Summer League Game 1 Knicks v Pistons 6:00 PM Eastern Time July 11

[Luv those Knicks]

These guys look like dogsh*t that have never played together or coached together.

Yeah, I'll be passing on the rest of the SL games after this one.

I feel differently. They looked bad today, but I'm curious if they can show improvement in game 2.

[thebuzzardman]

McCullar, Dadiet and Hukporti showed potential

These guys would have trouble looking good in China

[thebuzzardman]

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Based on this game this guy sucks

Hopefully Knicks will be firing him asap

I’m starting to question Walt Perrins ability too

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He was following Browns orders……..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow if true

[thebuzzardman]

These guys look like dogsh*t that have never played together or coached together.

Yeah, I'll be passing on the rest of the SL games after this one.

I feel differently. They looked bad today, but I'm curious if they can show improvement in game 2.

That looked so talentless and badly coached I lost all enthusiasm for the rest of the summer league. I took zero anything positive from it.


Wait, let me correct that. I’m positive none of these guys should see any playing time this year

[NiceLikeChrist]

Like 5 of our guys looked better than cooper flag did in his game. Let’s see how the rest of summer league goes and let’s see how they look after some real training camp and practices with the rest of the team.

I can see some of these guys contributing. People act like deuce would average 35/8/9 in summer league. I doubt it. He’s still a key piece for us

[thebuzzardman]

Sims >>>> Hukporti

[thebuzzardman]

Like 5 of our guys looked better than cooper flag did in his game. Let’s see how the rest of summer league goes and let’s see how they look after some real training camp and practices with the rest of the team.

I can see some of these guys contributing. People act like deuce would average 35/8/9 in summer league. I doubt it. He’s still a key piece for us

What’s the point of these games then?

[RHODEY]

Hard to get embarrassed in Summer League but we're doing it.

Wow at first I was pissed I can't get the game ...but not now

Wasn't on in Canada but I turned to see the Raptors game and am seeing last 5 minutes of Knicks. What is happening here, I thought we'd be dominant

Don't know but apparently we suck

[HighRyzer83]

This SL game obviously means nothing but it would have been nice to start off on the right foot. Instead leave it to the Knicks to choke out any good will we have going and prove the slander about to come about our youngsters. Even if they play lights out next game, it would be an up hill battle. It wouldn't be the Knicks otherwise

[HighRyzer83]

Not a single person on the summer league roster is ready to contribute anything for the Knicks this year

Thibs had a lot to do with that. While other rookies with half the talent were developing nicely, ours were being stagnated and sandbagged. Hopefully it didn't do irrevocable damage to anyone's mentality getting beaten into their heads how they don't belong or how useless they are. But glad that ignoramus is gone, if for no other reason other than that

[WaltFrazier]

McCullar, Dadiet and Hukporti showed potential

And there's always next game, Sunday, to right the ship

[Luv those Knicks]

I didn't see the game just followed it here and there through nba.com play by play. Were those real fouls or were these refs calling the game like it was game 7 of the finals? Seemed to be a foul every 30 seconds.

It looked like they called some weak contact fouls, but there were some real fouls too. Detroit came out like they were mad about last year's playoffs, and I get it. There was an arguable no call on a shot that could have won them the game. For all the sloppy play, there was some intensity to this game.

My thoughts:

Dink is maybe the youngest player in the entire summer league. Yes, he looked raw and his shot is flat and doesn't fall, but he hustles. He moves like a gazelle out there, like he's faster than other players his size. I think Dink has a shot at being an interesting player, maybe a PG or combo guard type, and 6'7 to go with it. I'm not saying he's a sure thing, but I saw enough to be curious.

Dadiet is the only player on the entire team who can shoot and that's a big part of why we lost big. The missed shots and the ugly turnovers on lazy passes.

The team has a few guys who can drive. Dad's the only one with a legit NBA outside shot. He looks very relaxed out there too and sure, there are questions about his defense and overall game and passiveness. It's summer league. I don't care if he's passive in summer league. The shot looks legit and he shoots with this relaxed, quick release. That's something. And he's still just 19. (he turns 20 in 2 weeks).

