Woods ripped it up at that RMR but got hurt and didn't play the entire session. On a side note, who would have guessed that Steve Blake would be the only NBA starter from that Maryland team at this point? (Baxter, Dixon, Wilcox also in the NBA to varying success)
When in fact, you're the one that's wrong. But don't feel bad, the Qyntel-as-MVP myth is a stubborn one. It will come out next year as well, and so will the Bo Outlaw one. They mean too much to too many people. They may not be strictly true, but they have religious truth.
He didn't even "dominate" it. He had one high scoring game, but struggled mightily thereafter. And I think he came back the next year and did squat.
That is incorrect. I was there for every Blazer game both years that Qyntel played, and he scored at will. Not saying he was a team player because he dominated the ball. The second year he really looked to turn the corner. He cut his hair, mingled with the fans and teammates and his attitude was much better. But then the story broke......and it was too late for him.
You know I don't know why you are ripping on Griffin. He will be a good player. No need for this. They are only talking about it because it is the only thing going on in basketball right now. There are no trades happening, no contracts have been offered lately. No updates on contract talks. So what do they do? Well how is Blake Griffin doing in the summer league. I'll tell you this. He sure is doing a hell of a lot better than some of our past players. That is better than a stick in the eye if your a Clippers fan.
Book of BS basketball myth verse one chapter three. "And Lo' KP had struggled mightily and angered many a GM as he created his team from but dust and clay. Looking down upon his work KP did sayeth 'I certainly pritchslapped those bitch ass other GM's I'm a god damn genius!' And yea, he even looked upon a Summer League box score and swore 'Well, I'll be damned Qyntel Woods won the MVP ! I think I shall write an angry memo to Memphis just to piss them off.' And verily did he piss off many a GM, blowing off many a trade for RLEC, yea he even passedeth up a trade of RLEC for Devin Harris straight across for his ego had become swollen like the Nile in the spring. So mighty in ego had he become, that he did look upon the team salary and said to himself 'I think I shall fuck with Brandon of Roy over a 5th contract year, for I care not that he is 7th in PER, for mine ego surpasseth all!' " So sayeth the book of BS basketball myth holiest of all basketball tomes. Quiver mortal and believe for it has been said upon the Internets and therefore is the word of God himself!
Who is ripping on him? I'm just saying the SL doesn't really mean much, but the media is making it sound like he had his NBA regular season debut last night.
Well it doesn't take too much to see between the lines. Basically I view not giving credit where credit is due, is denial. What if he had done horrible in the summer league like Oden did? That would have been way worse. What did Blake do? He did exactly what he should have for being a #1 pick. He came out and kicked ass. No need to take anything away from him.
I'd like to say no, but seeing as they laughed at him for his fouls in summer league, and he carried his great fouling rate to the regular season, then I suppose yes, they were right to criticize.
Credit for what? Destroying Dave McCauley and David Monds? Anthony Randolph just dropped 42 points tonight, should he have have been the #1 overall pick? I'm just saying I think the media is putting way too much stock in SL. I think Griffin will be good, but who cares if he drops 27 points on a couple scrubs? Really, the only positive about SL is that players get to learn the system. They get to adjust to the rules of the NBA. Good players should play well. The competition is fairly poor.
Yeah.. Qyntel was never a SL MVP.. he just made the All-Rocky Mountain Revue team. Sean May, however, did win a summer league MVP!
Here by the Bay the local media is slobbering over Stephen Curry's summer league play. They did the same with Marco Belinelli (sp?). So maybe Curry is the second coming of Belinelli. All things considered, I'd rather see a player in whom I have hopes do well in SL than do crummy, but it's still not a blueprint for NBA success.
Last year Bayless scored a shitload during the summer league, but only averaged one assist a game. That turned out to be somewhat predictive of how his season went the following year. Alot of scoring attempts without much passing. This year it appears that Bayless is trying to distrubute the ball more. That indicates he will try to do the same thing next year. One of the things we can't tell from summer league is how successful Bayless will be at doing so. Summer league is more about how the player will attempt to play the next season then it is about determine who successful they will be at playing that way.
Summer League is rarely a good indicator of which players belong in the NBA. It is a good way to find out which ones don't, though. I feel like there are a bunch of bottom-tier reporters/analysts out there who have a vested interest in the Summer League being considered important. They tend to be the biggest sources of exaggerated and premature hype. Rick Kamla's probably the best example of this.
Why hate on Kamla for? The guy needs something to keep himself upbeat and sane for being a Wolves fan.
I think you could make the argument that he should have been as high as #2 after seeing how he played the second half of last season. It's true that haveing him in the Sl really isn't fair, he's just too good for those guys. As far as Bay Area papers writing about Curry, all I've seen is a lot of concern over his shooting percentage. He's nothing like Belinelli who could do no wrong in Las Vegas
