2012 NBA Summer League Thread

[Mexi]

an SI tradition
where everyone jizzes over Summer League and i LOL

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Deron "Crash" Washington!!!

 

[RipCity32]

Fuck Maxiell. Drummond is the real Brahma Bull.

 

[RipCity32]

Deron giving the finger to Dumars.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Crashhhhhhh!!!!! loll

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Washington is studly.

 

[Pugz]

deron just looks like a street baller

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

He's on fire lol.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Can tell AD1 will have a lot of goaltending calls this up coming season

 

[DJT]

Perry Jones, Jared Sullinger, and Andrew Nicholson did quite well today.

 

[.infamous]

 

[RipCity32]

Nice to see Kimmy and AD bonding and shit lol.

 

[Big Bid'Ness]

Fromistonpowered

Andre Drummond
Opened scoring with a step-back mid-range jumper. He made that shot, but would he make it again in his next 30 attempts?
Used quick hands to get a steal under Utah’s basket and quickly hit a short fadeaway on the block.
Airballed two free throws. Maybe he should’ve faded away on those, too
Leaves his feet too often defensively
Had a couple blocks because he jumps a lot, also a goaltend for same reason
Had four steals, but I’m not sure whether a couple were good plays or just result of typical summer league sloppiness and the ball bouncing into his hands
Exploded quickly off catch into dunk
Made another dunk while being fouled and hitting the ball with the rim on the way up, converted thanks to huge hands
Most obvious assessment ever: promising, but raw

Kyle Singler
Showed great offensive variety. Made jumpers, drove to the basket, scored inside off cuts in the halfcourt and outran everyone on the fastbreak. He didn’t do anything great, but he did everything well.
Made a jumper with foot on the 3-point arc, a pet peeve of mine. Get your foot behind the line and get the extra point.
Played hard on both ends
Passed ball well, but not sure he has the ball-handling ability to run point forward at times
Incredibly efficient, shooting 6-for-8. Really picked his spots well
Fouled Deron Washington on late 3-pointer and Pistons leading, not a smart play

Brandon Knight
Drove many times he would’ve picked up his dribble last season – or not begun dribbling at all
Finishing in the paint was mixed bag
Used new driving ability well to set up cutting teammates. Would be a good match with

Jonas Jerebko
Controlled the offense, but didn’t dominate it

Kim English
Took a couple charges
3-pointers stroke looked excellent, converting 3-of-4 from beyond the arc with each make from the corner
Only Piston to make a 3-pointer
Doesn’t have the quickest first step but wasn’t shy about putting the ball on the floor
Willing passer off the dribble
Not sure I trust him to drive so much in a regular-season game, when help defense will be a half step quicker to cut him off

Austin Daye
Not involved in the offensive flow in the first half
Forced a couple first-half shots that he predictably missed
Moved better without the ball in the second half
Made himself available for looks within second-half offense
Predictably shot better in second half

Khris Middleton
Didn’t play much or do much when he played
Shot 1-of-4 and committed four fouls in 18 minutes
Of the six summer-league players likely to make the regular-season roster, only one not to start and played fewest minutes of group.
I’ll repeat the same question I asked myself on draft night: Why pick him ahead of Kim English?

Vernon Macklin
Looked like a poor version of the Macklin we saw in garbage time last season
Must play better to make the Pistons worry about keeping him on the roster

Yancy Gates
Didn’t have the explosiveness to dunk in moderate traffic in paint sans running start
Will probably need to cut weight to make next level

Casper Ware
Too small to fight through a screen and allowed a jumper most NBA guards would make
Solid ball-handler
Could become a Will Bynum type, but so could many and Bynum spent years crafting his game overseas to make himself the exception, not the rule, for undersized score-first guards

 

[elcheato]

Kyrie is playing in the summer league lol. He's going to humiliate a lot of players.

 

[Pugz]

Jimmer Fredette will get an opportunity to direct the Kings' offense during summer league play that begins Friday in Las Vegas.

"And I think that's what we're focusing around him," said Bobby Jackson, the Kings' summer league coach. "He's going to have the ball in his hand at the end of the game, in game situations. He's got to learn how to make calls, know who's hot and who's not hot, and that's part of being a point guard.

"He's going to have a lot of freedom to do a lot of things, play at point and just run the team. We just want him to flow into the offense, if he sees some mismatches, take advantage of it, and just show us he can be that point guard that he was in college."

Keith Smart recently met with Fredette to clarify the second-year guard's role with the Kings.

"He just kind of told me what he expected out of me, what he wanted me to do," Fredette said. "He wants me to be a point guard, go out and make plays, be aggressive.

"I can dish when it's available, but also that threat to be able to score the basketball helps you get your teammates open. It's just all about the timing of it, when you've got to score or pass. It's a tricky thing, but I'll continue to get better at it."

 

[ZigZag]

This Jimmer experiment will not end well

 

[RipCity32]

Summer League is just a bunch of chucking lol.

 

[RipCity32]

Drummond runs like a God damn gazelle out there lol.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Daye!

 

[RipCity32]

These games are such awful basketball lol.