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Old 07-03-2007, 04:15 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Re: 76ers' summer league thread..
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The veterans at the 76ers' minicamp yesterday had a much different look from the rookies. There was a confidence to the older players and a wide-eyed look to the rookies as they prepared for two weeks of summer-league competition starting Friday in Las Vegas and then continuing to Utah.

Double-session workouts were scheduled for yesterday and today, with single sessions tomorrow and Thursday at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

The veteran Sixers included forwards Rodney Carney, Shavlik Randolph, Bobby Jones and Louis Amundson along with guard Lou Williams.

Even though the media got to view only the final 15 minutes of the workout, the older players seemed to have the upper hand.

"They are showing more confidence," coach Maurice Cheeks said about his veterans. ". . . As veterans, they have to take control of the situation and not think they have made it."

Carney, a first-round pick last year, averaged 6.6 points and 1.9 rebounds as a rookie.

"I'm more prepared and trying to get better in all aspects of the game so I can perform better for the team," he said.

Forward Thaddeus Young, the 12th overall pick in the NBA draft out of Georgia Tech, said he realized this is much different from college. "Everything is more physical and guys are much bigger at this level," he said.

Cheeks does not expect Young to dominate from the start.

"He's only 19 - so young - and intangibles will come," Cheeks said. "At this point, he is trying to learn the game."
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Randolph is not likely to make the trip to Las Vegas, Cheeks said. Randolph suffered a dislocated and broken left ankle in practice on Nov. 30. . . .
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