Ben Simmons, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot headline Sixers' summer league roster

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The Sixers set their roster for the upcoming summer leagues in Utah and Las Vegas. The squad is compiled of incoming rookies, returning roster players and free agents. 

First overall pick Ben Simmons will headline the roster. Twenty-fourth pick Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot will also play for the Sixers. Twenty-sixth pick Furkan Korkmaz is not going to participate. 

T.J. McConnell, Richaun Holmes and Christian Wood, who played for the Sixers last season, will play. The only other player with NBA experience is James Nunnally. He played for the Sixers and Hawks during the 2013-14 season.

The roster is rounded out by Bryon Allen, Javon McCrea, Alex Caruso, Maodo Lo, James Webb III, Kwame Vaughn, Levi Randolph, Shawn Long and Tomasz Gielo. Caruso, Gielo, Lo, Long, and Webb III worked out for the Sixers before the draft. 

The Sixers will begin summer league action on July 4 in Utah at 7 p.m. against the Celtics. The next day they face San Antonio at 5 p.m., and on Thursday they play the Jazz at 9 p.m. All will be live on TCN and re-aired on CSN.

Assistant coaches Billy Lange will coach the Utah squad and Lloyd Pierce will coach in Las Vegas. 

The roster:

• Bryon Allen, guard, George Mason
• Alex Caruso, guard, Texas A&M
• Tomasz Gielo, forward, Mississippi
• Richaun Holmes, forward, Bowling Green
• Maodo Lo, guard, Columbia 
• Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, guard, France
• Javon McCrea, forward, Buffalo
• T.J. McConnell, guard, Arizona
• James Nunnally, forward, UC Santa Barbara
• Shawn Long, forward, Louisiana Lafayette
• Levi Randolph, guard, Alabama
• Ben Simmons, forward, LSU
• Kwame Vaughn, guard, Cal State Fullterton
• James Webb III, forward, Boise State
• Christian Wood, forward, UNLV

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