Vaden, Kramer, Ben Hansbrough, Plumlee highlight Pacers summer league roster
From the Indiana Pacers:
INDIANAPOLIS – Veterans Jeff Pendergraph and Lance Stephenson, along with first-round draft pick Miles Plumlee and second-round pick Orlando Johnson (acquired in a draft night trade with Sacramento), are among 13 players on the Indiana Pacers’ rookie/free agent roster, which starts camp Thursday afternoon at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
The roster is filled with a number of familiar names. Jarrid Famous, Tyren Johnson and Matt Rogers were all in the Pacers’ training camp last December. Chris Kramer, who played at Purdue, Robert Vaden, who played at Indiana before transferring to Alabama-Birmingham, and Notre Dame’s Ben Hansbrough, younger brother of Pacers’ forward Tyler, are also on the roster.
The Pacers will practice six times before leaving Sunday afternoon for Orlando. They begin Summer League play there Monday, July 9, against Detroit at 5:00 p.m. On Tuesday, July 10, the Pacers meet Oklahoma City at 1:00 p.m.; Wednesday, July 11, vs. Boston at 11:00 a.m.; Thursday, July 12, vs. Utah at 3:00 p.m. and Friday, July 13, vs. Brooklyn at 3:00 p.m.
Below is the Summer League Roster:
No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. School
9 Jarrid Famous F 6-11 240 South Florida
8 Reggie Hamilton G 5-11 176 Oakland U.
23 Ben Hansbrough G 6-3 206 Notre Dame
18 Matt Janning G 6-4 220 Northeastern
11 Orlando Johnson G 6-5 224 Cal-SB
16 Tyren Johnson F 6-7 225 La.-Lafayette
4 Chris Kramer G 6-3 215 Purdue
5 Hamady N’diaye C 7-0 235 Rutgers
29 Jeff Pendergraph F 6-9 240 Arizona State
13 Miles Plumlee C 7-0 252 Duke
22 Matt Rogers F 6-11 225 SW Baptist
6 Lance Stephenson G 6-5 210 Cincinnati
15 Robert Vaden G-F 6-5 205 Ala.-Birmingham
Head Coach Frank Vogel, Kentucky
Associate Head Coach Brian Shaw, Cal-Santa Barbara
Assistant Coaches Dan Burke, Portland State, Jim Boylen, Maine
Strength and Conditioning Coach Shawn Windle, Maine – Presque Isle
Athletic Trainer Josh Corbeil, Boston University
Assistant Trainer Carl Eaton, Lock Haven
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