2022 Summer League Thread - Beginning of the Chet Era

Kizz Fastfists · Post #41 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 2:44 am

Patches Perry wrote:Who is yalls top 5 players in the league mine is:
1. Giannis
2. Luka
3. Jokic
4. Embiid
5. Chet

Chet just needs to prove a bit more to move up.

1. Chet
2. Giddy
3. Luka
4. Dieng
5. SGA

Post #42 » by **ThunderBolt** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 2:50 am

Hot take of the night- Presti should have taken J Dub at 11 instead of 12.

thedoppelganger · Post #43 » by **thedoppelganger** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 3:07 am

ThunderBolt wrote:Summer league is meaningless but it’s hard for me to believe that Poku’s performance isn’t indicative of his lack of progress.

Agreed that it's usually meaningless, especially for rookies. But a 3rd year player, even one as young as Poku, should be comfortably better than most guys on the court in these games. I don't think it's the best environment for him to play in given it's glorified pickup a lot of the time, but he shouldn't be getting consistently lost on defense or failing to stand out too much against a pretty bad Utah summer league team. Hope he we don't have to keep making excuses for a slow start from him again this season.

Otherwise - fun game, nice to see Chet dominate like a top 3 pick should. Jalen should be a really fun piece and get immediate minutes, he's got legit size at the wing and seems to move really well off-ball. Don't want to see Giddey play more than 1 or 2 more games the rest of SL, it's nice to have him out there facilitating easy buckets for the rookies but would rather not risk a random injury happening at some point. I'd say the same for Chet but no way he's going to miss the chance to play against Paolo/Jabari in Vegas.

Post #44 » by **retrobro90** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 3:47 am

Chet was without question the best player on the floor tonight. I can't believe we got a guy who can be such a game changer on both ends of the floor. Was grinning from ear to ear from the opening tip.

Old Man Game · Post #45 » by **Old Man Game** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 3:51 am

There were a couple moves where I literally couldn't help it but say out loud, 'oh my god OH MY GOD.' The behind the back handle into a three with the guy up on him and then of course the Dirk 1 legged fade away.

Old Man Game · Post #46 » by **Old Man Game** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 3:52 am

ThunderBolt wrote:Hot take of the night- Presti should have taken J Dub at 11 instead of 12.

I want to see him get some minutes as the primary ball handler. You can tell he's got great feel for the game.

Old Man Game · Post #47 » by **Old Man Game** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 3:54 am

ThunderBolt wrote:Summer league is meaningless but it’s hard for me to believe that Poku’s performance isn’t indicative of his lack of progress.

He literally looked every bit as terrible as he has in real NBA minutes. That might not be lack of progress that might be regress considering this is a dang summer league game.

namlede · Post #48 » by **namlede** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 4:06 am

I think Chet makes our defense top 10 this season if he stays healthy. I'll list one big positive and one small negative....

+ His shot looks sick, super smooth with great touch. If he can stay aggressive I don't see why he can't be a 20 point guy down the road

- for his size he is a good ball handler, but it's a bit slow and loose right now. Good defenders will strip him a lot. Once he tightens it up a bit and continues to get stronger he really has a shot to be a game changer on both ends of the floor.

Shai/Giddey/Chet, we got our big 3.

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bbms · Post #49 » by **bbms** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 7:31 am

Read on Twitter

wtf man

this is what ppl mean when say his offensive role was restricted in gonzaga, and there's more tools in his bag than what we were allowd to see in college tape.

i do worry about his footwork though from health concern perspective (not on this play though), no reason to be that aggressive, specially for simple SL games, specially when we see situations like the flagrant against Poku in the first half, where the jazz defender commited a risky flagrant on the perimeter just because he's rusty, and trying way too hard to win a roster spot.

Post #50 » by **Dadouv47** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 8:42 am

Glad I didn't jynx Chet with this thread title so far

Will try not to overreact after a SL game...gonna be way more difficult in the regular season.

I love Jalen. Poku is a nice mascot but isn't good at basketball

Xatticus · Post #51 » by **Xatticus** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 8:45 am

SOUL wrote:Chet looks super impressive!

Thank you for coming into our forum to share those kinds words. I hope your organization gets their **** together some day.

Post #52 » by **SOUL** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 8:53 am

Xatticus wrote:
SOUL wrote:Chet looks super impressive!

Thank you for coming into our forum to share those kinds words. I hope your organization gets their **** together some day.

The reveal!

Post #53 » by **Dadouv47** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 9:03 am

Xatticus wrote:
SOUL wrote:Chet looks super impressive!

Thank you for coming into our forum to share those kinds words. I hope your organization gets their **** together some day.

Let's keep it cool here

Banchero has plenty of time to show how great he can be even if I didn't want him at all.

Post #54 » by **SOUL** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 9:09 am

Dadouv47 wrote:
Xatticus wrote:
SOUL wrote:Chet looks super impressive!

Thank you for coming into our forum to share those kinds words. I hope your organization gets their **** together some day.

Let's keep it cool here Banchero has plenty of time to show how great he can be even if I didn't want him at all.

Nah, Xatticus has been (was?) a Magic board member for a while, it's all jokes. I think they'll all be good in their own ways, but Chet definitely has the highest upside if it all goes right.

Post #55 » by **Dadouv47** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 9:20 am

SOUL wrote:
Dadouv47 wrote:
Xatticus wrote:
Thank you for coming into our forum to share those kinds words. I hope your organization gets their **** together some day.

Let's keep it cool here Banchero has plenty of time to show how great he can be even if I didn't want him at all.

Nah, Xatticus has been (was?) a Magic board member for a while, it's all jokes. I think they'll all be good in their own ways, but Chet definitely has the highest upside if it all goes right.

Hehe all cool. I wasn't sure

This place is usually so quiet that I don't have much work but Chet might change that :lol:

Post #56 » by **Dadouv47** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 9:34 am

Gotta hope Dort won't lose that much trade value because Jalen gonna take his spot. That's my hot take after one summer league game.

Post #57 » by **ThunderBolt** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 11:21 am

What shouldn’t be lost among last nights performance is that out of the four rookies we drafted, Giddey is younger than three of them.

Post #58 » by **Dadouv47** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 11:44 am

ThunderBolt wrote:What shouldn’t be lost among last nights performance is that out of the four rookies we drafted, Giddey is younger than three of them.

that's why I still don't buy the Giddey "low ceiling" stuff. Still a lot to improve but he's so young. His shooting mechanic looked a bit better yesterday.

Post #59 » by **ThunderBolt** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 11:55 am

Dadouv47 wrote:
ThunderBolt wrote:What shouldn’t be lost among last nights performance is that out of the four rookies we drafted, Giddey is younger than three of them.

that's why I still don't buy the Giddey "low ceiling" stuff. Still a lot to improve but he's so young. His shooting mechanic looked a bit better yesterday.

Giddey doesn't have "the look" of an elite NBA player, if you get what I mean. That's why people make those statements.

Old Man Game · Post #60 » by **Old Man Game** » Wed Jul 6, 2022 12:01 pm

I thought Giddy's game looked sort of wasted in that summer league setting. He wasn't bad. Just not as objectively good as he looked in live fire/real NBA games. Something about his ability to pace and orchestrate doesn't translate as well to the helter skelter, no one knows the offense type setting of summer league.