Kolek had some good drives. He's creative. Lots of ugly passes though. Too many turnovers, some missed shots. He seemed bothered by the Pistons pressure defense all game. A bad game for TK, maybe he's just not an NBA player. He didn't look like one today.

Diaware is young and raw, but played with some energy. Skinny too. He's just 20 and I'm not sure what he'll become, but given his age and size, . . . maybe there's something there. If it was up to me, I'd encourage him to play the year in Europe.

Beauchamp looks like a usable 2-way player. He didn't embarrass himself, but I don't think he's good enough for NBA minutes. He's athletic and hustles, but his shot doesn't look that good. It's not enough.

Devon (Dae Dae) Grant didn't impress me, but he hustles and plays hard. He's a little small.

Watson does not look like an NBA player too me at all. Maybe the least out of all of them. He's almost clumsy sometimes. He's got some size, but that's not enough.

Huk is Huk. He's a mobile big man, a solid shot blocker and an OK rebounder, though he could learn to focus on rebounding more. He shoots FTs like Shaq though, which isn't great. But for his size, he's quite mobile. He had a couple pretty blocks. Somebody posted here that Sims was better than Huk. I disagree. Huk's not great, but he's a usable player.

McCullars looks like an NBA player. He moves well. Dribbles well, and he had some pretty drives to the hoop, but he doesn't shoot well enough. A couple misses. A couple bad passes too and I think it was Stuporman who said he doesn't have enough verticle and he did seem to lose rebounds and get blocked by not getting high enough. Laterally he moves well, but he needs to get more lift. Still, he almost looks the legit. He's got the athleticism and the handles. There's something there, but his shot needs to fall if he's going to be a hustle bench player.

Nnaji seemed to have good length and energy, but he's raw. A work in progress.

The game was ugly. No question, ugly ugly, especially the first few minutes where the Pistons stole like 5 lazy passes in 5 minutes. The Pistons hit their 3s, we missed ours. It wasn't a good game, but I'm not lost on some of the players.

Dadiet's ability to shoot gives him a chance at being a bench player. I don't think he'll ever be a good defender or a plus NBA athlete, but if he can hit open shots and 3s, we can use him. I also like Dink, I think, more than anyone else. There's something there to dream on, even if he's not close right now.

Well . . . that's my review. And, I know. How can I judge players off one game. Maybe I'm wrong.

Celtics on Sunday 5:30 PM Eastern Time.

[Adelheid]

dadiet moves smooth out there. Promising

[F N 11]

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Based on this game this guy sucks

Hopefully Knicks will be firing him asap

I’m starting to question Walt Perrins ability too

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He was following Browns orders……..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did notice a ton of different plays and sets and cuts they will get better.

[gavran]

These guys look like dogsh*t that have never played together or coached together.

[gavran]

Also what is up with too many people calling McCullar McCullars? There is only one of him.

It's either a joke I don't get, or Clyde needs to retire before he makes more damage.

[Loaded_Hollows]

Did Tokyo Drift play at all? If so, did he look good?

[NiceLikeChrist]

Like 5 of our guys looked better than cooper flag did in his game. Let’s see how the rest of summer league goes and let’s see how they look after some real training camp and practices with the rest of the team.

I can see some of these guys contributing. People act like deuce would average 35/8/9 in summer league. I doubt it. He’s still a key piece for us

What’s the point of these games then?

The point is really for 1st and second year guys to get some semi organized playing time and some burn in. I don’t think you can crown anyone in summer league same way you can’t write someone off in summer league

At the end of the day it’s 5-7 games of playing with second to third to 4th string everything including coaching staff. Glorified G league if anything.

Coaches job is to put guys in position to succeed and find ways to highlight their strengths. Guys like Aaron Wiggins and Cason Wallace were not summer league stand outs yet contributed to a chip

[Kampuchea]

Mike Browns offense not looking good so far.

[Richard4444]

We have to sign a rookie to have 14 players. Diawara. Nnaji or other.