2004 ATLANTA HAWKS SUMMER LEAGUE INFO

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2004 ATLANTA HAWKS SUMMER LEAGUE INFO Rocky Mountain Revue Salt Lake City Community College July 16-24, 2004 HAWKS SCHEDULE (All Times Mountain) July 16 - vs.

1 2004 ATLANTA HAWKS SUMMER LEAGUE INFO Rocky Mountain Revue Salt Lake City Community College July 16-24, 2004 HAWKS SCHEDULE (All Times Mountain) July 16 - vs. Charlotte, 2 p.m. July 17 - vs. Seattle, 4 p.m. July 19 - vs. Phoenix, 2 p.m. July 20 - vs. Dallas, 4 p.m. July 22 - vs. Utah, 8 p.m. (NBA TV) July 24 - vs. Portland, 2 p.m.

2 \ SYLVERE BRYAN #33 Position: Center Height: 6-10 Weight: 240 College: Tampa 02 Birthdate: 5/20/81 Birthplace: Dominican Republic Spent last season with Rimini (Italy), playing in 28 games and averaged 3.8 ppg and 3.4 rpg In , saw action in France (playing with Cholet Basket and Rueil-Malmaison) Played for the Washington Wizards entry in the 2002 Shaw s Pro Summer League in Boston Played four years collegiately at Division II University of Tampa, where as a senior ( ), he put in 13.3 ppg, 9.6 rpg and 3.2 bpg Averaged 10.3 ppg and 7.0 rpg in his junior campaign with the Spartans. \ JOSH CHILDRESS #22 Height: 6-8 Weight: 210 College: Stanford 04 Birthdate: 6/20/83 Birthplace: Harbor City, CA Selected in the first round (sixth overall) by the Hawks on June 24, Childress entered the draft following his junior season at Stanford... Became the first-ever Stanford player to be named Pac-10 Player of the Year in Earned First Team All- America honors from Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times, NABC and FoxSports.com, and was named Second Team All-America by the USBWA and Third Team by ESPN.com... This past season, averaged 15.7 ppg (ninth in the Pac-10), a team-best 7.5 rpg (fifth in the conference) and blocked 37 shots (third in the Pac-10)... Was also fifth in the conference in free throw shooting (.821), while hitting.488 of his field goals... He scored in double figures in 22 of 23 games, scoring a career-best 36 against U.S.C.... Scored 49 points in three games en route to MVP honors in the Pac-10 Tournament... In his sophomore season ( ), he was named Honorable Mention All-Pac 10, after averaging 14.1 ppg, 8.1 rpg and 1.4 bpg... Was also Honorable Mention All-Pac 10 as a freshman, becoming only the second freshman (the other was Brevin Knight) to start his first game in coach Mike Montgomery s 17-year tenure... While at Stanford, Childress volunteered with the Young Black Scholars, a mentoring and tutoring student group that also performed community service projects.

