2016 Lakers Summer League Media Guide
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LOS ANGELES LAKERS 2016 SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER NO. NAME POS HT WT DOB PRIOR TO NBA / HOME COUNTRY YRS 2 Zach Auguste F 6-10 245 7/8/93 Notre Dame / USA R 3 Anthony Brown G/F 6-7 210 10/10/92 Stanford / USA 1 55 Jabari Brown G 6-4 215 12/18/92 Missouri / USA 1 31 Moustapha Fall C 7-2 235 2/23/92 Sharks Antibes (France) / France R 14 Brandon Ingram F 6-9 190 9/2/97 Duke / USA R 45 Nikola Jovanovic F 6-11 235 1/6/94 USC / Serbia R 9 Trevor Lacey G 6-3 215 10/13/91 VL Pesaro (Italy) / USA R 20 Xavier Munford G 6-2 180 6/1/92 Rhode Island / USA 1 7 Larry Nance Jr. F 6-9 230 1/1/93 Wyoming / USA 1 10 Jamil Wilson F 6-7 230 11/21/90 Marquette / USA R 28 Ethan Wragge F 6-7 225 10/1/90 Giessen 46ers (Germany) / USA R 1 D’Angelo Russell G 6-5 195 2/23/96 Ohio State / USA 1 36 Jarvis Varnado C 6-9 230 3/1/88 Mississippi State / USA 2 40 Ivica Zubac C 7-1 265 3/18/97 Mega Leks (Serbia) / Croatia R HEAD COACH Jesse Mermuys (Arizona) ASSISTANT COACHES Mark Madsen (Stanford), Casey Owens (New Mexico State) ATHLETIC TRAINERS Marco Nunez (Cal Poly Pomona) Nina Hsieh (Cal State Fullerton) NUMERICAL ROSTER 1 D’Angelo Russell 10 Jamil Wilson 36 Jarvis Varnado 2 Zach Auguste 14 Brandon Ingram 40 Ivica Zubac 3 Anthony Brown 20 Xavier Munford 45 Nikola Jovanovic 7 Larry Nance Jr. 28 Ethan Wragge 55 Jabari Brown 9 Trevor Lacey 31 Moustapha Fall 2016 NBA Summer League Cox Pavilion/Thomas & Mack Center Las Vegas, Nevada July 8-18, 2016 Opponent Site Date/Time Game 1 vs. New Orleans T&M Center 7/8 @ 7:30pm Game 2 vs. Philadelphia T&M Center 7/9 @ 5:30pm Game 3 vs. Golden State T&M Center 7/11 @ 7:30pm Games 4 & 5 – Dates and times to be determined *All times are Pacific Lakers On-Site Public Relations Staff Will Patterson (501) 730-4138 [email protected] NBA Summer League 2016 Game Schedule All Times listed are PACIFIC Friday, July 8 Thomas & Mack Cox Pavilion 1:30 p.m. – Brooklyn vs. Atlanta 3 p.m. – Milwaukee vs. Cleveland 3:30 p.m. – Toronto vs. Dallas 5 p.m. – Atlanta vs. Houston 5:30 p.m. – Cleveland vs. Minnesota 7 p.m. – Sacramento vs. Toronto 7:30 p.m. – Golden State vs. L.A. Lakers Thomas & Mack Tuesday, July 12 3:30 p.m. – NBA D-League vs. Memphis Cox Pavilion 5:30 p.m. – Minnesota vs. Denver 1 p.m. – Washington vs. Brooklyn 7:30 p.m. – L.A. Lakers vs. New Orleans 3 p.m. – Boston vs. Dallas 5 p.m. – San Antonio vs. Chicago Saturday, July 9 Cox Pavilion Thomas & Mack 1 p.m. – Phoenix vs. Portland 1:30 p.m. – Portland vs. Utah 3 p.m. – Boston vs. Chicago 3:30 p.m. – Miami vs. Phoenix 5 p.m. – Denver vs. Memphis 5:30 p.m. – Philadelphia vs. Golden State 7 p.m. – Dallas vs. Miami Wednesday, July 13 Thomas & Mack Seeds 9-24 will play in 8 games at the below times and 1:30 p.m. – Cleveland vs. Brooklyn locations: 3:30 p.m. – Washington vs. Utah Cox Pavilion: 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. 5:30 p.m. – Philadelphia vs. L.A. Lakers Thomas & Mack: 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. – San Antonio vs. Golden State Thursday, July 14 Sunday, July 10 Seeds 1-8 will play against the winners of July 13th games at the Cox Pavilion below times and locations: 1 p.m. – Atlanta vs. Washington Cox Pavilion: 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. 3 p.m. – Minnesota vs. Toronto Thomas & Mack: 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. 5 p.m. – Utah vs. New Orleans 7 p.m. – San Antonio vs. Portland Friday, July 15 Losers from games on July 13th and July 14th will play at the Thomas & Mack below times and locations: 1:30 p.m. – Milwaukee vs. NBA D-League Cox Pavilion: 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. 3:30 p.m. – Houston vs. Sacramento Thomas & Mack: 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. – Chicago vs. Philadelphia 7:30 p.m. – Phoenix vs. Boston Saturday, July 16 - Quarterfinals Winners from games on July 14th will play at the below times: Monday, July 11 Thomas & Mack: 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Cox Pavilion 1 p.m. – Milwaukee vs. Memphis Sunday, July 17 - Semifinals 3 p.m. – Houston vs. NBA D-League Winners from games on July 16th will play at the below times: 5 p.m. – Miami vs. Denver Thomas & Mack: 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. 