NBA Summer League Wild Overreaction Thread

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Essengue had a good game today with 21 pts., but the Internet is ablaze with his unsuccessful challenge at the rim against Johnny Furphy. That's one angry Furphy.


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Oh this could become a universal meme

 

[George W]

I don’t know if this really classifies as an overreaction or not because he was drafted a lot higher, but I’m very positive Cody Williams has a lot better NBA career than Collier.

I'd say it classifies as an overreaction and tbh I'm on the verge of agreeing with you.

- George

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Essengue had a good game today with 21 pts., but the Internet is ablaze with his unsuccessful challenge at the rim against Johnny Furphy. That's one angry Furphy.


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Before you bust and after you bust

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Doesn't turn 19 until around Christmas.


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[YoungJefe]

Flip might be the white Michael Jordan

 

[SoberasHotRod]

If Devin Carter was really made available, the Jazz should have jumped at it.

Nique Clifford is looking very nice.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

I might have been right about Bronny James being a real prospect.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I think ideally Flip would play next to a big like JJJ. On offense, Flip is free to play on a spaced floor. On defense, there's someone who can guard 5s or play in drop to guard the rim. The Twolves tried to put Towns next to Gobert to lighten Towns' load on defense. It worked pretty well as a defensive scheme. However, Rudy somewhat gummed things up on the offensive side.

Maybe the Jazz can experiment with a Flip & Taylor Hendricks frontcourt this year.

 

[prodigy]

I think ideally Flip would play next to a big like JJJ. On offense, Flip is free to play on a spaced floor. On defense, there's someone who can guard 5s or play in drop to guard the rim. The Twolves tried to put Towns next to Gobert to lighten Towns' load on defense. It worked pretty well as a defensive scheme. However, Rudy somewhat gummed things up on the offensive side.

Maybe the Jazz can experiment with a Flip & Taylor Hendricks frontcourt this year.

Didn't a Naz Reid-Gobert lineup at times work pretty well for them? Could Flip be Naz Reid like? He stretches the floor and has skills that guys his size dont typically have. I do think you could put him next to more traditional defensive bigs. Add Ace Bailey and you got another help defending big on the floor.

 

[LogGrad98]

Why are our rookies not playing in summer league games? I have been following very closely. Did they both get injured?

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Didn't a Naz Reid-Gobert lineup at times work pretty well for them? Could Flip be Naz Reid like? He stretches the floor and has skills that guys his size dont typically have. I do think you could put him next to more traditional defensive bigs. Add Ace Bailey and you got another help defending big on the floor.

Flip is much better and more dynamic creating for himself and others with the ball. As a shooter and floor spacer, he's similar to Naz Reid though. The idea is that Flip at the 5 opens the floor, and it allows Flip to go to work off the dribble, where he's becoming tough to stop. The problem is that Flip doesn't have enough defensive presence to play the 5 defensively, so he'd need someone next to him who can take that defensive big role.

 

[Qman]

Why are our rookies not playing in summer league games? I have been following very closely. Did they both get injured?

Yes