RealGM

Hi all!

The last few years I've dropped a bunch of notes from Summer League. This year we broke them up by conference! Here is the East:

https://basketball.realgm.com/analysis/250843/2018-Eastern-Conference-Summer-League-Notes

I learned a lot. And not just that I don't enjoy transcription!

Hope you enjoy!

Smitty

Good stuff. Thank you for sharing!

"Indiana Pacers

On the offseason additions: “We had to add more shooting, especially off the bench. Doug (McDermott) gives us that. His numbers in Dallas were off the charts and we run some similar stuff. We’re thrilled to have him. Tyreke (Evans) will give us that scoring punch we missed when Victor (Oladipo) sat last year. And Kyle (O’Quinn) fits in perfectly with our other bigs. We think we upgraded our bench tenfold over last season.”
On Victor Oladipo becoming a star: “Wish we could say we knew all along! [Laughter] But we had an idea. He was showing signs of it in Orlando. Then in OKC, he did a lot of growing up, but he just didn’t have the ball as much. We wouldn’t have even considered the trade without getting him, because we saw him as the next great Pacer.”
Do we judge trades too quickly and too harshly? “Fans? The media? Players? Other teams? Yes. Yes. Yes. And Yes. [Laughter] Look, we know it has to be done. But the front offices hate it. No one but the teams involved have all the details, and even then, they only have the details on their side. Just be more careful before you say anything you can’t take back.”
On Aaron Holiday: “We were happy to get him in the draft, especially that late. He’s a good, heady player. Learned well from his brothers. We’ve probably got some change coming at the point down the line. Having him helps stabilize that some.”