NBA Summer League 2022

Catchall · Post #1001 » by **Catchall** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:39 am

Jabari Smith looks big out there. Reminds me a bit of Chris Bosh. He needs to develop some more moves though.

tundraknight · Post #1002 » by **tundraknight** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:41 am

Jabari Smith needs to ball out like Rashard Lewis and Robert Horry used to do as stretch 4’s.

Post #1003 » by **City of Trees** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:45 am

Josh Christopher just went into three Thunder players resulting in a TO instead of dropping the ball off to a trailing Jabari Smith Jr. Pain.

zshawn10 · Post #1004 » by **zshawn10** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:47 am

Jabari’s defense especially on chet has been great.

He’s had poor luck shooting the ball. Lots of in and outs and almost bouncing in

mtcan · Post #1005 » by **mtcan** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:49 am

City of Trees wrote:Josh Christopher just went into three Thunder players resulting in a TO instead of dropping the ball off to a trailing Jabari Smith Jr. Pain.

Ya...I hated Josh Christopher since last summer. He's like Nick Young level of chucker. I hate watching the Rockets summer league team.

thelead · Post #1006 » by **thelead** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:49 am

zshawn10 wrote:Jabari’s defense especially on chet has been great.

He’s had poor luck shooting the ball. Lots of in and outs and almost bouncing in

Coaching needs to get him to post up on the elbow instead of just jacking up 3's. His defense and rebounding have been good though.

Post #1007 » by **MoneyTalks41890** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:50 am

Nice defense by Jabari on Chet down low, leading into a Jabari 3.

mtcan · Post #1008 » by **mtcan** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:50 am

Jabari's ball handling needs to improve.

CptCrunch · Post #1009 » by **CptCrunch** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:51 am

mtcan wrote:Jabari's ball handling needs to improve.

Anytime he dribbles for more than 2 seconds, there is a 50% chance he fumbles the ball. His level of handling is tragic.

zshawn10 · Post #1010 » by **zshawn10** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:52 am

Jabari with great defense. Finally hit a 3

mtcan · Post #1011 » by **mtcan** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:53 am

CptCrunch wrote:
mtcan wrote:Jabari's ball handling needs to improve.

Anytime he dribbles for more than 2 seconds, there is a 50% chance he fumbles the ball. His level of handling is tragic.

Paolo and Chet are better at creating their own shots it appears. You need your guards to set up Jabari. He's fumbled the ball a lot in the first 2 games so far.

fendilim · Post #1012 » by **fendilim** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:54 am

CptCrunch wrote:
mtcan wrote:Jabari's ball handling needs to improve.

Anytime he dribbles for more than 2 seconds, there is a 50% chance he fumbles the ball. His level of handling is tragic.

Jabari tried to iso jay williams and fumbled the ball without any challenge lol

Post #1013 » by **SOUL** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:54 am

Liked that sequence by Jabari at the end.

yoyoboy · Post #1014 » by **yoyoboy** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 1:56 am

I have a hard time seeing Jabari ever take guys off the dribble consistently in the NBA. He has zero ball handling ability or creativity on the perimeter. I don't think he needs it to be an impactful 3+D stretch 4 though.

Phenomenonsense · Post #1015 » by **Phenomenonsense** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 2:08 am

zshawn10 wrote:Jabari’s defense especially on chet has been great.

He’s had poor luck shooting the ball. Lots of in and outs and almost bouncing in

Yeah those will fall eventually. His defense will get him on the court if nothing else.

whatisacenter · Post #1016 » by **whatisacenter** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 2:14 am

Jabari's defense has been as advertised buy he looks to be strictly catch and shoot on offense to start his rookie year.

mtcan · Post #1017 » by **mtcan** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 2:16 am

Dieng is like a darker skinned Poku

KillMonger · Post #1018 » by **KillMonger** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 2:16 am

Missed it, how did Johnny Davis look?

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zshawn10 · Post #1019 » by **zshawn10** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 2:18 am

yoyoboy wrote:I have a hard time seeing Jabari ever take guys off the dribble consistently in the NBA. He has zero ball handling ability or creativity on the perimeter. I don't think he needs it to be an impactful 3+D stretch 4 though.

It’s like he’s 19 and way younger than all the other prospects in the draft. He will figure it out. All of his shots are hitting the back rim or going in and out. It’s just bad luck

Post #1020 » by **MoneyTalks41890** » Sun Jul 10, 2022 2:18 am

mtcan wrote:Dieng is like a darker skinned Poku

Na Dieng is going to actually be good. He’s a good defender and ball handler, and he uses his size well. Poku doesn’t do any of those things well, and may never.

But Dieng clearly needs to work on his shot consistency. It doesn’t look bad. But it hasn’t been going in that’s for sure.