Has Summer League changed your opinion?

Pat C will eventually become an NBA role player if only because of his drive and athleticism. I'm hoping he'll look better with better players around him...he seems high strung...maybe over anxious. Probably needs to decompress when he gets some burn and not force his game...let the game come to him. He seems like a bright guy who will figure it out in time. Layman seems more laid back and lets the game come to him...gets good position for an undersized 4.

 

Yeah but remember we are looking at all these guys as potential role players. So it is hard to compare what they do in summer league where they are the main scoring threat, to what they did (or will do) during the regular season surrounded by great shooters.
Vonleh will not be asked to play the same role when Dame, CJ, ET and Crabbe are on the floor.

Also I think there is a misconception about the defense played in summer league. It's not that bad when you consider there are players out there with no offensive skills busting their asses off trying to get noticed with pure hustle. In the regular season most of the NBA players coast on D until the 4th.

 

Nope, I skip summer league every year and then think the next year will be better and I will wish I'd gone. Still don't wish I'd gone.

 

We may disagree on other things, but I am right there with you on this.

 

Going to summer league is something I wan't to do one day. Not just for the game on the court, there always seems to be a solid group of pro players who show up every year to watch their teams. Whiteside was there this year, obviously our players, then there's the coaches as well.

 

Gee. Way to take a real risk.

I'm being sarcastic, obviously (not trying to be a dick, despite the way my first line is presented). What you're saying is a pretty safe bet. That's exactly what happened this year, and I expect no different this season, based on our current roster, the SL roster and their experience, and the performance of those guys during SL. Layman, to me, is the one guy with a chance to contribute this season.

 

That Lillard character was pretty steady.

 

So were CJ, Nolan Smith and Allen Crabbe...this year just sucked and mostly because of pt guards chucking bad shots without passing the ball

 

Young. So unlike everyone this year other than Vonleh and Cliff.

 

Saw just maybe one game but my opinion:
Vonleh is OK, don't know if he's worth playing much but there's things about his game I like
Montero is very talented but not active enough and only plays within the flow, needs to ask for the ball more, play a bigger role
Caughnaghton plays with a lot of effort and is a leader but needs to improve his shot, otherwise he showed some flashes
Pierre Jackson I hope makes the team, would give us more options behind Dame and CJ
Layman is nice, could be more or less Victor Claver which is nice for a 2nd rounder
Alexander is OK, maybe worth another year to see how he develops
Shabazz didn't play much but played well, Im happy we got him

 

Vonleh was much better in the last SL than in this one. Vonleh and Crabbe led the last SL. This time he didn't stand out. Starting in the regular season against other teams' starters seems to have intimidated him into becoming a shrinking violet. We should trade him now, not later as his worth decreases.

Although Olshey's habit of not providing a SL point guard didn't help...he signed Napier at the last minute, earlier in the summer than Napier deserved, because he hadn't bothered to add a PG to the SL team, even a mediocre one. Last SL was an exception. We had a PG, which helped both Vonleh and Crabbe, and we won games. The SL before that, McCollum was the yucky PG, so we sucked.

We didn't have any point guards. Are you talking about those Mighty Mouses who got to SL because of their scoring?