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This is the place for exhaustive player bios for the Jazz roster at the fancily-named AirTran Orlando Pro Summer League from July 9-13. Click the jump below for more information than you ever wanted on all the players representing the Jazz.

All 20 games of the OPSL will be broadcast live on NBA TV and will also be available online through the NBA SummerLeague Broadband subscription service at www.nba.com/summerleaguebroadband. Box scores, game recaps and cumulative statistics from each Jazz game will be available by visiting www.utahjazz.com.

My favorite part of the whole week is definitely the 6:00 AM tip-off for the final game–on Friday the 13th, no less. They might as well call it the Jerry Sloan Memorial No Tuxedos Game. Anyway, here’s your team:

2012 Utah Jazz Summer League Roster

NO. PLAYER POS. HT. WT. D.O.B. PRIOR TO NBA/FROM YRS. LAST TEAM
2 Blake Ahearn G 6-3 190 5/27/84 Missouri State/USA 3 Utah Jazz
10 Alec Burks G 6-6 202 7/20/91 Colorado/USA 1 Utah Jazz
3 DeMarre Carroll F 6-8 212 7/27/86 Missouri/USA 3 Utah Jazz
42 Tony Gaffney F 6-8 215 11/14/84 Massachusetts/USA R Telekom Baskets (Germany)
23 Stephen Graham G/F 6-6 215 6/11/82 Oklahoma State/USA 6 Fort Wayne Mad Ants (NBADL)
17 Mike Green G 6-1 175 6/23/85 Butler/USA R Sigma Barcellona (Italy)
0 Enes Kanter C 6-11 267 5/20/92 Kentucky/Turkey 1 Utah Jazz
41 Justin Knox F 6-9 231 1/13/89 North Carolina/USA R Minsk-2006 (Belarus)
50 Salah Mejri C 7-1 6/15/86 Antwerp (Belgium)/Tunisia R Antwerp Giants (Belgium)
43 John Millsap F 6-6 220 10/19/82 Texas-San Antonio/USA R Guaros (Venezuela)
55 Kevin Murphy G 6-6 185 3/6/90 Tennessee Tech/USA R Tennessee Tech
33 Cedric Simmons F 6-9 235 1/3/86 North Carolina State/USA 3 Asefa Estudiantes Madrid (Spain)
22 Henry Sims C 6-10 245 3/27/90 Georgetown/USA R Georgetown
21 Michael Stockton G 6-1 170 5/7/89 Westminster (UT)/USA R Karlsruhe (Germany)
31 Deron Washington F 6-7 210 12/12/85 Virginia Tech/USA R Obradoiro CAB (Spain)
30 Kyle Weaver G 6-6 200 2/18/86 Washington State/USA 3 ALBA Berlin (Germany)

Head Coach:
Tyrone Corbin, DePaul

Assistant Coaches:
Sidney Lowe, North Carolina State
Scott Layden, St. Francis (PA)
Jeff Hornacek, Iowa State

Assistant Coach, Player Development:
Mark McKown, South Carolina Upstate

Assistant Coach, Player Development:
Michael Sanders, UCLA

Head Athletic Trainer:
Gary Briggs, Morehead State

Asst. Athletic Trainer/Equipment Manager:
Brian Zettler, Texas A&M, North Texas

Jazz Pronunciation Guide
Blake Ahearn (AY-hern)
DeMarre Carroll (Deh-MAR-ay)
Enes Kanter (IN-ess CAN-ter)

Utah Jazz – 2012 Orlando Pro Summer League Schedule
Mon, July 9 @ Detroit 1 p.m.
Tue, July 10 vs. PHILADELPHIA 9 a.m.
Wed, July 11 @ Orlando 3 p.m.
Thu, July 12 vs. INDIANA 1 p.m.
Fri, July 13 @ Oklahoma City 6 a.m.
*All times Mountain Standard Time

The regular season is the best season, but I have a special place in my heart for summer league. The Jazz will start practicing on Thursday in Orlando and then kick things off with games starting on Monday. Blake Ahearn, Alec Burks, DeMarre Carroll and Enes Kanter will be joined by 2012 draft pick Kevin Murphy, as well as Paul Millsap’s brother John. The biggest surprise is the inclusion of Michael Stockton, the son of the legend himself. The younger Stockton went through a pre-draft workout with the team last year and apparently earned himself a look this time around.

All 20 games of the OPSL will be broadcast live on NBA TV and will also be available online through the NBA Summer League Broadband subscription service at www.nba.com/summerleaguebroadband.

Here’s the schedule:
Monday, July 9 @ Detroit 1pm
Tuesday, July 10 vs. PHILADELPHIA 9am
Wednesday, July 11 @ Orlando 3pm
Thursday, July 12 vs. INDIANA 1pm
Friday, July 13 @ Oklahoma City 6am

Full Utah Jazz roster for the 2012 Orlando Summer League:

Blake Ahearn
Alec Burks
DeMarre Carroll
Tony Gaffney
Stephen Graham
Mike Green
Enes Kanter
Justin Knox
Salah Mejri
John Millsap
Kevin Murphy
Cedric Simmons
Henry Sims
Michael Stockton
Deron Washington
Kyle Weaver

The entire press release:

SALT LAKE CITY (July 3, 2012) – Utah Jazz general manager Kevin O’Connor today announced that Jazz players Blake Ahearn, Alec Burks, DeMarre Carroll and Enes Kanter will join 2012 draft pick Kevin Murphy in headlining the team’s mini-camp in preparation for the 2012 Orlando Pro Summer League. Camp is scheduled to open Thursday, July 5 at RDV SportsPlex in Maitland, Fla. and will run through Sunday, July 8.

Also expected to participate in camp are former Jazzman Kyle Weaver, NBA veterans Stephen Graham and Cedric Simmons, John Millsap (brother of Jazz forward Paul Millsap) and Michael Stockton (son of Naismith Hall of Famer and former Jazz great John Stockton). A complete 2012 Jazz summer league roster is attached.

The Jazz will play five games in the summer league, facing the 76ers, Magic, Pacers, Pistons and Thunder once each. The Jazz will not face the Celtics or Nets. The summer league is hosted by the Orlando Magic and will take place on the practice courts at Amway Center, the Magic’s home arena; Utah previously participated in the Orlando Pro Summer League in 2009 and 2010, when the event was held at RDV Sportsplex. All 20 games of the OPSL will be broadcast live on NBA TV and will also be available online through the NBA Summer League Broadband subscription service at www.nba.com/summerleaguebroadband. Box scores, game recaps and cumulative statistics from each Jazz game will be available by visiting www.utahjazz.com.

Due to space limitations, the Orlando Pro Summer League is not open to the public and will be open only to the media and professional team/league personnel. League games will begin at 9 a.m. MT from July 9-12, and at 6 a.m. MT on July 13.

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