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Dorell Wright: Shouts to @Kevin Durant @John Wall @James Harden for puttin on a scoring show!! Twitter

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Chris Palmer: Trevor Ariza and Dorell Wright are the first players to arrive. Twitter

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But apparently, the battle for bragging rights was enough to convince Gay that he would participate in the next show to determine which coast has the best players. After weeks of wrangling and tense negotiations, the Goodman League-Drew League rematch will finally take place on Sunday at Long Beach State University and Goodman League commissioner Miles Rawls confirmed that Gay would join forces with Durant, Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Michael Beasley, Sam Young and Donte Greene. Gay, Durant and Wall are also expected to participate in another exhibition game hosted by LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on Saturday at Florida International University in Miami, but Rawls said all three would complete the difficult back-to-back set. They will meet a fired-up Drew League team eager for revenge and featuring Harden, Jennings, Nick Young, Derrick Williams, DeMar Derozan, Dorell Wright, Craig Smith, Marcus Banks and Ryan Hollins. Washington Post

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Dorell Wright: "If the lockout lasts I will take my talents to China to play in the CBA" [Laughs] Youtube.com

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Sam Amick: Golden State/former Miami small forward Dorell Wright told me LeBron is organizing a Miami Pro-Am game for Oct. 8. Twitter

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Dorell Wright: My next tweet is whn this lockout is over!! I'm so pissed right now!!! Twitter

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Roth said via telephone Tuesday night he was unaware of any such meeting.] But Smiley said he hopes the game will happen Oct. 1. Smiley said the proposed game would feature mostly high school, college and pro players who are L.A. natives. Although he doesn't have a confirmed list, Smiley sounded confident that Drew League regulars such as Milwaukee's Brandon Jennings, Toronto's DeMar DeRozan, Oklahoma City's James Harden, Sacramento's Pooh Jeter, the Clippers' Craig Smith, Washington's JaVale McGee and Nick Young, and Golden State's Dorell Wright would make up part of the roster. Los Angeles Times

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K Bros: What is "the L.A. in your game," the part of your game that most reflects having learned the game here? Jordan Hamilton: I think the scoring. L.A. is known for shooters. So shooting the ball really well. Just being an all around player as well at my size. Being 6'8", I can do lot of different things. Not only just score the basketball, but push it in transition. I can rebound really well for my size. I post up smaller defenders. I can take bigger guys out on the wing, pull up jumpers on them. Just different things like that. I see Trevor Ariza being that type of wing. Dorell Wright. All those type of guys. I think we all have a similar game. ESPN.com

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Jordan Hamilton: Growing up, I watched Trevor and Dorell. even when I was really younger, Paul Pierce from time to time. Those guys really set the tone for younger guys like me. What I also like is just the little things like The Drew League. I can maybe team up with a guy like Trevor or Dorell Wright. They can kind of coach me through litttle things. We all still talk. I'm [much younger than] Baron Davis and I talk to him every now and them. I was actually at his house on fourth of July. Just the age difference, the big gap right there, but we're both from Los Angeles, so we still show each other love. ESPN.com

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You said you were open to playing in China if the lockout drags on too long, but now the Chinese League banned NBA contracted players from playing there. How do feel about the idea of playing in Europe? Dorell Wright: I understand that rule, but I think Europe could be as much as fun. I’m just taking my time with different options and hopefully, if I finally go there, it’ll be the best situation for me and my family. I would be open to playing in Europe, overseas. I kind I want to go there. I see a lot of guys are doing it. I think it would be a good experience to go over there and compete against other players. HoopsHype

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Where do you see yourself in a couple of years? Dorell Wright: My goal now is to get to the All-Star each and every year. Being an All-Star in the future would be great. So I’m just going to go out there each and every summer, each and every night and play hard. That’s my main goal. HoopsHype

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Talking about the L.A.’s style of playing basketball, you said all L.A. guys are smooth, they have silky smooth game. Who is the smoothest player in the NBA nowadays? You? Dorell Wright: Me? No! [Laughs] I’d have to go with Paul Pierce, he’s one of the smoothest and the coolest… And Baron Davis. Two of my big brothers that I’ve been watching for years. Is Pierce a good trash talker? DW: I think Paul might talk more trash than anybody I know [laughs]. I don’t really talk too much trash, I like to be quiet, one of those silent assasins. HoopsHype

