NBA Summer League 2022

yoyoboy · Post #741 » by **yoyoboy** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:13 pm

I love how close this Cavs team is. They're a bunch of nerds.

KazuoOda · Post #742 » by **KazuoOda** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:18 pm

Agbaji is going to fit in that lineup perfectly.

Admiral-Kizaru · Post #743 » by **Admiral-Kizaru** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:30 pm

yoyoboy wrote:I love how close this Cavs team is. They're a bunch of nerds.

They definitely have a good culture going just like the Grizzlies. Bunch of exciting young teams coming up in the east.

tundraknight · Post #744 » by **tundraknight** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:40 pm

Summer league championship rings lol

gottamakeit · Post #745 » by **gottamakeit** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:45 pm

City of Trees wrote:
gottamakeit wrote:We get to see Jaden Hardy play in a few hours.
I think he'll make a lot of teams regret not picking him in the draft.
Did anything ever surface explaining why teams went in a different direction?

Bad decision making, plenty of turnovers, inefficient scoring... all legitimate concerns.
But to Hardy's credit he did seem to improve by the year's end. I think he was given an outsize role for his g-league team. In a smaller role, he would've looked better.

Ballerhogger · Post #746 » by **Ballerhogger** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:46 pm

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3toheadmelo · Post #747 » by **3toheadmelo** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:46 pm

hardy falling to the 2nd round is criminal

Post #748 » by **G R E Y** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:47 pm

Apparently Blake Wesley is having a great game. Wouldn't know because Rogers grrr...

Bornstellar · Post #749 » by **Bornstellar** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:47 pm

Blake Wesley looking good out there for SA

gottamakeit · Post #750 » by **gottamakeit** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:47 pm

zimpy27 wrote:
City of Trees wrote:
gottamakeit wrote:We get to see Jaden Hardy play in a few hours.
I think he'll make a lot of teams regret not picking him in the draft.
Did anything ever surface explaining why teams went in a different direction?

I'm pretty sure the combination of aggressive shot taker and awful efficiency was what did it. Plus bad TOs.

Plenty of guys in the G league that are like him. Star mentality with a 10c finish.
If he can improve efficiency then he's got a chance to be great. So it was still worth picking him in the draft.

And his defensive awareness needs to improve by several orders before he'll see playing time in the NBA.

Post #751 » by **G R E Y** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:48 pm

Bornstellar wrote:Blake Wesley looking good out there for SA

How are you watching it?

gottamakeit · Post #752 » by **gottamakeit** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:49 pm

AJ Lawson has looked pretty good so far

yoyoboy · Post #753 » by **yoyoboy** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:50 pm

This Travers kid is a menace on defense lol.

gottamakeit · Post #754 » by **gottamakeit** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:52 pm

Simonovic should have a place in the league. Good size and good fundamentals

tundraknight · Post #755 » by **tundraknight** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:53 pm

yoyoboy wrote:This Travers kid is a menace on defense lol.

That’s supposedly Billy from Stranger Things. The Cavaliers selected him with the 56th pick in the 2022 NBA Draft.

Bornstellar · Post #756 » by **Bornstellar** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:58 pm

G R E Y wrote:
Bornstellar wrote:Blake Wesley looking good out there for SA

How are you watching it?

It's on NBA TV. Channel 308 on Spectrum for me

Post #757 » by **cupcakesnake** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 9:59 pm

zimpy27 wrote:
cupcakesnake wrote:
gottamakeit wrote:
Yeah he looked stronger than i remember him from last season. He needs to keep adding the strength, especially to his lower body and core.

When did you change your name? and whats the story behind the name? did you lose a bet lol?

I was surprised by his body in his rookie season (in a positive way), but that wasn't saying much at the time since draft footage of him he looked like he was still going through puberty. But he was still mostly all about being crafty and tricky in his rookie season. Now he looks like he's going to be able to add some physicality in his game and beast some matchups inside. This is huge for him imo, since the shot is still looking janky. The ability to attack smaller guards will make him more of a problem in OKC's lineups. Before it might have been tempting to stash a weak defender on Giddey, but that's not looking like the move anymore.

lol. changed it a few months ago I think? I'd been using jamaalstar on basketball forums since I was like 16 I think so just wanted to change it up. jokes about Jamaal Magloire don't hit the same as they used to. cupcakesnake is I guess making fun of really low-level basketball discourse and how annoying/silly it is when fans get caught up always judging players perceived moral fibre instead of their skill sets. i blog under that name every now and then.

Yeah he's got the strong legs like Luka and Bron. He had the build as a rookie but getting stronger means he really can start putting people on his hip more like them. I think seeing that last year made me realise his ceiling is a lot higher than others might think.

I was embarrassingly low on him in the draft (I had him 15th). Did not see him developing strength and just saw a weird awkward mover with the jump shot of a 12-year-old. Sometimes that core strength can be hard to project I guess. I don't think anyone say it with Luka either. We all knew he was going to be a crazy skilled player, but I don't remember anyone talking about him casually bodying NBA players to his hearts content.

Upperclass · Post #758 » by **Upperclass** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 10:01 pm

Said before the draft that Blake Wesley is who people think Ivey is (Westbrook).. dude will be a menace at the point for the Spurs very quickly

HeatIn5 · Post #759 » by **HeatIn5** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 10:02 pm

G R E Y wrote:
Bornstellar wrote:Blake Wesley looking good out there for SA

How are you watching it?

NBA app through my directv

yoyoboy · Post #760 » by **yoyoboy** » Fri Jul 8, 2022 10:08 pm

Travers looks like a legit NBA player. Defense and playmaking are really impressing me.