SAN ANTONIO — Spurs guard Derrick White and 2018 draft picks Lonnie Walker and Chimezie Metu are among the players on the Silver and Black’s roster for next week’s Utah Jazz Summer League.
Summer League games will be played Monday through Thursday in Salt Lake City. The 16-man San Antonio team will be coached by Will Hardy.
White played in 17 games as a rookie with the Spurs last season, averaging 3.2 points, 1.5 rebounds and 8.2 minutes. He also appeared in 24 games with the Austin Spurs, the Silver and Black’s G League affiliate. White, a guard, averaged 20.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.33 steals and 1.17 blocks in 28.2 minutes. The Spurs won the G League title.
A guard, White played in the Utah and Las Vegas Summer Leagues, combining to average 11.8 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 24.3 minutes in six games.
Walker, selected by the Spurs with the 18th overall pick in last week’s NBA draft, was a freshman guard at the University of Miami last season. He averaged a team-high 11.5 points.
Metu, a 6-foot-11, 225-pound forward, was taken by San Antonio with the 49th overall pick in last week’s draft. He played three seasons at the University of Southern California before turning pro.
An All-Pac-12 first-team selection, Metu averaged 15.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.74 blocks and 31.0 minutes as a junior last season. He finished his career third in school history in blocks (168).
Other than White, only three players on the roster have NBA experience. Cory Jefferson was a Spurs' second-round pick in 2014, but was traded to the Brooklyn Nets. A product of Killeen High and Baylor University, Jefferson has appeared in 58 NBA games, including one start with the Nets.
Trey-Mckinney Jones appeared in one game in 2018 as a member of the Indiana Pacers. He was undrafted out of the University of Miami in 2013 and has played overseas in France, Israel and Hungary.
London Perrantes was a four-year starter at the University of Virginia who signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers after going undrafted in 2017. He played in 14 games with the Cavs in the 2017-18 season, but was waived by the team on June 12.
And while he lacks NBA experience, Jaron Blossomgame was the Spurs' second-round pick in 2017 and played on the NBA G League champion Austin Spurs last season. Blossomgame averaged 16.5 points and 8.2 rebounds per game in the G League, and was named to the All-NBA G League Third Team.
Spurs roster for Utah Summer League
- Jaron Blossomgame, F
- Amida Brimah, C
- Drew Eubanks, C
- Jordan Green, G
- Tommy Hamilton, C
- Olivier Hanlan, G
- Cory Jefferson, F
- Kris Jenkins, F
- Jeff Ledbetter, G
- Trey Mckinney-Jones, G
- Chimezie Metu, F
- London Perrantes, G
- Raphiael Putney, F
- Maverick Rowan, G
- Lonnie Walker IV, G
- Derrick White, G
Head Coach: Will Hardy
Spurs Utah Jazz Summer League schedule
(All games in Salt Lake City)
- Monday, July 2: vs. Utah, 8 p.m.
- Wednesday, July 4: vs. Atlanta, 6 p.m.
- Thursday, July 5: Memphis 6 p.m.
Note: All three games will be broadcast by NBA TV