7 p.m. – Sacramento vs. New Orleans Monday, July 18 – Championship Thomas & Mack Winners from games on July 17 will play at the below time: Thomas & Mack: 6 p.m. Summer League Media Guide 2016 Jesse Mermuys Head Coach For the third consecutive year, Jesse Mermuys will patrol the sideline as head coach in Las Vegas after coaching Toronto’s entry in the NBA Summer League in 2014 and 2015. Mermuys comes to the Lakers from the Raptors organization, where he most recently served as Head Coach of their NBA D-League affiliate, Raptors 905. A number of players developed under Mermuys’ watch as the first coach in the history of the franchise: Norman Powell played a crucial role for the Raptors in the 2016 postseason, Greg Smith earned a call-up and was signed for the remainder of the season by the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Axel Toupane was named the D-League’s Most Improved Player in addition to earning a multi-year contract with the Denver Nuggets. The Tucson, AZ native was a Raptors Assistant Coach on Dwane Casey’s staff for the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons, and his prior NBA experience includes spending the 2012-13 season with the Houston Rockets as Assistant Coach/Director of Player Development. He also worked for the Denver Nuggets for four seasons, serving as video coordinator, advance scout, and ultimately assistant coach/advanced scout. A graduate of the University of Arizona, Mermuys was director of basketball operations for the Wildcats from 2006-08. Mermuys has also worked at the collegiate level as a video coordinator at New Mexico State and as an assistant coach at Southern Utah. Mermuys got his start in coaching as the head freshman and varsity assistant coach at Tucson’s Salpointe Catholic High School from 2001-03. During the 2003-04 campaign, Mermuys was an assistant at Pima Community College. He also served as the camp director for the Luke Walton/Richard Jefferson basketball camp, where he was responsible for creating, organizing and running all aspects of the camp. He also served as program director and head coach of the Team Walton AAU program. The 36-year-old played collegiately at Glendale Community College in Glendale, Arizona, and later earned his undergraduate degree in business management in 2004. Mermuys and his wife Michelle have a two-year-old daughter Myla and one-year-old son Grey. Head Coach Jesse Mermuys Summer League Media Guide 2016 Mark Madsen Assistant Coach A two-time NBA Champion as a player with the Lakers (2001 and 2002), fan favorite Mark Madsen returns to the Lakers bench for Summer League after serving as Head Coach last year and Associate Head Coach the year prior. The 2016-17 season will be his fourth in a coaching capacity with Los Angeles, and third as an assistant coach, after serving as player development coach for the 2013-14 campaign. Selected by the Lakers in the first round (29th overall) of the 2000 NBA Draft, Madsen played three seasons in Los Angeles (2000-03) and was a member of back-to-back NBA championship teams his first two seasons in the league. He then signed with the Minnesota Timberwolves as a free agent prior to the 2003-04 campaign and played six seasons (2004-09) with the Wolves. In 453 games (70 starts) over nine NBA seasons, Madsen averaged 2.2 points and 2.6 rebounds in 11.8 minutes per game. Following his playing career, Madsen served as an assistant coach during the 2009-10 season with the Utah Flash of the NBA D-League before returning to his alma mater, Stanford University, where he earned his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2012. That same year, he was named an assistant coach on Stanford Head Coach Johnny Dawkins’ staff and spent the 2012-13 season working in recruiting, opponent game planning, and player skill development. Known by fans as “Mad Dog” for his signature physical and aggressive style of play, Madsen has enjoyed success at every level of basketball. Helping lead Stanford to four NCAA Tournament appearances, including the 1998 Final Four, Madsen averaged 10.9 points and 7.9 rebounds for his Cardinal career while ranking among the school’s top-10 all-time performers in field goal percentage (4th/.587) and total rebounds (6th/ 857).