Las Vegas Summer League thread

[Saint Cy of JFC]

And my belief in Hughes is quickly waning. I gave him a lot of excuses because of the weird year, not being able to develop in the G-League, and the injury, but I'm just not sure he has it.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Elijah Hughes is shooting 29% from 3pt in 4 Summer League games. He shot 21% from 3pt in 5 G-league games last year.

He's supposed to be a good shooter.

He shot 33% as a senior. Just because his shot is smooth doesn’t mean he’s a good shooter.

I’ve comped him as a poor-man’s CJ Miles but that may have been too generous.

Don’t care about this cat at all. NBA players should be cruising in summer league, even the fringe ones.

We could’ve had either Bane or McDaniels AND Doke. Hughes is junk.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Doke looks great… makes a few dumb mistakes but I think he’s playable if Whiteside sucks or gets hurt. Forrest is fine… I want more from him defensively. Teague is kinda fun… Mathias likely gets the two way… he was good tonight when I watched but I’ve been really unimpressed. This summer league team is not super fun.

The 2nd 2-way guy likely isnt playing on this team.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Alright, so color me somewhat intrigued on this Mathias cat. He’s a way better prospect than Thomas.



His offensive style is exactly our offense in that he’s a guy who can hit threes at a high clip on a high volume but he moves the ball really well and would be perfect for the blender (in a hypothetical world where he was in the rotation). He’s not dead weight being a shooter only on offense with how well he can quickly move the ball, make reads, or quickly put the ball on the floor and make decisions.

Each of his junior and senior years he made the defensive team for the Big Ten.

This is a complete DL troll pickup. DL trades away (another) second rounder for a one-dimensional shooter. JZ waives him as one of the first matters of business. Then if he brings this guy in at no cost but a two-way, who has a few other dimensions to his game and may not be a complete liability on defense.

Take a look in the video above because there’s some good stuff in there.

He's no where close to as good as THomas, holy ****.

 

[stitches]

Are teams in the NBA going to let Udoka play and dominate their second units? How many games before they figure out he's shooting in the 30s from FT?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Are teams in the NBA going to let Udoka play and dominate their second units? How many games before they figure out he's shooting in the 30s from FT?

My favorite part of the commentary on last nights game was Sam Mitchell talking about udokas ft form and saying it’s not bad and not broken. Uhhhh sir… it ain’t fixed either.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Udoka likely has 12 months to figure out FTs and improve because while he has looked really good… Whiteside likely holds that position all year if healthy.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Welp, Hughes missed a dunk followed by two missed FTs. Then he badly missed a floater at the buzzer. Not sure what's going on with him, but he hasn't shot well in SL at all.

Yeah, I'm hoping it's just confidence/nerves and he figures it out soon. I know he's a better player than he's shown.

 

[NAOS]

Elizah Huge Disappointment

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Are teams in the NBA going to let Udoka play and dominate their second units? How many games before they figure out he's shooting in the 30s from FT?

I dont think that's a huge concern for a backup. Are teams really going to let their guys rack up fouls when Udoka is likely playing?

 

[stitches]

Udoka likely has 12 months to figure out FTs and improve because while he has looked really good… Whiteside likely holds that position all year if healthy.

Whiteside is a bit hit and miss with his FTs too... it's a coin flip whether we get him shooting in the 60s or around 50

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

The 2nd 2-way guy likely isnt playing on this team.

I think Mathias is the current favorite. I’ve heard two beat guys mention him and think there is some smoke. Likely waiting to see what happens and if someone better springs loose but I think he’s the guy unless they find something else they like. I’d rather do something else.