3 \ KYLE DAVIS #30 Position: Center Height: 6-10 Weight: 230 College: Auburn 04 Birthdate: 6/3/82 Birthplace: Blakely, GA Davis is Auburn s all-time leading shot-blocker, having surpassed Hawks center Mamadou N diaye as a junior... As a senior, Davis averaged 6.5 points per contest, 6.8 rebounds per game and 2.6 blocks per game (.447 FG%,.600 FT%)... He has played this summer for the World Basketball Association s (WBA) Rome Gladiators, coached by Hawks scout Harold Ellis... As a freshman at Auburn, Davis once recorded 13 rejections (one shy of the NCAA record) - including 11 in the second half - in the first round of the NIT vs. Miami, and broke N diaye s single-season blocked shots mark (84)... Davis attended Early County High School in Blakely, Georgia. \ TRAVIS HANSEN #2 /Forward Height: 6-6 Weight: 205 NBA Exp.: 1 College: Brigham Young 03 Birthdate: 4/15/78 Birthplace: Provo, UT Played in 41 games (four starts) last season as a rookie for the Hawks, and averaged 3.0 ppg and 1.7 rpg (.354 FG%,.300 3FG%,.815 FT%)... He tallied 3.5 ppg and 2.5 rpg (.389 3FG%) in his starting assignments... Hansen was the Hawks second-round pick (37th overall) in the 2003 NBA Draft... Played final three collegiate seasons at Brigham Young, after starting career at Utah Valley State College in Spent and seasons on a LDS mission in Santiago, Chile... Returned to UVSC in and sat out as a redshirt... As a senior at BYU, was a consensus First Team All-Mountain West Conference choice and was named Co-Defensive Player of the Year with Marcus Banks of UNLV (now with the Celtics)... Led the team in scoring (16.8 ppg) and blocked shots as a senior, and ranked second in rebounding and assists... Finished his career ranked 24th on BYU s alltime scoring list... Named to the All-Tournament team at the 2003 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament after averaging 15.7 ppg and shooting 57.6 percent from the field... As a junior, scored a team-best 15.6 ppg and 6.2 rpg, on his way to Second Team All-MWC honors... As a sophomore, missed nine games due to a stress fracture in his right foot. NBA STATS Season-Team GP MINS FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL BLK PTS AVG ATL CAREER 3 POINT FIELD GOALS: 9-30 (.300)

4 \ JUNIOR HARRINGTON #5 Height: 6-4 Weight: 190 NBA Exp.: 1 College: Wingate 02 Birthdate: 10/2/80 Birthplace: Wagram, NC Spent time with Azovmash Mariupal (Ukraine) this past season, and registered 13.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.8 apg and 2.3 spg in nine contests... Earned FIBA Europe League All-Star honors... Spent training camp with the Denver Nuggets, and was waived in October 03, before signing with the Dakota Wizards of the CBA (and playing only one game with the Wizards)... In , made the Nuggets squad as an undrafted free agent, and played in all 82 games (51 starts), logging the most minutes (2,003) of any undrafted rookie free agent... He averaged 5.1 ppg, 3.4 apg and 3.0 rpg (.362 FG%,.652 FT%)... Harrington ranked second among NBA rookies in assists, and posted the fourth-most assists by a rookie in Nuggets history as well as the fifth-most steals... Originally signed with the Nuggets on 7/18/02... On the collegiate level, was a four-year letterman at Wingate University (Wingate, NC), where the Bulldogs went over his four-year career... The South Atlantic Conference (in Division II) Player of the Year as a senior, Harrington posted 14.8 ppg, 6.4 apg, 5.9 rpg and 3.3 spg in 32 contests... Earned a degree in human services from Wingate... Full name is Lorinza Harrington, Jr. NBA STATS Season-Team GP MINS FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL BLK PTS AVG DEN CAREER 3 POINT FIELD GOALS: 7-28 (.250) \ RICK HUGHES #16 Height: 6-9 Weight: 235 NBA Exp.: 1 College: Thomas More 96 Birthdate: 8/22/73 Birthplace: Cincinnati, OH A veteran of several NBA summer leagues, training camps and international leagues, Hughes played one season in the NBA ( ), with the Dallas Mavericks... He has played in summer league or attended training camp with Atlanta, Phoenix, Utah, Dallas and Golden State among others... He spent last season with Sporting Al Ryadi Beirut in Lebanon, before signing with Strasbourg (in France), and averaged 24.1 ppg, 8.7 rpg and 1.3 apg in 26 contests... Hughes garnered several honors in , including Eurobasket All-French ProA Player of the Year, Eurobasket All-French ProA First Team and participated in the French ProA All-Star Game... Hughes also played in France in , averaging 15.3 ppg and 6.5 rpg... Played in eight games in with the Kansas City Knights (ABA), averaging 19.8 ppg and 11.9 rpg... In , he played in Spain (with Ourense), appearing in 14 games and posting 17.9 ppg and 8.9 rpg... Hughes was selected by the Richmond Rhythm (IBL) in the sixth round (46th overall) of the 1999 IBL Draft... Prior to 99, also saw action in Lebanon, Cyprus, France, Belgium and with the International Basketball Association s Dakota Wizards. NBA STATS Season-Team GP MINS FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% OFF DEF TOT AST PF DQ STL BLK PTS AVG DAL CAREER 3 POINT FIELD GOALS: 0-1 (.000)

