Malcolm Thomas, #22 for the Jazz, is very good. Does excellent work as a PF, even though he's a little undersized. Could be a Dante Cunnningham type of player.
Jabari and Antetokoumpo looked better. But I can definitely see the upside in Exum. He needs a jumpshot though, otherwise his potential is capped.
Remember when Jerryd Bayless was summer league MVP and Batum was simply awful and a complete disappointment back in 08? We thought he was a couple years away from being a rotation player. Some blazer fans and analysts said he might want to stay in Europe to develop. Remember when Batum then went on to start 76 games as a rookie and we won 54 games? Just throwing that out there. Not trying to say anything about today's game, but summer league in general. Obviously you want guys to do well, but summer league is a much different style of play than actual nba basketball.
I thought Gobert should've went late-lotto. He looks like he really can be a Chandler-like defender. Utah has a NICE young core.
I think it does. Crabbe looks like he doesn't belongs in the NBA. What doesn't mean shit? Mike Rice's observations of team scrimmages. He was gushing over Crabbe.
X-Man Exxxum can dribble, pass...and even shoot! [video=youtube;kod-WZbeYFI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kod-WZbeYFI[/video]
I think Spurs fans would argue that the regular season is meaningless. Others would argue that it's meaningless until the finals. Still others would argue that basketball doesn't matter at all. Whatever.
Day 2 Grades C.J. McCollum, Portland Trail Blazers | Grade: B Even on an iffy shooting night (4-for-11), it’s easy to see why McCollum is a big-time scorer in the making. Rarely do you find a wing with this combination of size, shake and shooting ability, and perhaps more importantly, the smarts to use those skills and base an attack around threes and free throws. Making even your worst shooting nights palatable is an underrated aspect of being a quality scorer, and McCollum can do just that.
So apparently CJ had one bad shooting half in the first summer league game of the season. Guy's a worthless bum, clearly.
I just find it hilarious that people say "Oh, he'll be the best of the class" after 1 game when it's a game that A) doesn't mean anything. and B) It's against mostly bench players and players that are trying to get into the 15th spot on the bench.
Yeah, but you can usually tell who has the tools to be a great player based on how they play. Exum has elite NBA speed, quickness, passing ability. His statline wasn't even that good. Guys like Bayless dominated SL, but he did it in a way that no one thought was sustainable in the actual league. He's still very much a project, but for anyone that watched him play, how could you not get excited about how good he can become?
