2024 NBA Summer League! Las Vegas (Championship game tonight July 22: Grizzlies vs Heat) HEAT WIN!

BigGargamel · Post #561 » by **BigGargamel** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 3:41 am

Sealab2024 wrote:
zzaj wrote:Also, did Houston's coaching staff wash their polos with Houston's uniforms on accident? Honest question.

It's really the only explanation. Who intentionally buys clothes the color of whites washed with a new red beanie.

knicksNOTslick · Post #562 » by **knicksNOTslick** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 3:41 am

Curmudgeon wrote:
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JustBuzzin wrote:Man you just now realized this?

This is why I don't understand the hype he keeps getting. He's not good he's shown us for a full year. Accept it and stop mentioning his name you will be much more stress free.

They have been hiding Bronny since high school. Always bringing up excuses about why he couldn’t do more or how it was actually better he didn’t do more. Looks like a kid that doesn’t even like playing in basketball games.

Hopefully he figures out whether this is what he wants to do…because he doesn’t play like someone who wants to maximize his talent. He just looks scared and doesn’t compete.

I think his basketball upbringing did him a disservice. He doesn’t even look like he can bring this ball up the court against a decent NBA defender..sad

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I feel sorry for him. Imagine the pressure he is under. He's probably better than he has shown and would do better without the spotlight always being on him.

Without the spotlight on him, he's not drafted and he's out of the league. Probably wouldn’t have come out of college early. You can't just focus on the lowlights of having a superstar dad without mentioning the perks of having one. He has benefitted from all the coaching and facilities that a kid born into basketball would have.

JustBuzzin · Post #563 » by **JustBuzzin** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 3:42 am

BigGargamel wrote:
Curmudgeon wrote:
sikma42 wrote:They have been hiding Bronny since high school. Always bringing up excuses about why he couldn’t do more or how it was actually better he didn’t do more. Looks like a kid that doesn’t even like playing in basketball games.

Hopefully he figures out whether this is what he wants to do…because he doesn’t play like someone who wants to maximize his talent. He just looks scared and doesn’t compete.

I think his basketball upbringing did him a disservice. He doesn’t even look like he can bring this ball up the court against a decent NBA defender..sad

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I feel sorry for him. Imagine the pressure he is under. He's probably better than he has shown and would do better without the spotlight always being on him.

People have been saying he's "better than he's shown" since he was in high school. At what point are people going to realize he's just not good?

We have known for a full year Bronny is not good.

At what point will we accept that he's not good?

At this point it feels like we only talk about him because he's Lebron son. I simply don't understand why he keeps getting all this attention. He's not good. Let the kid got to the Gleague and develop. Time to focus on the players who actually deserve it.

penggemar · Post #564 » by **penggemar** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 3:48 am

Risacher needs to become stronger, but we can see he is a smart, unselfish, system player. I think he will be fine for the Hawks.

RollingWave · Post #565 » by **RollingWave** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 3:51 am

BigGargamel wrote:
Curmudgeon wrote:
sikma42 wrote:They have been hiding Bronny since high school. Always bringing up excuses about why he couldn’t do more or how it was actually better he didn’t do more. Looks like a kid that doesn’t even like playing in basketball games.

Hopefully he figures out whether this is what he wants to do…because he doesn’t play like someone who wants to maximize his talent. He just looks scared and doesn’t compete.

I think his basketball upbringing did him a disservice. He doesn’t even look like he can bring this ball up the court against a decent NBA defender..sad

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I feel sorry for him. Imagine the pressure he is under. He's probably better than he has shown and would do better without the spotlight always being on him.

People have been saying he's "better than he's shown" since he was in high school. At what point are people going to realize he's just not good?

I'm sure everyone actually in NBA offices and scouting were well aware of this, as are most serious people covering the NBA (aka not SAS) but there are politics in the NBA too.

I mean it was a more reasonable take when he was a freshman in highschool playing with 3 other dudes that got drafted who were older than him, but that was assuming most boys still grow a few more inches in highschool etc, and that part didn't happen. and even after Zaire / Boston / Bailey all left he still was playing more like a 3/D small guard except with no 3.

As for Reed, it's just summer league, but he's done nothing people high on him wasn't expecting so far. the big reason why more analytics bent guys are uber high on him is because his stats last year was just an insane outlier performance, especially once you consider it's a freshman small guard, most good small guards who aren't some insane athletic specimen sucked in their freshman year and took 3-4 years to be good. he checked every box analytics projections looks for.

I think the Rockets will only play Cam Whitmore one more game at most, and then just see if Sheppard can play a more heliocentric PG for the last couple game and see what that looks like. he did show a bit more aggressiveness in that 3rd quarter today than college.