5 \ ROYAL IVEY (roy-al) #36 Height: 6-3 Weight: 200 College: Texas 04 Birthdate: 12/20/81 Birthplace: New York, NY Selected in the second round (37th overall) by the Hawks on June 24, Ivey helped lead the Texas Longhorns to four consecutive NCAA Tournaments during his time in Austin... Was captain of the Longhorns, and ended his collegiate career with 1,036 points, 406 rebounds and 300 assists, and averaged 9.4 ppg, 4.3 apg and 4.0 rpg in 33 games as a senior... The combination guard was named to the media s All-Big 12 third team... In addition to the four tourney appearances in four years, Texas advanced to three straight Sweet 16s, and a Final Four berth in At Queens Cardoza High, garnered MVP honors in leading his team to victory in the New York City Public School Athletic League Championship Game, played every year at Madison Square Garden Why #36? Ivey says he has increased his uniform number by 12 on each level of competition he s reached he wore #12 in high school, #24 in college, and now #36. \ ALVIN JEFFERSON #34 Height: 6-10 Weight: 230 College: Auburn 97 Birthdate: 9/11/74 A native of Juliette, GA, Jefferson played his last two collegiate seasons at Auburn, averaging 3.8 ppg and 3.5 rpg in 61 contests for the Tigers Spent his first two seasons at Macon Junior College Didn t start playing basketball until his junior year of high school, playing two seasons at Mary Person High in Forsythe, GA Has played in several countries, leagues and teams over the last seven years, including spending time in Switzerland, Australia, Luxembourg, and in the United States with Dakota (IBA), Dodge City (IBL), Cleveland (2000 Rocky Mountain Revue), Tampa Bay (ABA), Dodge City (USBL), Columbus and Roanoke (NBDL), Great Lakes (CBA), Harlem Globetrotters, Philadelphia (PBA) and Brevard (USBL). \ DREW NICHOLAS #6 Height: 6-3 Weight: 165 College: Maryland 03 Birthdate: 5/17/81 Birthplace: Hempstead, NY In , played for Fabriano Basket in Italy, totalling 27.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg and 2.8 apg in 29 outings, earning Eurobasket All-Italian Lega2 Newcomer of the Year honors, as well as an All-Italian Lega2 First Team nod... Enjoyed a solid four-year career at Maryland ( ), where as a senior he averaged 17.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg and 2.7 apg in 31 contests... He received All-ACC Second Team honors following his senior season... The Terps saw a great deal of success during Nicholas career, including their 2002 NCAA Championship run, won at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta... Also reached the Final Four in 2001, and the Sweet 16 in 2003.

6 \ STEPHANE PELLE #12 Height: 6-8 Weight: 250 College: Colorado 03 Birthdate: 4/15/80 Birthplace: Yaounde, Cameroon Was with the Los Angeles Lakers in their 2003 training camp, but was released and subsequently signed to play in Turkey... Named to the Eurobasket Turkish League All-Imports second team... Averaged 18.5 ppg and 11.1 rpg with Tekelspor Istanbul... Played in the 2003 Southern California Summer Pro League with the Lakers, and was also drafted by the Idaho Stampede of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) third overall in the first round of their 03 draft... Had a memorable collegiate career at Colorado, where he finished in 2003 as CU s all-time leading rebounder, and holds the second slot in rebounding in Big 12 Conference annals... Averaged 12.0 ppg and 9.3 rpg as a senior, appearing in 32 contests... Was named to the All-Big 12 Third Team following his senior season. \ DONTA SMITH #15 Height: 6-7 Weight: 215 College: SE Illinois College 04 Birthdate: 11/27/83 Birthplace: Louisville, KY Selected in the second round (34th overall) by the Hawks on June An early-entry candidate for the draft, Smith earned NJCAA All-American First Team honors, and was named conference, district and region Player of the Year as a sophomore... He played two seasons at Southeastern Illinois, finishing his career as the school s all-time scoring leader (1,433)... Signed a letter-of-intent in the fall to attend Louisville in before making the decision to turn professional... Averaged 25.8 ppg, 7.1 rpg and 3.4 apg, ranking third nationally in scoring... Attended Oldham County High School in LaGrange, Kentucky.

