East Summer League Notes

Post #1 » by **Smitty731** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 4:27 pm

Hi all!

The last few years I've dropped a bunch of notes from Summer League. This year we broke them up by conference! Here is the East:

https://basketball.realgm.com/analysis/250843/2018-Eastern-Conference-Summer-League-Notes

I learned a lot. And not just that I don't enjoy transcription!

Hope you enjoy!

Smitty

MrDollarBills · Post #2 » by **MrDollarBills** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:34 pm

Thanks!

Brooklyn Nets

On Jarret Allen: “He’s going to have a big year. We cleared out the rotation, so he can start. Ed (Davis) will be big behind him as far as helping him prepare each day. We’re very high on his potential.”

Allen made just a cameo experience at Summer League, but looked borderline dominant inside. He’s a terrific rebounder and shot blocker. His offensive game is developing quickly. Nice inside game and he’s added a little range on his jumper too.

On the roster construction: “You need a quality big anchoring things and we think we have that. Outside of that, you need shooters and versatile defenders who can switch everything. That is the squad we’ve tried to build and think we’re on our way.”

On expectations for D’Angelo Russell: “The first is just to play. He’s got to be on the court and playing. After that, we’ve got to find out what he is. Is he a point guard? An off-ball guy? A starter? That’s on us as much as it’s on him. He’s been bounced around for three years. A little stability will go a long way.”

On the trade for and buyout of Dwight Howard: “All about cleaning up our cap sheet. We accomplished that and our other goals this summer

Sounds like Russell playing PG full time is not set in stone

TheBrooklynKidd · Post #3 » by **TheBrooklynKidd** » Fri Jul 27, 2018 1:25 am

Double Post.

TheBrooklynKidd · Post #4 » by **TheBrooklynKidd** » Fri Jul 27, 2018 1:27 am

MrDollarBills wrote:Thanks!

Brooklyn Nets

On Jarret Allen: “He’s going to have a big year. We cleared out the rotation, so he can start. Ed (Davis) will be big behind him as far as helping him prepare each day. We’re very high on his potential.”

Allen made just a cameo experience at Summer League, but looked borderline dominant inside. He’s a terrific rebounder and shot blocker. His offensive game is developing quickly. Nice inside game and he’s added a little range on his jumper too.

On the roster construction: “You need a quality big anchoring things and we think we have that. Outside of that, you need shooters and versatile defenders who can switch everything. That is the squad we’ve tried to build and think we’re on our way.”

On expectations for D’Angelo Russell: “The first is just to play. He’s got to be on the court and playing. After that, we’ve got to find out what he is. Is he a point guard? An off-ball guy? A starter? That’s on us as much as it’s on him. He’s been bounced around for three years. A little stability will go a long way.”

On the trade for and buyout of Dwight Howard: “All about cleaning up our cap sheet. We accomplished that and our other goals this summer

Sounds like Russell playing PG full time is not set in stone

Sounds like his starting spot isn't set in stone either.

This is a good sign because I was afraid that the Nets would hitch their wagon to him without giving Dinwiddie or LeVert a chance to compete for that spot.

Anyways this was a great read! I can't wait for the the Western Conference edition!