Las Vegas Summer League thread
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stormkoopacv03
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Watching Brantley play is quite entertaining and frustrating at the same time. lol The Clippers brought their A game today.
He will have better spacing and less attention for sure but I am not sure what he does after teams force him to put the ball on the floor. He is not a natural shooter like Niang so he will have to attack closeouts more but I haven't seen much when puts the ball on the floor. He is not that long and he barely gets a lift off the dribble.
Defense, energy, some rebounds, adequate spot-up shooting, reasonable ball movement. He's not a priority in the rotation, but someone who can fill in.
See what Amir Coffey is doing? Elijah Hughes is supposed to be doing that...
outerspacefan
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Athleticism, quickness, explosiveness, long bodies...
I expected to see 4 or 5 wing-forward dudes with such skills/attributes but...
I expected to see 4 or 5 wing-forward dudes with such skills/attributes but...
Brantley just took Keon Johnson off the dribble and hit a little floater.
A minute later, he guarded Johnson effectively on a switch and forced a bad miss.
A minute later, he guarded Johnson effectively on a switch and forced a bad miss.
Hughes is dangerous when his feet are set and he has space. It makes him enough of a gravity shooter.
Hughes ended SL with two good games. I think he really needed this. Hopefully he can use this to have a great season in the G-League.
homeytennis
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There is still a game left. I thought Dok, Forrest and Hughes did their jobs. Brantley and Mathias were kind of sucky. There were some guys we will probably never see again that did OK: Mooney, Jarrell Martin, Fogg and Sestina. Teague looked to me as trying to do too much. I wonder why Paul White didn't play.
stormkoopacv03
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Now that the Jazz are out of the running, I see them sitting Dok, Trent, Brantley and Hughes.
outerspacefan
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Nothing I watched in Jazz SL roster would have made any difference last season.
Matter of fact, I've seen the same issues that killed us vs. Clippers.
We needed to audition long, quick, athletic wings/forwards. We didn't do it.
On Forrest, Azubuike, Brantley, they are not ready for regular rotation minutes.
Hughes killed me; he was not able to establish a better or major role.
Teague's got something.
Matter of fact, I've seen the same issues that killed us vs. Clippers.
We needed to audition long, quick, athletic wings/forwards. We didn't do it.
On Forrest, Azubuike, Brantley, they are not ready for regular rotation minutes.
Hughes killed me; he was not able to establish a better or major role.
Teague's got something.
homeytennis
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I was ready to write Hughes off but he came back from the dead imo. There was something odd about last season's Stars team. Hughes couldn't throw it in the ocean in the bubble. It was the same with Trevon Bluiett who is normally a solid GLeague type player. I wonder if the coaching staff got in both players' heads so badly that they couldn't tie their shoes.
Thee Idiotic Minivan K
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He’s a very good defender and wouldn’t have the responsibility on the regular team as he does here. I think he’d have more room for an occasional probably rare drive and floater, and find better looks for 3 playing with better players and guys that know how to run an offense. It’s not like he’d see the floor ever and if he did, probably not mor than 10 min of spot up shooting with decent handles and good defense and hustle.
Agreed. Nice to see him improved from the **** show he was in SLC to the end of Vegas SL
Why would they sit, maybe Dok if they have plans to use him. Lol why do we need to save the bench warmers? Seems like a strange comment.
outerspacefan
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Hard to know if there's any particular side effect from Stars coaching. Coaching usually needs to evolve cohesively with personnel changes.
Jazz/Stars were used to rosters that needed lots of coaching stuff, and that changed the last couple seasons.
I certainly will be giving some good attention to more coaching specifics this season.
That said, I still feel pretty comfortable with Snyder... I don't think Clippers would have won if Don were on his 2 legs (f.ck Sumner and George)
So is it over or do the Jazz have another game?