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As of late Sunday, the Goodman-Shaw League showdown was still on for next Saturday at Washington, D.C.'s Trinity University. The confirmed participants were, for the Goodman (D.C.) squad, Kevin Durant, Ty Lawson, Gary Neal, Michael Beasley, Grizzlies rookie Josh Selby and forward Sam Young, Kings big men DeMarcus Cousins and Donte Greene, And1 star Hugh (Baby Shaq) Jones and D.C. guard Warren (D-Nice) Jefferson. The Shaw (L.A.) League has commitments from Brandon Jennings, James Harden, DeMar DeRozan, Dorell Wright, Nick Young, JaVale McGee and Pooh Jeter. Durant warmed up for the battle this past weekend by leading his Madness team to the Goodman championship game on Sunday with 44 points. The Shaw game will end a whirlwind summer of playing for the Thunder's superstar, who told the Washington Post he's set an October 1 deadline for deciding whether he'll play abroad if the lockout continues into the regular season. NBA.com

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Dorell anticipates playing overseas as well, if things drag on too long. "China is number one on my list just with me being with PEAK, they're big in China," said Wright, referring to his shoe brand. "If it comes down to that, I'm probably going to go over there and see what's up." HoopsWorld

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The Golden State swingman has been a mainstay at the Drew League in South Central Los Angeles. Wright has also played for SF City in the San Francisco pro-am league and in a celebrity game in Seattle. "We're not going to let the lockout hold us back from playing," said Wright, who flew from Seattle to Southern California on Sunday for Baron Davis' charity kickball game. "We're going to play. Somewhere." San Francisco Chronicle

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Andy Kamenetzky: Where did you growing up playing? Dorell Wright: St. Andrew's Park. It was a crazy scene. They were real big on their basketball program down there. We had a lot of guys that went to college. We had a few guys that went to the NBA come out of there. Hassan Adams. Rayshawn Reed. We was probably the three biggest names that came out of there around our age. It was definitely tough. Inner-city kids. It's very physical, very competitive. Everybody wants to win. Every year, it was different players coming from different places, because they knew how good the league was and the competition they'd get. We'd go to the different playoffs [between parks] and we're always in the finals or the final four every year. ESPN.com

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AK: What do you think is "the L.A. in your game," the part of your game that reflects having grown up here? DW: I'd say the smoothness. All L.A. guys are smooth. A lot of guys have that silky smooth game. It comes easy at times. A lot of L.A. guys, if you look at a James Harden, a Baron Davis, Russell Westbrook and see how easy they get to the basket. How smooth these guys games are. ESPN.com

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AK:You had a Leuzinger teammate, Khelcey Barrs, who died during a pickup game. He was only 16. Dorell Wright: Unfortunately, I wasn't there when everything happened. I was at the prep school. But I heard all the stories of how he went out, man. That last day, when he passed out, they said that he was an instant pro right there. My coach, my friends that were there, they said, "I've never seen Khelcey play this way!" He was just dominating the whole gym. I wish I'd been there to see that. ESPN.com

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AK: Did a tragedy like that influence the way you saw basketball or attacked it? DW: Yeah. Not even basketball, but life, man. I had just spoken to him two days before. He wanted me to send him shoes and I was getting ready to send [them]. So that really, really hurt me. Somebody that I was really a big brother to my senior year and his 9th grade [season]. He started a lot of games his freshman year. He was big for us. We got all the way to the semifinals of the C.I.F. championship and he was a big reason. He was definitely gifted and had a lot of talent. He definitely would be in the NBA right now. ESPN.com

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Dorell Wright: On teammate Monta Ellis, whose future with the Warriors is once again in doubt: "[Trade rumors] are part of it. I spoke to him recently. It's part of the game. Your name is always going to be talked about when you're one of the best players in the league. It's just part of the business, and I think he's pretty cool with that." SI.com

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