College football? Nah. Sunday's Week Three of NFL action? Please. You know this weekend was all about the highly-anticipated release of the Kings' training camp roster. Relax, already. Here it is...
Forward Melvin Ely is the obvious eyebrow-raiser in the bunch, as the player taken 12th overall in 2002 by the Clippers is yet another log thrown upon this bonfire of Kings' camp competition. The big man hardly came up big in his last two seasons in New Orleans (83 games played combined, approximately 12 minutes per in both seasons), and the irony here is that former Kings forward Ike Diogu was essentially signed by the Hornets this summer to fill the role Ely was hired to fill.
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(Jersey number, name, position, height, weight, birthdate, where from, years of experience)
40 Jon Brockman F 6-7 255 March 20, 1987 Washington R
18 Omri Casspi F 6-9 225 June 22, 1988 Israel R
33 Melvin Ely C-F 6-10 261 May 2, 1978 Fresno State 7
13 Tyreke Evans G 6-6 220 Sept. 19, 1989 Memphis R
32 Cisco Garcia G-F 6-7 195 Dec. 31, 1981 Louisville 4
20 Donté Greene F 6-11 226 Feb. 21, 1988 Syracuse 1
31 Spencer Hawes C-F 7-1 245 April 28, 1988 Washington 2
23 Kevin Martin G 6-7 185 Feb. 1, 1983 West. Carolina 5
24 Des. Mason G 6-5 222 Oct. 11, 1977 Oklahoma State 9
42 Sean May F 6-9 266 April 4, 1984 North Carolina 3
5 Andres Nocioni F 6-7 225 Nov. 30, 1979 Argentina 5
10 Serg. Rodriguez G 6-3 176 June 12, 1986 Spain 3
7 Lanny Smith G 6-3 190 Oct. 30, 1984 Houston R
9 Kenny Thomas F 6-7 245 July 25, 1977 New Mexico 10
34 J. Thompson F 6-11 250 July 21, 1986 Rider 1
19 Beno Udrih G 6-3 205 July 5, 1982 Slovenia 5
*** - Sam Amick
