Surprise to all Portland fans

So i was just checking out the summer league roster for the trail blazers and a familiar name popped up take a look below

TRAIL BLAZERS ANNOUNCE 2009 NBA SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER

PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Trail Blazers announced their roster for the 2009 NBA Summer League presented by EA Sports. The team, coached by Trail Blazers assistant coach Joe Prunty, will play five games from July 13-19 at Cox Pavilion and the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada , Las Vegas .

Jerryd Bayless will return to summer league competition after earning 2008 NBA Summer League MVP honors by leading the league with 29.8 points per game over four contests. Among those joining Bayless in Las Vegas include all three of Portland's second round selections in the 2009 NBA Draft: Jeff Pendergraph (31st, Arizona State), Dante Cunningham (33rd, Villanova) and Patrick Mills (55th, St. Mary's).

The Trail Blazers open play on Monday, July 13, against the Toronto Raptors at 5 p.m. (Pacific) and wrap up their five-game slate against the NBA D-League Select Team on July 19 at 7 p.m. (Pacific).

Portland Trail Blazers 2009 NBA Summer League Schedule:

Monday, July 13 5 p.m. Toronto Cox Pavilion

Wednesday, July 15 7 p.m. Houston Cox Pavilion

Friday, July 17 7:30 p.m. Denver Thomas & Mack

Saturday, July 18 7:30 p.m. San Antonio Thomas & Mack

Sunday, July 19 7 p.m. NBA D-League Select Cox Pavilion

*Schedule subject to change

- trailblazers.com -



PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

2009 NBA Summer League Roster

As of July 1, 2009



Name Pos Ht Wt NBA Yrs Birthdate From
Deji Akindele C 6-11 240 R 4-2-83 Chicago State
Jerryd Bayless G 6-3 200 1 8-20-88 Arizona

Dante Cunningham F 6-8 227 R 4-22-87 Villanova

Matt Freije F 6-10 240 2 10-2-81 Vanderbilt

Thomas Gardner G 6-5 225 2 2-8-85 Missouri

Pooh Jeter G 5-11 175 R 12-2-83 Portland

Bobby Jones F 6-7 215 2 1-9-84 Washington

Patrick Mills G 6-0 175 R 8-11-88 St. Mary's (CA)

Dwayne Mitchell F 6-5 210 R 8-24-82 Louisiana-Lafayette

David Moss G/F 6-5 210 R 9-9-83 Indiana State

David Padgett C 6-11 230 R 2-13-85 Louisville

Jeff Pendergraph F/C 6-10 240 R 4-29-87 Arizona State

Summer League Head Coach Joe Prunty (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo )

Trail Blazers Head Coach: Nate McMillan ( North Carolina State )

Assistant Coaches: Dean Demopoulos ( West Chester )

Monty Williams (Notre Dame)

Maurice Lucas ( Marquette )

Kaleb Canales (Texas-Arlington)

Bill Bayno (Sacred Heart)

Head Athletic Trainer: Jay Jensen (Loma Linda)

Assistant Trainer & Equipment Manager: Geoff Clark ( Oregon State )

Strength and Conditioning Coach: Bob Medina (UNLV)

What, Matt Frieje and Bobby Jones?

Bill Bayno is playing.

Didn't Thomas Gardner go to Jeff?

Yes, Gardner went to Jeff. So another local connection there.

Oh man... I know it will be tough for him to get minutes behind Bayless and Mills, but man oh man this makes me excited!!! I hope he gets a chance to show his stuff and gets an invtie to camp somewhere too. Could you imagine Pooh on the Blazers? Oh man!!!!

I can imagine a lot of things... But hey, Pooh can't really do any less than Shavlik Randolph right? (And he's much more likeable than Sergio Garcia...)