Las Vegas Summer League thread

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I would keep Brantley through camp and pre-season.

 

[stormkoopacv03]

Mavs outscored the Jazz by 15 pts after being down 0-10. Hopefully the Jazz come back and win this. Dwade shooting threes lol

 

[KqWIN]

Welp, Hughes missed a dunk followed by two missed FTs. Then he badly missed a floater at the buzzer. Not sure what's going on with him, but he hasn't shot well in SL at all.

He's shot the ball poorly in college, preseason, G-League, NBA, and now Summer League. We shouldn't be surprised.

 

[homeytennis]

Welp, Hughes missed a dunk followed by two missed FTs. Then he badly missed a floater at the buzzer. Not sure what's going on with him, but he hasn't shot well in SL at all.

our bench tonight is really stinking. I think at best Teague will be a Stars player. Morgan stinks. No one is playing particularly well.

 

[Avery]

I would keep Brantley through camp and pre-season.

I just don’t think he’s a NBA player.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I just don’t think he’s a NBA player.

He's close, if he doesn't try to do too much. The problem is when he's on the floor with a group of scrubs, they defer to him and expect him to create with the ball.

He just needs to guard switches, spot up and move the ball. I think he can do that much.

 

[Hekate]

Forrest's offball defense has been problematic this summer league. It could be because he is more focused on running the offense full-time, though.

 

[infection]

I wish we had signed Forrest instead of Brantley

We did. We gave him on a two-way while Brantley just has $80-something-k guaranteed and could be cut.

 

[Avery]

He's close, if he doesn't try to do too much. The problem is when he's on the floor with a group of scrubs, they defer to him and expect him to create with the ball.

He just needs to guard switches, spot up and move the ball. I think he can do that much.

I think that’s his kryptonite - he doesn’t do one thing extremely well, just a lot of little things okay.

He was a second round pick so it’s always a roll of the dice, but I don’t see him cracking the rotation anytime soon.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Brantley is doing pretty well -- has 11 pts with three 3s, 7 rebs and pretty decent defense on the perimeter. He needs to be a Demarre Carroll defensive-minded energy player. He's not Julius Randle.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I think that’s his kryptonite - he doesn’t do one thing extremely well, just a lot of little things okay.

He was a second round pick so it’s always a roll of the dice, but I don’t see him cracking the rotation anytime soon.

He's a late rotation guy -- kind of "break glass in case of emergency" type.

 

[Avery]

Teague is making a real impression as a guy that will get a significant role with the Stars.

 

[Goodluckchuck]

How’s Hughes playing? First game I saw he looked really bad.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

How’s Hughes playing? First game I saw he looked really bad.

Really bad. The handle's not there, he can't get by anybody, and he can't seem to make shots.

 

[infection]

I think the problem is Hughes looked really good in the preseason last year, and that set the bar of what we expect him to be. Honestly haven’t seen that since then.

 

[framer]

I know it's against SL competition, but that Doke drop step covers a LOT of territory. Just give the big man the rock.

 

[Hekate]

Forrest shifted gears and game changed.

Hughes looks good defensively. He is sometimes a step late but he is involved in every play. That's encouraging.

 

[outerspacefan]

Stil like Hughes, tools are there, but kid looks disengaged.

 

[outerspacefan]

Stil like Hughes, tools are there, but kid looks disengaged.

Of course, kid ties the game with a clutch trey 10 second after I wrote this....

 

[Hekate]

Udoka getting switch onto a guard, doing a good job and forcing a miss just to turn around and see a putback is a similiar experience.

Hughes with a huge shot!