Summer League Jazz vs. Memphis

[JazzMan4Life]

MVP of the night was a guy named Utah so we automatically get him right?

 

[cowhide]

He hit a nice 3 on a play that was waived off due to a moving screen, but he hasn't found his game against NBA defenders.

He had two or three nice drives to the basket. He is quick to the basket.

 

[Ineptimusprime]

Brantley showed some stuff. I’ll give Oni and JWF a “first game jitters” pass. Let’s see what they show tomorrow.

 

[SCS]

Brantley looked good. I liked how he was communicating on the floor. Showed off some of his skill set.

Oni was okay I guess. Hope to see more out of him in the next game

JWF... oh boy.... rough one young fella. Seemed like he was overthinking things. Hopefully he settles in next game.

Bradley was in way better shape than ever before. He showed some good, some bad.

 

[LoPo]

About what I expected honestly. I knew we would force feed Bradley to see what he could do. He did about what I thought he would - decent post play, disappointing athleticism, good rebounding.

All three rooks look athletically there. Raw, but expected.

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[framer]

It becomes obvious why the Jazz moved up to grab Brantley. All we need from Bradley is to replace Udoh. That is doable.

 

[Ineptimusprime]

Also, for those panicking about our picks after game 1, just remember two things:

(1) these guys aren’t just second round picks, but LATE second round picks. I’d guess the “hit” rate on late second rounders is much worse than 33%, meaning we’ll be lucky if even one of them turns into a rotation player.
(2) Trae Young looked like absolute **** in summer league last year, and he turned out okay.

I think Brantley will settle in and have a nice SL. Need to see more on Oni and JWF, but I’m a little worried JWF’s game won’t translate after game 1.

 

[jom2003]

every other seasons we'd have some time for those summer/G-leaguers to slowly develop/show their stuff. but with a roster as thin as ours, we need players who can straight up dominate/put up numbers in the summer league and show that they can contribute right away at NBA level. every other season we can slow down, wait and see. NOT this season. we are talking about possible 10-15mpg of NBA basketball every night in this coming season for those guys. bar is set higher and rightfully so. let's hope they up their game tomorrow.

 

[DasJazz]

I think JWF will settle in as SL progresses and will make the Jazz think real hard about putting him on the roster.

 

[yamers]

These guys will not get any playing time lol

 

[infection]

Bradley can rebound and finish at the rim, but he's got very little shooting touch, and very little game outside 8 feet.

So he can play the 4.

 

[jom2003]

These guys will not get any playing time lol

unless we start signing vet min. then sure, nobody will care. but as things stand, they'll likely have to fill some serious minutes for us.

or we hire tom thibodeau somehow.