One question: Is Lindsey Hunter one of those 15 players?

Interesting move… how many roster spots are left now – 1?

No, Hunter is not on the roster. As far as I can tell, if he returns this year (still uncertain), it won’t be until his legal problems sort themselves out.

If Acker impresses in camp and the Pistons decide to guarantee his contract, the roster will be full.

This sounds like the same type of contract that we gave to Mejia. Unfortunately Sammy has had the nack of getting injured at the most inappropriate times in an attempt to forge a NBA career.

I haven’t paid attention to him since he went overseas. What’s the word on his play nowadays?

Paul M – Sammy Mejia played for Orlandina of the Italian League last year but he’s not listed on the roster this year. I found a story from August ‘08 from the Dominican National Team coach bemoaning his absence from the team which suggests Mejia may be of contract and looking for work. Most pro ballers don’t risk injury and job prospects playing for the national team when they are unsigned.

If you combine a Google News archive search + Google Translate + a little digging you can find out a lot about world basketball, even when the stories aren’t in English. Most websites are similar with roster, stats, schedule, etc. so even a rough translation yields easily understood results.

OT: The Raptors are playing CSKA Moscow in a preseason game in Toronto on Oct. 14th for all you Euroball fans in the area.

Not Alex related, but perhaps this is why Joe D. didn’t pull the trigger, from ESPN:

The Houston Rockets, buzzing about the arrival of Ron Artest, already have injury concerns with Tracy McGrady.

 
McGrady, Houston’s leading scorer said Monday that his left shoulder is arthritic and will require surgery after this season. He also said his left knee is healing slower than expected from surgery in the spring. FWIW

So this is the big movie Joe D was talking about. Get the champagne ready! Oh wait…