Game Thread Jul 15, 2024 08:00pm: Jazz Vs Kings (Summer League)

[homeytennis]

A serious question is do the Jazz move on from Lofton and Bazely and replace them with guys on the trash heap? My thought is that both should be dominating at this level and they clearly aren't doing that.

 

[The Midnight]

My fear after watching quite a bit of SL this year(unlike past seasons) is that the best hope for the 7-8 young guys who are on guaranteed contracts is end-of-bench player. Not role player like Joe Ingles was a role player. I don't know if any of these guys will ever be good enough to carry Joe Ingles' bloodied head bandage. They all look like on a good team, they might take 4-5 shots a game. They all look absolutely clueless on offense and we're talking against players who are also raw or G-Leaguers.

Now, that's fine for Kessler because he is a good defender and may yet become a great one, so I'm okay with him just living off putbacks and easy dunks on the offensive end, but the rest of the kids look like they can't defend, either. I get that on a decent team, you might have enough scorers and shooters that you probably need a starter who doesn't look for his shot, but holy, we're looking like we have seven of those. Who's going to score on this team?

Well Keyonte for one we know can score at a high level.

Cody had already shown flashes - he has tremendous upsides in my book.

Sensabaugh projected as a backup wing off the bench.

Flip projected as a backup big.

Collier to me is the wildcard. If he develops right he has Brunson potential. But remember even Brunson bounced around a bit. If he could make shots and keep his turnovers under control he can become a solid starter in this League. If not then he’s out of the League in 4-5 years.