2017 Summer League

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Philip Scrubb is perhaps the most decorated player in Canadian Interuniversity Sport basketball history. As a part of the Carleton Ravens, Scrubb helped lead the team to five-straight championships.

Over these 5 seasons, the 6-foot-3 guard earned 3 CIS Most Outstanding Player awards, 2 Tournament MVPs and 4 First-team All-Canadian honors.

Through his college career the 24-year-old has averages of 16.6 points, 3.8 assists and 3.1 rebounds over 26 minutes per game. While at Carleton University, Scrubb helped lead the Ravens to an astounding 102-3 record.

Undrafted in 2015, the Canada native played for both Memphis and Toronto in Summer League before signing with AEK Athens in the Greek League. On loan from his Greek club, the quick guard moved to Germany to play for the Skyliner Frankfurt where he would help win the FIBA Europe Cup in 2016.

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Get to Know: Philip Scrubb

Playing for Casa Roble High in Orangevale, CA, Stuteville filled his trophy case in high school. During his senior season, the center was named co-MVP of the Capital Valley League, first team all-league, first team all-Metro and MVP of the North Team in the North vs South All-Star game.

During his senior season at Sacramento State, the 6-foot-11 big man totaled averages of 11.6 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in 26.8 minutes per game. The captain started in all 31 games while shooting a school record 63 percent from the field.

The 22-year-old has his name etched throughout the Sac State record books. Stuteville is the only center in school history with over 1,000 points (1,013) and has the school record for games played (125). The Northern California native is also among the Hornets top 20 players in 12 different statistical categories including second in blocks and fifth in rebounds.

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Get to Know: Eric Stuteville

Playing high school ball at Wilbraham &amp; Monson Academy in Massachusetts before moving on to play for Westchester Community College in 2013, Luis Montero made his mark on east coast basketball.

While playing for the Vikings in New York, the six-foot-seven guard displayed his craftiness while boasting averages of 15.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3 assists.

Montero aimed to continue his collegiate playing career during the 2014-15 season, but later decided to forgo the season by declaring for the NBA Draft in April instead.

After going undrafted, the shooting guard was picked up by the Portland Trail Blazers Summer League team and later signed to a contract. Playing in 18 career NBA games, the 24-year-old totaled averages of 1.2 points in three minutes per game.

Last year, the highly touted JUCO player was traded to the Reno Bighorns where he averaged 8.8 points and 6.2 rebounds in 24.1 minutes per game.

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Get to Know: Luis Montero

Born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Reggie Hearn’s strong high school play helped put R. Nelson Snider High School on the national basketball scene.

During his senior season with the team, Hearn averaged 14.9 points and 7.8 rebounds per game as captain, guiding the squad to a 25-2 record and 4A state champion runner-up.

Earning a scholarship to Northwestern where he suited up for four years, Reggie led his team and ranked No. 13 in the Big 10 with 13.4 points per game during his senior campaign.

Although undrafted in 2013, the six-foot-four guard found himself continuing his playing career for the Idaho Stampede in the D-League. Starting in 36 out of 41 games for the Stampede, the 25-year-old racked up 8.6 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.

Most recently, Hearn has been a frequent starter for the Kings G-League affiliate, the Reno Bighorns. Playing in Nevada, the Northwestern Alumni averaged 11.5 points in 2015 and 13.5 points last season.

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Get to Know: Reggie Hearn

JaKarr Sampson attended his senior of high school at Brewster Academy after transferring from St. Vincent – St. Mary High School. At Brewster, Sampson averaged 18.5 points and 11 rebounds per game and was named the NEPSAC AAA Player of the Year and MVP of the National Prep Championship.

In 2013, during his freshman year at St. Johns, the decorated high school star was named to the Big East All-Rookie team and Big East Rookie of the Year after averaging 14.9 points and 6.6 rebounds. Accumulating similar numbers his sophomore year, Sampson decided to forego his final two collegiate seasons and declare for the NBA Draft.

Despite going undrafted in 2014, the six-foot-nine forward was picked up by the 76ers and bounced between the club and D-League.

Through 147 career games with Philadelphia and Denver, Sampson has NBA averages of 5.2 points and 2.4 rebounds per game. In 2017 while playing with the Memphis Grizzlies D-League affiliate, the electrifying forward earned D-League All-Star honors.

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Get to Know: JaKarr Sampson

Scootie Randall played for the Temple Owls in college, where he set new a new career-high in points per game each year. During his senior season, Randall averaged 11.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

After going undrafted in 2013, the 27-year-old explored his options overseas and landed in Japan playing in the B League Division 2.

In 2015 the 6-foot-6 combo guard played for the Iwate Big Bulls where he became the third leading scorer with 20.2 points per game. He was also a key component in the team making it to the championship game. Despite falling just short in pursuit of the hardware, this impressive season led to Randall being named to the All-Star team.

Last season the high-scoring forward racked up another impressive campaign with the Shimane Susanoo Magic, tallying 23.5 points, 8.9 rebounds and 2 assists per game. These numbers earned him All-Japanese BJ League Forward of the Year and got him named to the All-Imports Team.

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Get to Know: Scootie Randall

Hawkins was named 2013 Kentucky Mr. Basketball and State Gatorade Player of the year after averaging 20.4 points and 5.3 rebounds his senior year of high school.

The 6-foot guard had a minor role throughout his career as a Wildcat but was tasked with maintaining a leadership presence and often appeared as a defensive specialist. Increasing his points, blocks, three-point percentage, free throws and field-goal percentage over his last two years, DHawk set career highs his senior year.

In addition to career highs, the 23-year-old was named to the SEC All-Tournament team after scoring a career-high 14 points in the championship game. This brought his totals on the season to 4.7 points, 1.7 assists and 1.6 rebounds per contest.

In a league full of one-and-done players, Hawkins competed all four years, setting records under head coach John Calipari’s tenure. Over his career he was able to compete in a record 121 games while maintaining the highest assist to turnover ratio (2.9) during the Calipari era.