It's 'Tide Tuesday' in Las Vegas

TUSCALOOSA | It will be Tide Tuesday in Las Vegas tonight when four former University of Alabama basketball players meet up in NBA Summer League play.

Golden State will play Charlotte at 9:30 p.m. The Warriors' roster includes Richard Hendrix and Mykal Riley. The Bobcats' roster includes Jermareo Davidson and Chuck Davis. All four played basketball for the Crimson Tide.

The NBA Summer League games can be viewed live on the NBA Web site, www.nba.com.

Going into Monday's games, Golden State was tied with Detroit with a 2-0 record. Hendrix, an All-SEC forward as a junior last season, did not play in those games because he is nursing a quad injury. The second-round Warriors draft pick is hoping to play in Las Vegas.

'We won our first game in the 2008 NBA Summer League against the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday afternoon at UNLV,' Hendrix wrote in a blog on the Warriors Web site Sunday.

'I felt like our team played well, but we can always improve, especially in the turnover department. For me personally, the trip has been bittersweet. It's exciting to have an NBA franchise's logo across your chest and it really makes me proud to be a Golden State Warrior. On the downside, I've been sidelined by an unfortunate quad injury. I've been getting treatment around the clock with our excellent training staff (headed by Tom Abdenour) and I have high hopes of returning to the court soon and helping our squad win a few more games.

'In the meantime, all I can do is focus on our plays from the sidelines, listen to Coach Smart and be the best Hype Man in Las Vegas! I hope to be running and ballin' real soon! The anxiety I have in anticipation of playing in an actual game is increasing by the day and probably raising my blood pressure a little. But, my time will come and I need to be patient.'

Riley, who was a senior on the Alabama team last season, played 6:38 in Golden State's 95-86 win against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. Riley did not score, going 0-for-1, but he did get two rebounds. He did not play in the Warriors' opening game on Friday.

Davidson, a UA senior in 2007, was an NBA rookie last season with the Bobcats, who are 1-1 in summer league play. Davidson is starting and has averaged 13.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in two games. He scored 15 points and had 8 rebounds in an 81-66 win against the Clippers and scored 12 points and had 9 rebounds in a 77-75 loss to the Hornets.

Davis, who has been playing in Europe since his senior season at Alabama in 2006, is averaging 5.0 points and 3.0 rebounds. He played just under 11 minutes in the Clippers game and scored six points and had four rebounds. He played 6:40 against the Hornets and scored four points and had two rebounds.