Hawks Announce Roster/Schedule for the 2008 Rocky Mountain Revue

The Atlanta Hawks will participate in the 2008 Rocky Mountain Revue in Salt Lake City, UT, July 18-25, and before departing for SLC, the team will hold three-and-a-half days of practices in Atlanta on their practice court (July 14-17).

The Hawks roster will consist of 18 players before it is pared down for the Rocky Mountain Revue, and heading up the squad are veterans Speedy Claxton, Acie Law IV, Jeremy Richardson and Mario West.

Among the notable free agents coming to Atlanta are former NBA draft picks Luke Jackson, Wayne Simien, Olumide Oyedeji and Jamal Sampson. Jackson was a former first round pick of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2004, Simien was selected in the first round by Miami (in 2005), while Oyedeji and Sampson were second round selections of Seattle (2000) and Utah (2002), respectively.

Following physicals on the 14th, the Hawks will hold an afternoon workout from 3-5 p.m. With two-a-days set for Tuesday and Wednesday (10-12 noon and 4-6 p.m.), the squad will hold an early-morning practice in Atlanta (9-11 a.m.) on Thursday and travel to SLC later that afternoon.

Assistant coach Larry Drew will call the shots during the Rocky Mountain Revue, as the Hawks face NBA teams Dallas (July 18, 6:30 ET), Utah (July 19, 9 ET; and July 24, 9 ET), San Antonio (July 22, 4:15 ET) and Golden State (July 25, 1 ET), in addition to an All-Star squad from the D-League (July 21, 6:30 ET).

The current roster and Rocky Mountain Revue schedule is listed below:
2008 Atlanta Hawks Summer League Roster (as of July 10, 2008)
# Player Pos Ht Wt Birthdate College/Country Yrs
8 Demetric Bennett G 6-4 205 06/25/85 South Alabama R
7 Brian Chase G 5-10 170 10/08/81 Virginia Tech 1
12 Speedy Claxton G 5-11 170 05/08/78 Hofstra 7
3 Thomas Gardner G 6-5 225 02/08/85 Missouri 1
15 Al Horford * F/C 6-10 245 06/03/86 Florida 1
41 Marcus Hubbard C 6-9 230 12/23/83 Angelo State R
50 Othello Hunter F 6-8 225 05/28/86 Ohio State R
33 Luke Jackson F/G 6-7 215 11/06/81 Oregon 4
22 Dominique Kirk G 6-4 185 05/07/86 Texas A&M R
4 Acie Law IV G 6-3 195 01/25/85 Texas A&M 1
00 Olumide Oyedeji C 6-10 240 05/11/81 Nigeria 3
11 Kevinn Pinkney F/C 6-10 245 10/2083 Nevada-Reno 1
42 Brian Randle F 6-8 220 02/08/85 Illinois R
32 Jeremy Richardson G 6-7 195 02/11/83 Delta State 2
14 Frank Robinson G 6-4 200 06/01/84 Cal State-Fullerton R
31 Jamal Sampson F/C 6-11 235 05/15/83 California 5
25 Wayne Simien F 6-9 250 03/09/83 Kansas 2
6 Mario West G 6-5 210 06/19/84 Georgia Tech 1
52 Justin Williams F/C 6-10 260 05/12/84 Wyoming 2

* Participating in mini-camp portion only.
2008 Rocky Mountain Revue Schedule – all times listed are Mountain Time

Friday, July 18 Tuesday, July 22
4:30 – Dallas vs. Atlanta 2:15 – Atlanta vs. San Antonio
7:00 – San Antonio vs. Utah 4:30 – Dallas vs. Golden State
(Bye – Golden State, New Jersey) 7:00 – New Jersey vs. Utah
(Bye – D-League All-Stars, FIBA Asian Champion)

Saturday, July 19 Wednesday, July 23
2:15 – FIBA Asian Champion vs. Dallas Off day
4:30 – D-League All-Stars vs. San Antonio
7:00 – Atlanta vs. Utah
(Bye – Golden State, New Jersey) Thursday, July 24
2:15 – D-League All-Stars vs. Golden State
Sunday, July 20 4:30 – New Jersey vs. Dallas
Off day 7:00 – Atlanta vs. Utah
(Bye – FIBA Asian Champion, San Antonio)

Monday, July 21 Friday, July 25
Noon – Dallas vs. San Antonio 11 a.m. – Golden State vs. Atlanta
2:15 – New Jersey vs. Golden State 7:00 – Dallas vs. Utah
4:30 – D-League All-Stars vs. Atlanta (Bye – D-League All-Stars, FIBA Asian Champion,
7:00 – FIBA Asian Champion vs. Utah New Jersey, San Antonio)
(Bye – none)