Indiana before transferring to Alabama-Birmingham, and Notre Dame’s Ben Hansbrough, younger brother of Pacers’ forward Tyler, are also on the roster.
The Pacers will practice six times before leaving Sunday afternoon for Orlando. They begin Summer League play there Monday, July 9, against Detroit at 5:00 p.m. On Tuesday, July 10, the Pacers meet Oklahoma City at 1:00 p.m.; Wednesday, July 11, vs. Boston at 11:00 a.m.; Thursday, July 12, vs. Utah at 3:00 p.m. and Friday, July 13, vs. Brooklyn at 3:00 p.m.
| No. | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Birthdate | School/Country | Last Played for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Jarrid Famous | F | 6-11 | 240 | 7/16/88 | South Florida | Petron Blaze Boosters (Phillipines) |
| 8 | Reggie Hamilton | G | 5-11 | 176 | 5/23/89 | Oakland University | Oakland University |
| 23 | Ben Hansbrough | G | 6-3 | 206 | 12/23/87 | Notre Dame | KRKA (Slovenia) |
| 18 | Matt Janning | G | 6-4 | 220 | 6/22/88 | Northeastern | Novipiu Casale (Italy) |
| 11 | Orlando Johnson | G | 6-5 | 224 | 3/11/89 | UC Santa Barbara | UC Santa Barbara |
| 16 | Tyren Johnson | F | 6-7 | 225 | 7/24/88 | Louisiana-Lafayette | Rio Grande (NBADL) |
| 4 | Chris Kramer | G | 6-3 | 215 | 4/4/88 | Purdue | s. Oliver Baskets (Germany) |
| 5 | Hamady Ndiaye | C | 7-0 | 235 | 1/12/87 | Rutgers | Maine (NBADL) |
| 29 | Jeff Pendergraph | F | 6-9 | 240 | 4/29/87 | Arizona State | Pacers |
| 13 | Miles Plumlee | C | 7-0 | 252 | 9/1/88 | Duke | Duke |
| 22 | Matt Rogers | F | 6-11 | 225 | 12/3/87 | Southwest Baptist | Texas |
| 6 | Lance Stephenson | G | 6-5 | 210 | 9/5/90 | Cincinnati | Pacers |
| 15 | Robert Vaden | G-F | 6-5 | 205 | 3/3/85 | Alabama-Birmingham | Tulsa (NBADL) |
| 14 | Julian Mavunga | F | 6-8 | 239 | 1/24/90 | Miami (OH) | Miami (OH) |
| Head Coach | Frank Vogel, Kentucky |
| Associate Head Coach | Brian Shaw, Cal-Santa Barbara |
| Assistant Coaches | Dan Burke, Portland State |
| Jim Boylan Maine | |
| Strength and Conditioning Coach | Shawn Windle, Maine-Presque Isle |
| Athletic Trainer | Josh Corbell, Boston University |
| Assistant Trainer | Carl Eaton, Lock Haven |
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