2021 Summer League

Piston Pete · Post #1 » by **Piston Pete** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:22 pm

Could be a TON of fun to watch this year’s SL team. Update the lineup as updates come in:

PG - Hayes / Francis
SG - Cade / Petty / Littleson / Tarke
SF - Bey / Livers / Smith
PF - Sekou / Sirvy?
C - Stewart / Garza / Balsa

Liqourish · Post #2 » by **Liqourish** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:33 pm

No Chris Smith?

Piston Pete · Post #3 » by **Piston Pete** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:36 pm

Liqourish wrote:No Chris Smith?

Updated!

Scout Taron · Post #4 » by **Scout Taron** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:44 pm

Isn't Sekou too old for this?

bstein14 · Post #5 » by **bstein14** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:52 pm

Scout Taron wrote:Isn't Sekou too old for this?

He's younger than Livers or Garza.

He needs it more than Stewart or Bey.

Most looking forward to seeing how a Cade/Hayes backcourt looks together.

zeebneeb · Post #6 » by **zeebneeb** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:54 pm

I am super pumped about this, and as a reminder, the first Pistons summer league game is a nationally televised event on ESPN.

And some of you thought the pick would be traded. This is the new reality we all have to get used to;

Nationally covered games, and if the Pistons/Cade exceed expectations, it will get intense.

bstein14 · Post #7 » by **bstein14** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:23 pm

It'll be interesting to see just who ends up on summer league.

I wonder a bit if Bey and Stewart will pass since they were on the USA Select team. Might be good to let them move onto working on improving some individual skillsets rather than playing more games. That said, it would be great to see them get some time on the floor with Cade and Hayes as well.

BJK1 · Post #8 » by **BJK1** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:37 pm

Stew was wearing a walking boot pretty recently, so I doubt he plays in SL. I could see him there with the guys for comradery sake and chemistry, but I’d be surprised if he plays. Same with Saddiq. Maybe he practices with the guys, but I could see them holding him out of the actual games to keep him healthy.

bkseven · Post #9 » by **bkseven** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:39 pm

bstein14 wrote:
Scout Taron wrote:Isn't Sekou too old for this?

He's younger than Livers or Garza.

He needs it more than Stewart or Bey.

Most looking forward to seeing how a Cade/Hayes backcourt looks together.

Not really about age.. do we really want to get hyped on Sekou like back in the day with Austin DAYE

Tedd · Post #10 » by **Tedd** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:42 pm

Yeah summer league is now a must watch. 1/2 the team will be there.

Kilo · Post #11 » by **Kilo** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:47 pm

Isn't Garza, Livers and Smith all injured? Along with Stewart. Also I read an article or tweet from a beat where they guessed Bey might have played enough minutes last year to be above the Summer League.

Saben Lee probably there as well, I assume Detroit will re-sign him.

GreekAlex · Post #12 » by **GreekAlex** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:47 pm

I read somewhere Livers wouldn’t be ready till October. I highly double plays in the summer league.

Scout Taron · Post #13 » by **Scout Taron** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:58 pm

GreekAlex wrote:I read somewhere Livers wouldn’t be ready till October. I highly double plays in the summer league.

Yeah I believe he was just recently able to do light workouts. I don't think he's in game shape.

tmorgan · Post #14 » by **tmorgan** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:10 pm

Garza likely plays, his groin injury was minor. Stew and Livers definitely do not. Bey is a maybe.

That’s ok. Killian and Cade together is the big thing. Lee and Garza and Sekou also interesting.

Kilo · Post #15 » by **Kilo** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:24 pm

Blake Francis will play for Pistons SL.
https://richmondspiders.com/news/2021/7/30/mens-basketball-francis-to-play-for-detroit-pistons-in-nba-summer-league.aspx

whitehops · Post #16 » by **whitehops** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:46 pm

even if he wasn't injured i doubt stewart would play, same with bey. bey is already experienced enough and would just take minutes away from all the fringe roster guys. it's a shame that livers is hurt too, it'd be nice to see all the rookies play.

i'm really excited about the upcoming season but summer league ball is trash so there's a solid chance i watch five minutes and then shut it off... half kidding. the two things i'm most looking forward to seeing is how hayes has improved and how garza looks with his body transformation.

Liqourish · Post #17 » by **Liqourish** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:18 pm

Livers might not be in game shape, but he can workout and is doing shoot arounds. Will be interested to see if he plays or not.

stew72 · Post #18 » by **stew72** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 10:46 pm

Scout Taron wrote:Isn't Sekou too old for this?

I believe he's still the 4th youngest member on the team, senior only to Cunningham, Hayes, and Stewart.

DBC10 · Post #19 » by **DBC10** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:39 pm

whitehops wrote:even if he wasn't injured i doubt stewart would play, same with bey. bey is already experienced enough and would just take minutes away from all the fringe roster guys. it's a shame that livers is hurt too, it'd be nice to see all the rookies play.

i'm really excited about the upcoming season but summer league ball is trash so there's a solid chance i watch five minutes and then shut it off... half kidding. the two things i'm most looking forward to seeing is how hayes has improved and how garza looks with his body transformation.

Yeah if Bey plays, it'll be similar to that one season where Jaylen Brown played and destroyed everyone and people questioned the need for the Celtics for bringing him on besides injury risk

DetroitSho · Post #20 » by **DetroitSho** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 12:27 am

DBC10 wrote:
whitehops wrote:even if he wasn't injured i doubt stewart would play, same with bey. bey is already experienced enough and would just take minutes away from all the fringe roster guys. it's a shame that livers is hurt too, it'd be nice to see all the rookies play.

i'm really excited about the upcoming season but summer league ball is trash so there's a solid chance i watch five minutes and then shut it off... half kidding. the two things i'm most looking forward to seeing is how hayes has improved and how garza looks with his body transformation.

Yeah if Bey plays, it'll be similar to that one season where Jaylen Brown played and destroyed everyone and people questioned the need for the Celtics for bringing him on besides injury risk

Yeah I think Reggie Jackson played Summer League his 3rd year too and absolutely killed it.

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