7 \ JOSH SMITH #42 Height: 6-9 Weight: 210 College: Oak Hill Academy (HS) Birthdate: 12/5/85 Birthplace: College Park, GA Selected in the first round (17th overall) by the Hawks on June Transferred to Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, VA) for his senior season, after attending McEachern High School in Powder Springs, GA for three years... Originally committed to play for Indiana University before deciding to turn pro... Named a 2004 McDonald s All-American and played in the McDonald s High School All-America game... Named to PARADE Magazine All-America Team, and was selected for the 2004 USA Men s Junior National Select Team... As a senior, set a single-season Oak Hill record for most points with 980, and was a finalist for the 2004 Naismith Award... Was two-time First Team All-State selection at McEachern, and was named MVP of the Adidas ABCD Camp in the summer of Averaged 25.8 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 6.0 bpg and 3.0 spg as a senior at Oak Hill, leading the squad to a 38-0 record, and a national No. 1 ranking from USA Today... He shot 61 percent from the field and 70 percent from the charity stripe. \ CORY VIOLETTE #20 Height: 6-8 Weight: 265 College: Gonzaga 04 Birthdate: 3/13/82 Birthplace: Portland, ME Finished his collegiate career at Gonzaga as the school s third all-time leading rebounder with 880, and the 13th leading scorer at 1,342 points... Also ranks fifth all-time in blocked shots (85) and 10th all time in steals with Posted 28 career double-doubles... Earned First Team All-WCC honors his sophomore, junior and senior seasons... As a senior, put in 14.2 ppg and a leagueleading 8.2 rpg, hitting a conference-leading 55.5 percent from the floor... Tallied 11.4 ppg and 8.0 rpg (third in the WCC) as a junior, as the Zags advanced to another NCAA Tournament... In his sophomore year, put up averages of 12.8 ppg and a team-best 8.3 rpg, posting eight double-doubles... Attended Bishop Kelly High School in Boise, Idaho.

8 2004 ATLANTA HAWKS SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER # Name Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Coll/HS/Year/NBDL Aff. Exp. 33 Sylvere Bryan C /20/81 Tampa 02 R 22 Josh Childress G /20/83 Stanford 04 R 30 Kyle Davis C /03/82 Auburn 04 R 2 Travis Hansen G/F /15/78 Brigham Young Junior HarringtonG /02/80 Wingate Rick Hughes F /22/73 Thomas More Royal Ivey G /20/81 Texas 04 R 6 Drew Nicholas G /17/81 Maryland 03 R 12 Stephane Pelle F /15/80 Colorado 03 R 15 Donta Smith G /27/83 SE Illinois College 04 R 42 Josh Smith F /05/85 Oak Hill Academy 04 R 20 Cory Violette F /13/82 Gonzaga 04 R HEAD COACH: Mike Woodson (Indiana 80)

CHICAGO BULLS SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER 2003

CHICAGO BULLS SUMMER LEAGUE ROSTER 2003 No. Player Pos Ht Wt. D.O.B. College (Last Team) 0 Soumaila Samake C 7-0 245 03/18/78 Mali Greenville Groove (NBDL) 7 Tommy Smith F 6-10 200 12/04/80 Arizona St.