Here is the Cavaliers’ official release on their Las Vegas summer team:

CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Cavaliers have assembled a summer league team of young veterans and free agents, including reigning 2011-12 Kia NBA Rookie of the Year Kyrie Irving, All-Rookie Second Team member Tristan Thompson and 2012 draft picks Dion Waiters (fourth overall) and Tyler Zeller (17^th overall), to participate in the 2012 NBA Summer League, Cavaliers General Manager Chris Grant announced today from Cleveland Clinic Courts.

The 2012 NBA Summer League will be held July 13-22 in Las Vegas, NV with the Cavaliers playing a five-game schedule at the COX Pavilion and Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.  The Cavaliers have competed in the league each summer since its inception in 2004.

The Cavs will open summer league play with three games in three consecutive days: a contest versus Charlotte on Sunday, July 15^th, a matchup against the NBA D-League Select Team on Monday, July 16^th and a showdown against the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday, July 17^th. Cleveland closes summer league with back-to-back games on Thursday, July 19^th versus Minnesota and Friday, July 20^th against the New York Knicks.

NBA TV will televise 56 live summer league games from both The AirTran Orlando Pro Summer League and the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, including four of the Cavaliers’ five games.

For more information on the Cavaliers summer plans, visit www.cavs.com. The Cavaliers summer league game schedule and roster are listed below:

Cavaliers Game Schedule

Sunday, July 15                Charlotte vs. Cleveland, 8:30 p.m. *

Monday, July 16               NBA D-League vs. Cleveland, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, July 17               Phoenix vs. Cleveland, 8:30 p.m.*

Thursday, July 19              Minnesota vs. Cleveland, 8 p.m.*

Friday, July 20                    New York vs. Cleveland, 4 p.m.*

*denotes game will air live on NBA TV

 

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS 2012 SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER

T.J. Campbell                  G             5-9          Portland/USA

Micheal Eric                    F/C         6-11       Temple/USA

Luke Harangody            F             6-7         Notre Dame/USA

Justin Holiday                 G/F         6-6         Washington/USA

Kyrie Irving                     G             6-3          Duke/USA

Rob Jones                        F             6-6          Saint Mary’s/USA

D.J. Kennedy                   G/F         6-6         St. John’s/USA

Matt Pressey                    G             6-2          Missouri/USA

Samardo Samuels          F             6-9          Louisville/USA

Donald Sloan                  G             6-3          Texas A&M/USA

Garrett Temple                G             6-6         LSU/USA

Tristan Thompson          F/C         6-9          Texas/USA

Dion Waiters                    G             6-3         Syracuse/USA

Tyler Zeller                       F/C         7-0         North Carolina/USA