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NBA Summer League Wild Overreaction Thread

If I'm the owner, GM, coach, part of the organization, family, or fan of any player that was a high lottery pick, or more importantly, of a player I know is going to either start or be a key rotation player for my team next season, I do not want them to play in summer league. If they do, I'm holding my breath and I'm shutting them down after one game.

The risk of injury is just too high and too scary.

Summer league should be for the dudes fighting for a roster spot, second round picks, guys that need to develop, and to showcase potential and abilities with a higher level of elite athletes.

I also wanna do away with how many roster spots are on a team. Stop carrying roster spots for token dudes that played college nearby or you know have 0 chance of ever making the league.

When I was younger, I would totally disagree with my take. Wisdom isn't given, it's earned.
 
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seattlejazzfan said:
man, this nae'qwan tomlin is very impressive. tall, long (6'9" with a 7'3 WS, 9'1" standing reach), athletic, big time motor and can shoot it. he's been dominant so far in summer league, but more than that, he has nba length, athleticism and shooting. if he gets an opportunity he'll be a long time rotation guy in the league.

14 and 5 already in this first quarter.
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I was just reading his wiki page cause I didn't know who was. He's played with a few of the guys on the roster on Cleveland's d-league I want to say.
It's interesting why guys who are NBA guys and maybe developed a lil later or weren't given a chance before get over looked simply because they're not 20 years old. Teams would rather gamble on a young guy who isn't as good at 20, but could be as good or a little better.

Lots of dudes could have had good serviceable years in the NBA or even great, if they were given a chance at 25 or north to play. Swider is a guy LA should definitely give a chance.
 
Schrödinger's Gerbil said:
Added to this, injury reports are suspect, more so now than ever. One may be reasonably skeptical of them.
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What does this apply to in the regular season?: teams that are trying to reach the playoffs with their players healthy enough to do well and teams that want to get to the bottom of the league standings for draft positioning. There are very easily seen reasons behind this.

I have no reason to believe that the guys teams hold out in summer league are being held out for anything other than very easily understood reasons: either they've shown too much already or they have actual injury issues. In either case, I have absolutely no problem with my favorite team hoping to increase its odds that it can start the real season with a healthy lineup and that the players can use the rest of the offseason to train rather than rehabilitate.
 
Archie Moses said:
If I'm the owner, GM, coach, part of the organization, family, or fan of any player that was a high lottery pick, or more importantly, of a player I know is going to either start or be a key rotation player for my team next season, I do not want them to play in summer league. If they do, I'm holding my breath and I'm shutting them down after one game.

The risk of injury is just too high and too scary.

Summer league should be for the dudes fighting for a roster spot, second round picks, guys that need to develop, and to showcase potential and abilities with a higher level of elite athletes.

I also wanna do away with how many roster spots are on a team. Stop carrying roster spots for token dudes that played college nearby or you know have 0 chance of ever making the league.

When I was younger, I would totally disagree with my take. Wisdom is given, it's earned.
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Completely agree. AND - still love to watch it. It's fun. Nothing beats immediate boom-or-bust hot takes after 1-2 fake games.

Not to mention - there's literally nothing else going right now. Smack in the middle of the MLB All-Star break, it's brilliantly timed.
 
The money keeps going up for owners and players, so it won't happen soon, but at some point the league will have to change their strategy from "the game doesn't matter" to "we need to entertain the fans". No other league constantly disrespects the fans like the NBA.
 
KqWIN said:
The money keeps going up for owners and players, so it won't happen soon, but at some point the league will have to change their strategy from "the game doesn't matter" to "we need to entertain the fans". No other league constantly disrespects the fans like the NBA.
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This.
I like the NBA less and less every year it seems like.
And it's a great product when it's great it's just rarely great.
 
Yuki Kawamura from the Bull's team was impressive, and had great court vision. Dude can pass the ball, but the only setback is his height 5'8". But he definitely can play.
 
Cody's offensive game is based on using his length to drive on guards and wings. The problem is that in the big leagues he runs into NBA help defenders. This is where his game is struggling to translate from the NCAA. He's not just going to be able to waltz his way to the rim during the regular season, so he needs to come up with a counter or two, whether that's a floater or midrange jumper.


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SoberasHotRod said:
Looks like Proctor was held back by the bum Flagg.
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I really liked Proctor. I wanted him with the 54th or whatever pick it was. Came close. Thought he might get there for a minute.
stormkoopacv03 said:
Demin was bad, 0 ast and 6 to. Meh performance.
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He said one of his better shooting nights. And it was.
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Cody's offensive game is based on using his length to drive on guards and wings. The problem is that in the big leagues he runs into NBA help defenders. This is where his game is struggling to translate from the NCAA. He's not just going to be able to waltz his way to the rim during the regular season, so he needs to come up with a counter or two, whether that's a floater or midrange jumper.


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If he could dribble he would’ve been a steal. I will say I never saw him shoot on the move last year. So he has improved.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Cody's offensive game is based on using his length to drive on guards and wings. The problem is that in the big leagues he runs into NBA help defenders. This is where his game is struggling to translate from the NCAA. He's not just going to be able to waltz his way to the rim during the regular season, so he needs to come up with a counter or two, whether that's a floater or midrange jumper.


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I think Cody is just a classic example of a player who felt pressure to enter the NBA too early because the money was there. Glad he's making progress. I dont expect him to be good until year 3.
 
One dude, with Utah ties, I've enjoyed watching in summer league and to be honest, actually got drafted last year and got minutes is Pelle Larson - former Ute that transferred to AZ. Watching him play well is another 20 year long gut punch watching the Ute program just be anything besides the program I watched growing up. I hope Alex Jensen 1) can turn it around and 2) doesn't tarnish his legacy if it's too far gone to.

Portland gets a pat on the back, as for now, for picking a guy who has a great game that translates to success in the NBA, but since he's not crazy athletic and other obvious things I don't need to say, he was said to have been a surprise pick and picked to high.

The NBA and media journalists act like the have the draft and picks down to a science, when clearly, they're throwing darts at a board and hoping they'll stick.

It is kinda fun to see guys tear it up in the league you believed in and the media didn't see it. There's also been a few guys I thought would be great in the NBA for the Jazz that absolutely blew or were far below expectations for different reasons e.g. Exum and Kanter.
 
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