After playing a total of 8 games last season between the Phoenix Suns and Memphis Grizzlies, Bryce Cotton will join the Atlanta Hawks for NBA Summer League to be held July 8th through the 18th in Las Vegas. Cotton also played 6 games in the NBA D-League for the Austin Toros and 9 games in the CBA for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers last season.
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Below is from this link at Spurs.com where they released the roster and schedule for the Vegas Summer League. The Summer League team will be coached by Spurs’ assistant coach Ime Udoka. It will be interesting to see how 1st round draft pick Kyle Anderson is used as many believe they will not use him as a point guard.
Spurs Summer League Schedule
Fri, 7/11
Sacramento
COX Pavilionv
9 p.m.
NBATV
Sun, 7/13
Cleveland
COX Pavilion
1 p.m.
NBA TV
Mon, 7/14
New Orleans
T&M Center
5:30 p.m.
NBATV
7/15-21
TBD
*All Times CDT
| No. | Player | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | DOB | Prior to NBA/Country | Yrs |
| 1 | Kyle Anderson | G/F | 6-9 | 230 | 9/20/93 | UCLA/USA | R |
| 4 | Darius Morris | G | 6-5 | 195 | 1/3/91 | Michigan/USA | 3 |
| 7 | Xavi Rey | C | 6-11 | 252 | 7/13/87 | CB Gran Canaria/Spain | R |
| 11 | Jeff Ayres | C/F | 6-9 | 250 | 4/29/87 | Arizona St./USA | 4 |
| 17 | Trey McKinney-Jones | G | 6-5 | 220 | 8/27/90 | Miami/USA | R |
| 19 | Ryan Richards | C | 6-11 | 230 | 4/21/91 | Ikaros Chalkidas/England | R |
| 23 | Austin Daye | F | 6-11 | 200 | 6/5/88 | Gonzaga/USA | 5 |
| 24 | Marcus Denmon | G | 6-3 | 185 | 3/20/90 | Missouri/USA | R |
| 26 | Bryce Cotton | G | 6-1 | 165 | 8/11/92 | Providence/USA | R |
| 28 | Deshaun Thomas | F | 6-7 | 215 | 8/28/91 | Ohio State/USA | R |
| 34 | Melvin Ejim | F | 6-6 | 220 | 3/4/91 | Iowa State/Cananda | R |
| 35 | Vander Blue | G | 6-4 | 200 | 7/22/92 | Marquette/USA | 1 |
| 37 | Viktor Gaddefors | F | 6-8 | 216 | 10/8/92 | Virtus Bologna/Sweden | R |
| 41 | JaMychal Green | F | 6-8 | 228 | 6/21/90 | Alabama/USA | R |
| 61 | Nobel Boungou-Colo | F | 6-8 | 215 | 4/26/88 | Limoges/France | R |
The first report came on July 2nd by Shams Charania of RealGM. A source confirmed to me that Cotton was in San Antonio on Monday and the deal is done. The Spurs have now announced it to make it official.
The terms were not released but a source confirmed the report from Charania that its a 2 year deal where the 2nd year of the deal would be guaranteed if Cotton makes the team out of training camp.
Cotton will suit up for the Spurs in the Las Vegas Summer League beginning on July 11th.
Click here to read the official release from the Spurs.
While it was surely disappointing to Bryce Cotton that he wasn’t drafted, sometimes being an undrafted free agent with a lot of interest can be even better because you get to evaluate each situation and find the best fit. It’s sort of like high school recruiting but this time Cotton had multiple teams to choose from. In the end, there was interest from multiple teams but Cotton will play for the San Antonio Spurs in the Las Vegas Summer league. No official word has come from the Spurs themselves but the Providence Journal’s Kevin McNamara is reporting that Cotton will play for the Spurs in Vegas from July 11th-21st.
Looking at the Spurs roster, the most obvious opportunity for Cotton to latch on would be if the Spurs didn’t re-sign Tony Parker’s backup, Patty Mills. Mills seems in line to receive a deal in the JJ Barea range of 4 years and $19 million. Cotton would be on the roster for a fraction of that if he makes the team. Once confirmation comes down from San Antonio I’ll have a more detailed breakdown of the Spurs opportunity.
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