Nichols, Watkins Land Summer Gigs With The NBA

by Sean Keeley on Jun 29, 2010 9:00 AM EDT

You already knew Wes Johnson and Andy Rautins would be spending their summers in the NBA Summer League. The question was whether or not they'd be joined by any familiar faces...perhaps not familiar to them but certainly familiar to us.

So far, we can expect to see two blasts from the recent past pop back up for Summer League, one in each of them.

Ridiculous Upside has a handy-dandy roster list for all of the Vegas Summer League teams and Syracuse fans will recognize one guy in particular added to the Portland roster.

Demetris Nichols, last seen plating in France for something called BCM Gravelines Dunkerque Grand Littoral after approximately 47 different NBA and NBDL stops, will suit up for Portland in the Vegas League. The Blazers (who have the least user-friendly website I've seen in a while) will play Wes, Jonny and the rest of the Timberwolves on 7/17.

Meanwhile over in the Orlando Summer League, the Pacers will be featuring a certain Darryl Watkins amongst their players. Watkins spent brief time with the Kings, Clippers, Spurs & Cavs and most recently played for TianJin Rongcheng in China. The Orlando league goes first, playing between July 5th and 9th.

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Cant sleep?

by goober112 on Jun 29, 2010 9:16 AM EDT reply actions

Auto-publish

I write it at night and it publishes in the morning so I can maximize traffic and such

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by Sean Keeley on Jun 29, 2010 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions

aah figured as much

good move sir.

by goober112 on Jun 29, 2010 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions

what sean doesnt realize

is that I account for 62% of his traffic. Dont tell that to the SBN people tho

by ryanwk628 on Jul 2, 2010 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions

Must be easy to write this stuff

when you can cut and paste it from 4 years ago.

by jgrupposo on Jun 29, 2010 10:47 AM EDT reply actions

And Devo?

I wonder if he comes back to play some summer league games. Or if Arinze is healed enough to give it a shot.

by Orange Chuck on Jun 29, 2010 12:02 PM EDT reply actions

Darryl Watkins

…such a missed opportunity to have a “Darryl Watkins wants you at Watkins Glen! Buy a Nationwide Series race ticket and receive two free tickets to a future Syracuse basketball game” promotion. After he graduated to avoid NCAA violations, of course.

by RyanMcD29 on Jun 29, 2010 3:09 PM EDT reply actions

That is the coolest photo I'd never seen before.

Go Tartans!

by voteprime on Jun 29, 2010 3:14 PM EDT reply actions

they brought in Devo on drums as a last minute replacement

after McCroskey quit the band.

Or maybe he exploded on stage, Spinal Tap-style.

by MrPlow99 on Jun 29, 2010 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Watkins may not play a lick of bass

but he looks like he’d be awesome.

Go Tartans!

by voteprime on Jun 29, 2010 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Why isnt this a yearly thing?

We could make guesses as to who plays what position in the band…

Like next year, KJ is lead singer, RickJack is on drums, Scoop is lead guitar and…Fab Melo on Bass?

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by Sean Keeley on Jun 29, 2010 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions

See the problem with the team in the photo above?

No lead singer. Explains a lot about the season – just a band looking for a lead singer.

Go Tartans!

by voteprime on Jun 29, 2010 4:04 PM EDT up reply actions

The Blazers (who have the least user-friendly website I’ve seen in a while)

Wow, that really is a mess. I’d always thought NBA teams used some kind of template and they all were basically the same. Portland decided to break the mold. And failed.

Also, this photo looks like Greg Oden has gone blind in his old age and has a personal guide to help him get around.