Former UNC Greensboro men’s basketball players Ronnie Burrell and James Maye and College of Charleston’s Dontaye Draper will be a part of the rosters when two NBA Summer Leagues tip-off this weekend.
Maye, 25, will play for the New Jersey Nets in the Pepsi Pro Summer League in Orlando, Fla. from July 9-13. Training camp opened Thursday in Orlando. The team will play its first game on Monday night against Orlando. Maye, who wrapped up his UNCG career in 2003 and played most of last season in the NBDL for Dakota, will be joined on the team by Nets’ first round pick Sean Williams. There are 14 players on the Nets’ summer league roster. The 15-games making up the schedule will be shown on the internet at OrlandoMagic.com live from the RDV Sportsplex.
Burrell, who wrapped up his UNCG career in 2005, will be playing for Seattle in the Las Vegas Summer League. Burrell, who spent last season playing in France, will be joined on the roster by Kevin Durant, the second overall pick in this year’s draft. All 55 games of the Las Vegas league will be broadcast via television or the internet, 28 of them live on NBA TV. Burrell, who turns 24 later this month, and the Sonics open play Friday night against Dallas at 6 pm (ET). That game will be televised by NBA TV on a tape-delay basis, being shown Saturday at midnight ET. All of the leagues games are being played at UNLV ?s Thomas & Mack Center and the Cox Pavilion.
Draper has earned a spot on the Denver Nuggets' 2007 NBA Summer League team. Draper (5-11, 180), who led Charleston to a 22-11 record this past season, earned All-Southern Conference honors after averaging 16.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game. The Baltimore, Md. native finished his Cougar career with 1,541 points, the fifth highest total in school history.
The Nuggets are taking part in the Summer League in Las Vegas, Nevada for the fourth-straight year. The 2007 Summer League will be played at both the COX Pavilion and the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus from July 6-15.
The Nuggets will play five games during the competition, taking on the Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks, and both the Los Angeles Clippers and Lakers.
The Nuggets will kick off the competition against the Clippers on Sunday, July 8, followed by a match-up with Dallas on Tuesday, July 10. They will then take on Detroit and the Lakers in back-to-back games on Thursday, July 12 and Friday, July 13. Denver will close out this year's league on Sunday, July 15 against the Knicks.