HORNETS ANNOUNCE SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER
Darren Collison, Marcus Thornton and Maurice Ager highlight team


July 1, 2010

The New Orleans Hornets today unveiled their roster that will participate in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas from July 9-18. The Hornets will play five games, taking on Golden State, Miami, Portland, Washington and Toronto during the competition. The team will begin practice on July 5th in Las Vegas.

Complete coverage of the Hornets summer league action, including box scores, photos and game summaries, will be available at hornets.com. Their entry will feature current Hornets Darren Collison and Marcus Thornton as well as former first round pick Maurice Ager. The team will be coached by first-year Hornets assistant coach Mike Malone.

Twenty-two NBA teams, including 11 that appeared in the 2010 NBA Playoffs, will compete in this year’s NBA Summer League. For the second consecutive year, a team of NBA Development League Select players will also participate in the action taking place at the Thomas & Mack Center and the COX Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

This year, NBA TV will air the full 58-game NBA Summer League schedule, including 39 games live, along with offering live daily studio programming with NBA GameTime. Fans will also have the opportunity to watch every game live on NBA.com through the NBA SUMMER LEAGUE BROADBAND, a subscription service offering fans a full slate of live NBA Summer League game webcasts via NBA.com/summerleaguebroadband. The complete package will be $14.95 for access to all 58 games on a live basis, as well as on a video-on-demand basis for up to one week following the conclusion of the league’s final game. The Hornets will have all four of their five games broadcast live on NBA TV, including the July 16th game against #1 pick John Wall and the Washington Wizards. This marks the sixth-consecutive year that the Hornets have participated in the league.

The attached document contains the Hornets’ complete schedule and detailed biographical information of each player. For media inquiries during summer league, please contact Dennis Rogers at (504) 343-8326.


2010 SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Birthdate	College	NBA Exp
2	Darren Collison	G	6-0	160	08/23/1987	UCLA	1
12	Aubrey Coleman	G	6-4	200	10/09/1987	Houston	None
0	Armon Bassett	G	6-2	180	12/28/1986	Ohio	None
5	Marcus Thornton	G	6-4	205	06/05/1987	Lousiana State	1
31	Maurice Ager	F/G	6-5	196	02/09/1984	Michigan State	3
23	Josh Carter	G/F	6-7	200	11/20/1986	Texas A&M	None
33	Carlos Wheeler	F	6-7	201	05/16/1978	Campbellsville	None
40	Kyle Hines	F	6-6	230	09/02/1986	UNC-Greensboro	None
43	Nikola Dragovic	F	6-9	216	12/20/1987	UCLA	None
55	Sean Sonderleiter	C	6-11	211	12/17/1980	Iowa	None
34	Brian Cusworth	C	7-0	255	03/09/1984	Harvard	None
35	Liam Potter	F/C	7-0	255	02/14/1986	Sacred Heart	None
Head Coach: Mike Malone

2010 SUMMER LEAGUE SCHEDULE

Day	Date	Event	Site	Time*
Monday	July 5	Practice	COX Pavilion	7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Tuesday	July 6	Practice	COX Pavilion	9:00-11:00 a.m, 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Wednesday	July 7	Practice	COX Pavilion	9:00-11:00 a.m. 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Thursday	July 8	Practice	COX Pavilion	9:00-11:00 a.m. 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Friday	July 9	Shootaround	COX Pavilion	10:00-11:00 a.m.
Friday	July 9	Game vs. Golden State (&)	COX Pavilion	7:00 p.m.
Saturday	July 10	Practice	Thomas & Mack	10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Sunday	July 11	Shootaround	COX Pavilion	10:00-11:00 a.m.
Sunday	July 11	Game vs. Miami (&)	COX Pavilion	7:00 p.m.
Monday	July 12	Practice	COX Practice	3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Tuesday	July 13	Game vs. Portland (&)	COX Pavilion	7:00 p.m.
Friday	July 16	Shootaround	COX Pavilion	9:00-10:00 a.m.
Friday	July 16	Game vs. Washington (&)	COX Pavilion	5:00 p.m.
Saturday	July 17	Game vs. Toronto (%)	Thomas & Mack	3:30 p.m.
* All times are Pacific (&) On NBA TV (%) Available on NBA.com

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