The Official 2017 Vegas Summer League Thread

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  1. Rastapopoulos

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    Meanwhile CJ is busy with twitter and his vacation
     
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    dviss1 Emcee Referee

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    Maaannnn it's 4th of July.
     
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    Sources say when Collins saw Nurk his body naturally shrunk 4 inches so he could play SF in Blazer practices. Trying to confirm.
     
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    This is my guess. Too many over zealous players who have no chance of making it in the NBA are out there doing what ever it takes to find a home. Can't blame them but it adds risk to a teams investment. This is another reason why I could care less if we go deep into the "summer league playoffs".
     
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    Rastapopoulos, Jul 4, 2017
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    I want Collins, Swanigan, and Layman to play as many games as possible.
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    I have a strange feeling that Project Pat is going to outplay Layman and actually end up deserving some minutes this season. Call it intuition. I saw some things from him towards the end of last season that kind of surprised me.

    Edit - Just so you know, I thought he was hot garbage before that.
     
    theprunetang, Jul 4, 2017
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    I think Pat+Layman would easily replace Crabbe if we could offload him
     
    BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94, Jul 4, 2017
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Pat already totally outplayed Layman. Layman had that magical 8-minute debut in garbage time against GSW and then was hot garbage after that. Hell, even his shooting percentages in D League sucked.

    Whenever Connaughton got minutes, he played well. I'd take Connaughton over Layman in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, Layman has a guaranteed contract for 2017-18 and Pat does not.

    BNM
     
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    Ah, this reminds me of the great Khryapa/Monia wars...
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    The difference being both of those guys actually started over half the games they played in a Blazers uniform. God, were we awful back then. We traded Monia to SAC at the deadline and they played him a grand total of 7 minutes after the trade and he was out of the league after that - and he was STARTING for us.

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    Pat has been in the league 2 years, Layman 1. Players often improve significantly between year 1 and year 2. It will be interesting to see if that holds true for Jake.
    I thought Jake looked more promising than Pat when comparing their 1st years only.
     
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    Both definitely improved. If Layman just would have hit more shots he would have looked great. I thought the rest of his game was adequate.
     
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    I want to see a whole lot of Layman bricking threes off the back iron while Pat runs through the lane for a ferocious put back dunk that he then also puts off the back iron.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    We used to do the SLC league. We also used to be in some league in LA. That one is gone now.

    The summer leagues used to be something that wasn't run by the league at all. They took it over. But it also didn't have this much talent involved. I don't think marquee rookies used to play. I remember Jermaine O'Neal and Zach Randolph played before it was televised. All we had was a box score. It was a big deal when the Blazers sent Brian Wheeler (by himself) down to call the games.
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    We used to do the Rocky Mountain Summer League, non? That doesn't exist anymore? Wasn't Qyntel Woods a Rocky Mountain league all star or something? ;)
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    Yup. We did a few leagues. The Rocky Mountain Review. I think we originally didn't do Vegas. This was as far back as like the late 90s early 2000s. I know Jermaine and I think even Bonzi played in one of the leagues. It has been a while.
     
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    I went to the RMR for about 10 years. (1998-2009) the first few were in the delta center downtown, but after that they had it out in the burbs at a community college. Most teams left and joined the Vegas league instead. No comparison in venues....
     
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    Well think Pat going have show big this summer for Olshey to pick up his contract by the 25 of July.
     
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