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  • Knicks Announce Summer League Roster

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    The Knicks announced their roster for the 2012 NBA Summer League, to be held in Las Vegas from Jul. 14-20. Third-year guard Toney Douglas and second-year centers Josh Harrellson and Jerome Jordan headline the 15-man roster.

    Former Louisville guard Chris Smith, former Indiana guard Jeremiah Rivers and former Memphis forward Wesley Witherspoon are also on the roster.

    New York will play five games at Cox Pavilion at UNLV beginning on Jul. 14. All games are scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. Pacific time and will be aired live on MSG Network at 4 p.m. Eastern time. MSG will repeat the games each evening at 8 p.m. Eastern (with the exception of Tuesday, Jul. 17) and this will mark the sixth consecutive NBA Summer League that MSG has aired all five games.

    The team’s itinerary is as follows:

    Practice Schedule
    Wednesday, July 11…………….. 5:30 p.m. (Cox Pavilion Game Court)

    Thursday, July 12……………. 11:00 a.m. (Cox Pavilion Practice Court)

    Friday, July 13………………… 11:00 a.m. (Cox Pavilion Practice Court)

    …………………………………………… 5:00 p.m. (Thomas & Mack Center)

    Monday, July 16……………….. 3:30 p.m. (Cox Pavilion Practice Court)

    Games at Cox Pavilion
    Saturday, July 14. vs. Memphis…… 1:00 p.m.

    Sunday, July 15… vs. Phoenix……. 1:00 p.m.

    Tuesday, July 17.. vs. Denver…….. 1:00 p.m.

    Thursday, July 19. vs. Toronto…….. 1:00 p.m.

    Friday, July 20….. vs. Cleveland…. 1:00 p.m.

     

    * – all times are Pacific time zone

    2012 New York Knicks Summer League Roster

    No  Player                     Pos    Ht     Wt    Born                College/Country        2011-12 Team                  Yrs Pro

    31   Jeff Brooks                 F      6-8   215   Jun. 12, 1989   Penn State/USA            Fileni BPA/Italy                          R

    14   Chris Copeland          G     6-8   224   Mar. 17, 1984   Colorado/USA               Okapi Aalstar/Belgium               R

    23   Toney Douglas           G     6-2   185   Mar. 16, 1986   Florida State/USA         New York/NBA                           3

    5    Mustapha Farrakhan  G     6-4   181   Nov. 2, 1988    Virginia/USA                 Bakersfield/NBA D-League        R

    54   Kyle Goldcamp           F     6-10  250   Jun. 10, 1986   Gannon/USA                 Erie/NBA D-League                   R

    55   Josh Harrellson        F/C   6-10  275   Feb. 12, 1989  Kentucky/USA              New York/NBA                           1

    44   Jerome Jordan           C      7-0   240   Sep. 29, 1986  Tulsa/Jamacia               New York/NBA                           1

    45   Ahmad Nivins             F      6-9   207   Feb. 10, 1987  Saint Joseph’s/USA      Mons-Hainaut/Belgium             R

    52   Artsiom Parakhouski  C      6-9   207   Jun. 10, 1987   Radford/Belarus           Budivelnyk/Ukraine                   R

    3    Jeremiah Rivers         G     6-5   210   Jul. 27, 1987    Indiana/USA                 Mega Vizura/Serbia                   R

    13   Walker Russell, Jr.      G     6-0   170   Oct. 6, 1982     Jacksonville State/USA Detroit/NBA                              1

    4    Chris Smith                G     6-2   195   Oct. 13, 1987   Louisville/USA              Louisville/NCAA                         R

    11   Mychel Thompson    G/F    6-6   211   Jun. 1, 1988     Pepperdine/USA           Erie, Cleveland/D-League, NBA 1

    18   Terrance Withers       G    5-11  175   Jan. 27, 1983   Arkansas Tech/USA      Arkansas Tech/NCAA                 R

    25   Wesley Witherspoon  F      6-9   207   Jan. 27, 1990   Memphis/USA              Memphis/NCAA                         R

     

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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