By Trevor Zickgraf, Project Spurs.comThe San Antonio Spurs head to Las Vegas in a day or so for the 2012 Vegas Summer League and they're taking some of the best young talent in their system with them. According to their official
release, the team will feature Kawhi Leonard, James Anderson, Cory Joseph and 2010 second round pick Ryan Richards. Assistant Jacque Vaughn will coach the team.
Richards is obviously the big surprise here. Project Spurs' Paul Garcia mentioned Tuesday that Richards was in the U.S., but at the time didn't know why. That answer was made pretty clear with the release today. Richards has shown flashes of skill during his time in Europe, but he's also shown some immaturity in bouncing around from team to team and even switching nationalities so he could play for the Jamaican national team. However, if he plays well in Summer League who cares about all that other stuff. We've seen Richards torch smaller competition, so it'll be interesting to see how he fares against other big bodies trying to make the leap to the league.
James Anderson's inclusion on the Spurs roster is also interesting. Seeing as he didn't get a ton of playing time last season, Summer League will be an important time for him to show that he can be a good back up for the Spurs or someone else (likely someone else considering how many guards the Spurs already have on their roster). Anderson has skills, no one doubts that, and I won't be surprised if he gets snatched up by a team looking for some wing help by the time the Vegas league ends.
A few other names of note on the roster:
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