Hardy sheds light on Mavericks’ summer league roster
Second-round rookie Jaden Hardy and second-year forward Moses Wright highlight the roster for the Mavericks who will compete in the NBA Summer League July 7-17 in Las Vegas.
The Mavericks had Hardy with the 37e global choice in an exchange with Sacramento. The Henderson, Nevada native will make his summer debut with the Mavericks just minutes from where he went to high school.
Wright played in four NBA games last season, including three with the Mavericks, with whom he signed a two-way contract in February. The 6-9 Wright and 6-4 Jalen Lecque are the only members of the summer league roster with NBA experience.
Lecque (pronounced luh-Q), has played sparingly in nine NBA games over the past two seasons for Phoenix and Indiana.
The Mavericks signed 13 players to their summer roster, including China’s Guo Haowen, who played for the Shanghai Sharks last season, and former Houston Cougar Justin Gorham (full list below).
The Mavericks will meet for their first summer practice on Tuesday. They’ll practice Wednesday and Thursday before heading to Las Vegas, where they’ll open summer action on July 8 at 1 p.m. Dallas time against summer team Chicago.
DIGITAL LIST
No. Name Pos. HT. College/Country born
3 Jaden Hardy G 6-4 NBA G League Ignite/USA 7/5/02
5 Moses Wright F 6-8 Georgia Tech/USA 23/12/98
19 Jerrick Harding G 6-1 Weber State/USA 13/04/98
20 Miye Oni G/F 6-5 Yale/USA 04/08/97
23 Alessandro Pajola G 6-4 Virtus Bologna/Italy 09/11/99
27 Derrick Alston Jr. F/G 6-9 Boise State/USA 9/17/97
28 Jalen Lecque G 6-4 Brewster Academy (NH) v USA 13/06/00
29 AJ Lawson G 6-6 South Carolina v Canada 15/07/00
30 Marcus Bingham Jr. F 7-0 Michigan State/USA 7/14/00
31 Justin Gorham F 6-7 Houston/USA 8/6/98
32 David Collins G 6-4 Clemson/USA 31/05/98
39 Isaiah Brown F 6-7 Northern Iowa/USA 5/26/98
40 Guo Haowen G/F 6-8 Shanghai Sharks/China 31/01/00
The Head Coach: Greg St. Jean (Wesleyan)
Assistant coaches: Jared Dudley (Boston College), George Galanopoulos (Indiana), Quinton Crawford (Arizona), Darrell Armstrong (Fayetteville State), God Shammgod (Providence), Peter Patton (DePaul), Jordan Sears (Wesleyan), Max Hooper (Oakland) , Pete Crawford (Minnesota-Duluth)
PROGRAM
Friday, July 8 @Chicago 3 p.m. ESPNU
Monday, July 11 @ Utah 9 p.m. NBA TV
Tuesday, July 12 Phoenix 9:30 p.m. ESPN
Thursday, July 14 @Milwaukee 7 p.m. ESPN
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