Summer League Thread

[Elizah Huge]

It's insane how the people who know the least/watched the least want to be the most critical.

Dude… you know the least lol. You talk so much **** for someone who has been so wrong about literally everything the past 12 months.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Well... then... then you would have really ****ed up with your analysis of Bilal. His whole career until this point would be null and void and everything that would matter would be that single game on a July afternoon.

Look people will crow about a missed pull-up and a block in a summer league game as proof his talent is so obvious… if Bilal scores 25…

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

The problem is that we don't have access to a universe splitter so we can see what happens with that counterfactual where Bilal plays in college. We don't know what he would have done for Villanova or Florida or Arkansas... Maybe he's better and is given more responsibility... maybe he's even worse...

If you put Keyonte on a French league team and he produced the way he did at Baylor, they would barely play him and he'd be shooting 35% from the field.


But would that make him an unworthy prospect all the sudden?

Cy has the universe splitter… just have him run it.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Dude… you know the least lol. You talk so much **** for someone who has been so wrong about literally everything the past 12 months.

I got a lot of real estate in your head lmao

 

[stitches]

If you put Keyonte on a French league team and he produced the way he did at Baylor, they would barely play him and he'd be shooting 35% from the field.


But would that make him an unworthy prospect all the sudden?

Yep... but my biggest problem with that type of conjectures is that we don't really know if both Bilal would have been this productive in college and Keyonte would have been this inefficient in France. It's kind of pointless to even think much about it.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Yep... but my biggest problem with that type of conjectures is that we don't really know if both Bilal would have been this productive in college and Keyonte would have been this inefficient in France. It's kind of pointless to even think much about it.

It's just wild to me a guy who was hugely important to his team in his league playoff run just gets dismissed as being unproductive trash. 18 years old in a pro league.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I don't know much... but I know that based on my recent luck Bilal will go for 25 today in summer league today. All you degenerates should find out what the over/under is and pound the over. Your are welcome.

They don’t even have him listed as an option to get 15+ points so unfortunately you can’t.

 

[stitches]

Look people will crow about a missed pull-up and a block in a summer league game as proof his talent is so obvious… if Bilal scores 25…

View attachment 14901

I have to agree with them though... that missed pull up after the snake dribble with the left into the midrange was kind of nice. I know it ultimately matters that he missed it... and that he has been missing them all year(few of them but missing them)... but it did look like he was comfortable taking this shot... it looked natural... like it should be going much more than it has been so far for him. Of course, you would need development from him and this is where part of the allure of Bilal is... in certain situations you can see the potential of him being more than he is right now. I've already stated that I don't think the chance of him realizing that potential to the fullest extend of what people imagine is very high. But there definitely is a chance it happens IMO.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I have to agree with them though... that missed pull up after the snake dribble with the left into the midrange was kind of nice. I know it ultimately matters that he missed it... and that he has been missing them all year(few of them but missing them)... but it did look like he was comfortable taking this shot... it looked natural... like it should be going much more than it has been so far for him. Of course, you would need development from him and this is where part of the allure of Bilal is... in certain situations you can see the potential of him being more than he is right now. I've already stated that I don't think the chance of him realizing that potential to the fullest extend of what people imagine is very high. But there definitely is a chance it happens IMO.

I mean to each their own but I wasn't super impressed with that highlight... the blocks are impressive. I just thought it was funny that we have so little to do off that we are like "check out this missed middie".

I'm definitely lower than consensus on the guy but I'm not out. I just think if some are going to slobber over a few highlights its okay for others to throw cold water based on the aggregate results.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I mean to each their own but I wasn't super impressed with that highlight... the blocks are impressive. I just thought it was funny that we have so little to do off that we are like "check out this missed middie".

I'm definitely lower than consensus on the guy but I'm not out. I just think if some are going to slobber over a few highlights its okay for others to throw cold water based on the aggregate results.

Is it? The fact is that potential and talent are largely based off the flashes of brilliance and demonstrating an ability to increase your consistency over time (which Bilal did if you followed his season, to a very impressive degree)

Keyonte is a great example. He had a lot of stinker performances, but as a prospect he also had some of the best performances. Early returns, but it looks like the high moments were more stronger indicators than the poor performances.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I mean to each their own but I wasn't super impressed with that highlight... the blocks are impressive. I just thought it was funny that we have so little to do off that we are like "check out this missed middie".

I'm definitely lower than consensus on the guy but I'm not out. I just think if some are going to slobber over a few highlights its okay for others to throw cold water based on the aggregate results.

His defensive ability has been his best quality and the blocks have been super impressive.

Everything else has been pretty bad. Out of control and can’t shoot.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Is it? The fact is that potential and talent are largely based off the flashes of brilliance and demonstrating an ability to increase your consistency over time (which Bilal did if you followed his season, to a very impressive degree)

Keyonte is a great example. He had a lot of stinker performances, but as a prospect he also had some of the best performances. Early returns, but it looks like the high moments were more stronger indicators than the poor performances.

Lol... I guess I just have a higher standard for what qualifies as a "flash of brilliance"