Las Vegas Summer league - July 7-17, 2017

[NBA Fan 1234]

This can go in the summer league thread. Also, RingsDontLie, this isn't the Lakers board - not every thing is threadworthy...especially when it can just as easily go in another thread on the GB. Thanks.

[karkinos]

Adebayo looked like trash in the 10 odd minutes I watched of him. Very unskilled; ceiling of Biyombo which albeit might net him 15mill a year.

Biyombo can do this?

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reminds me of a bigger and stronger terrence jones. probably a little less refined with the ball skills but made up for with his motor and athleticism.

[couchie]

Ball looks like the next player that's going to attract a horde of morons hating him.

No other player is getting judged like he is right now.

It's quite sad how it seems like people just can't appreciate talent these days and are too quick to claim themselves right or feel vindicated about a certain opinion. Ball may or may not bust but I'm going to have a hell of a time watching his style of play mesh with LA.

what is sad is that people are called haters for just talking about what they've seen so far. I've only seen Ball in the tournament and his first 2 games. I see some good things and some not so good things. But this is summer league and it means nothing. I can't wait to see him in real nba action. When I see him penetrate and then swing those passes back to team mates I just can't help but think in the nba those passes are going to get picked off. But of course he'll learn to adjust.

As for the previous comment that no other player is being judged like that.. well other rookies are doing better AND other rookies are not takng up half the main page of ESPN. They will be scrutiny when he is treaated like the second coming to magic Johnson which isn't fair. I saw the famous Magic/Bird NCAA game and there is no comparison. Also bottom line, other rookies will have to do a lot better than Ball to win rookie of the year but I think a couple will depending on how much playing time they get. Ball will have a lot of opportunity to improve because he will get the playing time. Fultz will as wel. Not sure about Tatum and he's been impressive.

[mszymko]

Pistol!? ...is that you?

[ItsThatEasy]

Worst thread I've seen on here in a while.

Posters who are usually logical and good at analyzing are in here sounding like 13 year old Call of Duty players.

Everybody on both sides needs to take a seat, whether you're a delusional Lakers fan or you just irrationally hate Lonzo because of his dad.

[Mr. E]

Good morning Everyone,

There will NOT be a Lonzo Ball thread on the GB for each and every game he plays. Go ahead and get it out of your systems now.

Thank you!

- Mr. E

[KingDavid]

Adebayo looked like trash in the 10 odd minutes I watched of him. Very unskilled; ceiling of Biyombo which albeit might net him 15mill a year.

Well that's kind of a stupid thing to do. If you want to form a real opinion to stand on, watch more than 10 minutes. You don't find it odd that you're the only one with that kind of opinion about him?

[BeatDaCavs420]

I can always count on a Ball thread to be a great read

[BeatDaCavs420]

Good morning Everyone,

There will NOT be a Lonzo Ball thread on the GB for each and every game he plays. Go ahead and get it out of your systems now.

Thank you!

- Mr. E

But it's a great read when drinking my coffee in the morning!!

[Marcus]

Good morning Everyone,

There will NOT be a Lonzo Ball thread on the GB for each and every game he plays. Go ahead and get it out of your systems now.

Thank you!

- Mr. E

I stand corrected.

You win the thread sir!!!

[Michael Lucky]

Colin Cowherd-

"The triple double is a completely arbitrary stat," on Russell Westbrook averaging a triple double.

"Averaging a triple double in the finals shows that Lebron is the greatest of all time."

This coming Monday, "Lonzo is the next generation of Lebron and will be amazing and much better than anyone like Westbrook."

I noticed that to the day after the finals.

[Mr. E]

Good morning Everyone,

There will NOT be a Lonzo Ball thread on the GB for each and every game he plays. Go ahead and get it out of your systems now.

Thank you!

- Mr. E

But it's a great read when drinking my coffee in the morning!!

Don't worry, Lord Vader. I'm sure that we'll have a catch-all Ball thread for games and non-Lavar events.

Just not a game thread for every summer league game.

[Impuniti]

List of things OP has said the past 10 days:

- Lonzo Ball could be a generational talent
- Kuzma is "a very special" prospect
- Lonzo Ball will have similar impact to rookie Lebron
- Brandon Ingram will put up Paul George numbers next season
- Kuzma is now a better prospect than Tatum after one game

Not to mention, has an avatar of Durant and Ingram with Ingram being 1A. while Durant being the 1B.

[hongdayuan]

Jaylen and Tatum vs Lonzo .... lucky BI didnt play

Uggghhh...can you imagine this version of Ball with Ingram...wow. Can't wait to destroy the Celtics in the regular season. I got Giannis in my Ingram poster, I'm looking to add Tatum and Haywood to be in my ingram poster collection next.

Also....Kuzma had 31 points and outplayed Tatum with ease. I feel Kuzma is the better prospect than Tatum from this game. And obviously Ball is on another level from Tatum, probably the shoe in for ROY now.

Damn dawg u making lakers fans looking real bad right now

[Old Man Game]

Tatum is impressive. Just one of those preternatural shot makers.

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Unfortunately the 2017 NBA won't value his abilities the way they should

Interesting point. Even as good as he's looked I did sort of wonder if he won't just become a volume scorer with the degree of difficulty of some of these shots he's taking (and currently making).

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[True Story]

Yes, he did. Something tells me if a Celtics fan made a thread about Tatum's great game and mentioned Ball 4 times just to talk about how much Tatum outplayed him, you wouldn't be taking this position.

Kuzma, a late 1st round pick outplayed Tatum. Tatum cant shoot the 3 as well as Kuzma (so far) and Kumza also did great on defense.

Stop being so dramatic.

You do know Kuzma was a horrible three point shooter in college right? So no, Kuzma hasn't shown he can shoot the three better, taking more of them in one game doesn't prove anything. I don't even understand how anyone can say Kuzma outplayed Tatum in the first place either, because he scored four more points? He still was a -2 on the court and what exactly did Kuzma do that makes you think he played great defense? So did Semi outplay Ball because he made more threes and played much better defense? He def was the more efficiefficient shooter and did a great job on the much bigger Zubac on defense.

They were both a -1, do you always throw out random numbers when youre upset?

[chesterisme]

What an amazing performance. This cements Ball's legacy as the GREATEST summer league player....EVER!!! Today's sarcasm brought to you by Autotrader. Buy, Sell Or Trade-In Your Car. Find Local Deals Near You Today!

[Magic92]

Ingram+Ball >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tatum+Brown

Is that an arrow that is referring to Tatum+Brown as an upgrade?

First grade is your friend, not stand up comedy.

[rate_]

Kuzma, a late 1st round pick outplayed Tatum. Tatum cant shoot the 3 as well as Kuzma (so far) and Kumza also did great on defense.

Stop being so dramatic.

Free-throws, which is usually a good indicator of a player's shooting prowess, shows that Kuzma isn't exactly a good shooter. In addition to the pedestrian 3P% at Utah, he also shot a career 63.1% from the FT line. The 5-13 3PT FG he shot at Vegas SL isn't a large enough sample size to show his improvement in that area.

They are both pedestrian from 3.

[MistyMountain20]

Me: Lonzo has proved all the doubters wrong, he is a destined superstar

You: It's only one summer league game

Me: