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
