PHOENIX – Phoenix Suns’ 2008 first-round pick Robin Lopez (15^th overall) will join Suns’ second-year players Alando Tucker and D.J. Strawberry as they compete in the 2008 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, Nevada from July 10-20. Suns legend and first-year assistant coach Dan Majerle will serve as head coach for the summer league team.

The Suns tip-off summer league play on Monday, July 14 at 5:30 p.m. versus the Houston Rockets in the first of fives games played at the COX Pavilion and the Thomas & Mack Center on UNLV’s campus. Two Suns’ games will be televised live on NBA TV (July 18 vs. New York and July 19 vs. Portland).

The Suns’ 12-man roster and complete summer league schedule are listed below.

No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate College/Team Yrs. Pro

16 Rod Benson F/C 6-10 225 10/10/84 California R

10 Justin Cage G/F 6-6 225 6/26/85 Xavier R

4 Taquan Dean G 6-4 190 8/6/83 Louisville R

12 Jiri Hubalek F/C 6-11 225 11/25/82 Iowa State R

14 Ekene Ibekwe F 6-9 220 7/19/85 Maryland R

17 Jared Jordan G 6-2 187 10/14/84 Marist 1

15 Robin Lopez C 7-0 255 4/1/88 Stanford R

11 Ivan McFarlin F 6-8 232 4/26/82 Oklahoma State 1

8 D.J. Strawberry G 6-5 201 6/15/85 Maryland 1

29 Alando Tucker G/F 6-6 205 2/11/84 Wisconsin 1

2 Marcus Vinicius F 6-8 225 5/31/84 San Carlos (Brazil) 2

3 Judson Wallace F/C 6-10 220 12/31/82 Princeton R

HEAD COACH: Dan Majerle (Central Michigan)

ASSISTANT COACH: Igor Kokoskov (Belgrade), Noel Gillespie (Florida State)

HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER: Aaron Nelson (Iowa State)

NBA SUMMER LEAGUE presented by EA Sports (Las Vegas, NV)

Date Opponent Location Time TV

Monday, July 14 Houston Thomas & Mack Center 5:30 p.m. -

Thursday, July 17 San Antonio Thomas & Mack Center 5:30 p.m. -

Friday, July 18 New York COX Pavilion 1 p.m. NBA TV

Saturday, July 19 Portland COX Pavilion 7 p.m. NBA TV

Sunday, July 20 Washington COX Pavilion 3 p.m. -

All times Phoenix time

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