Ballerhogger · Post #566 » by **Ballerhogger** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 3:52 am

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Ballerhogger · Post #567 » by **Ballerhogger** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 3:53 am

mediocrityrules wrote:
Optimus_Steel wrote:
OkcSinceSGA wrote:

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I guess him airballing floaters and paint shots in shootaround wasn't a fluke?

Can they send him back to college? Like Division 3 community college in the middle of nowhere…

His stat line (which I'm surprised no one is also calling out 3 turnovers, as a couple were pretty bad), makes us all feel a little like when we think "I could do better than some of these guys", there is actually a case for it now.

I can guarantee you if I was playing summer league I could easily match Bronny's 3pt shooting stats across all games.

He can’t shoot 3s .. oof not even 1 but knecht 4 looks great

GopherIt! · Post #568 » by **GopherIt!** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 3:57 am

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Rainwater · Post #570 » by **Rainwater** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:15 am

Loved Carrington, Sarr, and Risacher in the last game. Sarr and Risacher were better than I thought they would be

Sealab2024 · Post #571 » by **Sealab2024** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:23 am

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jayu70 · Post #572 » by **jayu70** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:25 am

Lots to work on, but showed flashes.

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OkcSinceSGA · Post #573 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:28 am

Jordan Miller 39 points. He averaged 22.5 in the G League last year. Yet Lue preferred guys like PJ Tucker lol

ballzboyee · Post #574 » by **ballzboyee** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:31 am

Rainwater wrote:Loved Carrington, Sarr, and Risacher in the last game. Sarr and Risacher were better than I thought they would be

I think this draft is going end up being a lot stronger than people thought. Sarr moves and shoots like a guard and is 7 feet tall. Covers ground patrolling the middle like Adebayo on defense. His length is amazing, and he can really move his feet to get a close out. He's going to be an elite defender in this league. His footwork and movement is so fluid for his size. Sheppard showed a lot of ability tonight to create space off the dribble and really made it look too easy. His range is ridiculous, and he has no fear. He's going to be a killer you can already tell. Risacher is probably the most NBA ready and looked solid. Great left hand, and you can tell the game comes to him. Very mature player with a high basketball IQ. Quite of number players have looked promising so far.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #575 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:40 am

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LAvision · Post #576 » by **LAvision** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:53 am

ballzboyee wrote:
Rainwater wrote:Loved Carrington, Sarr, and Risacher in the last game. Sarr and Risacher were better than I thought they would be

I think this draft is going end up being a lot stronger than people thought. Sarr moves and shoots like a guard and is 7 feet tall. Covers ground patrolling the middle like Adebayo on defense. His length is amazing, and he can really move his feet to get a close out. He's going to be an elite defender in this league. His footwork and movement is so fluid for his size. Sheppard showed a lot of ability tonight to create space off the dribble and really made it look too easy. His range is ridiculous, and he has no fear. He's going to be a killer you can already tell. Risacher is probably the most NBA ready and looked solid. Great left hand, and you can tell the game comes to him. Very mature player with a high basketball IQ. Quite of number players have looked promising so far.

Ya, I have no idea why people thought Sarr was going to bust. His defense alone will keep him in the league for a while.

76ciology · Post #577 » by **76ciology** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:54 am

Denver Nuggets No. 22 overall pick DaRon Holmes II has suffered a torn right Achilles tendon, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. He’s expected to miss the 2024-25 season. Devastating blow for one of the Nuggets’ promising young pieces.

WargamesX · Post #578 » by **WargamesX** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:57 am

76ciology wrote:Denver Nuggets No. 22 overall pick DaRon Holmes II has suffered a torn right Achilles tendon, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. He’s expected to miss the 2024-25 season. Devastating blow for one of the Nuggets’ promising young pieces.

That’s unfortunate to hear, I hope he has a full recovery

Sealab2024 · Post #579 » by **Sealab2024** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:58 am

76ciology wrote:Denver Nuggets No. 22 overall pick DaRon Holmes II has suffered a torn right Achilles tendon, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. He’s expected to miss the 2024-25 season. Devastating blow for one of the Nuggets’ promising young pieces.

That sucks. Prayers out young man.

PushDaRock · Post #580 » by **PushDaRock** » Sat Jul 13, 2024 5:08 am

JDR720 wrote:LeBron literally conned the NBA media into making his son into a star even though he's an awful basketball player. The kid is going to make millions simply due to the hype alone, even if he never averages even 5 points in the NBA.

If he averages 5 ppg in any season, I think that would be a pretty big success for him.