Jazz Need to Bring this Guy Back to Summer League
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homeytennis
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He was lighting up the league in Korea.
homeytennis
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Korea you say?
That's where all the ballers go. I saw a game story where Boom's team won and the two stars for the other team had logged some NBA time so the money must not be bad over there.
homeytennis
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Here is a guy's musings after the 2010 Orlando SUmmer League when Evans and Hayward were real young pups.
Jermareo Davidson:
Besides having the coolest hair out of the entire team, this guy actually impressed me the most. He hardly got any playing time, but he had the second highest Go Rating on the team. He did not take bad shots, he made 60 fg% of them -- and as a big guy, a majority of them were 16' and out from the basket. Open jumpers, over and over, swish, swish, swish. On a team that is only as good as its' floor spacing this guy played like a focused, less polished Rasheed Wallace. Got got about a rebound every 3 mins on the floor, scored nearly 8 ppg in 10 mins of action and had a shoot worth that was better than Karl Malone's. No blocks, but he did a lot of things right. If Augustine didn't have such a good 1st game, I'd say that Davidson would be going to training camp. If the Jazz know what's good for them, he should be anyway. Again, this guy blew me away.
Rod Benson:
The Jazz should know who this guy is by now because he has put in his work in the NBA-DL for a while now. Out of everyone listed here, he played the least minutes (8.975 mins per game); however, the minutes he played showed us all a lot. He's active on defense, crashed the glass, and isn't some 19 year old kid. He has an NBA body and understands the game well. He did everything pretty well: reading the defense, setting screens, passing the ball, crashing the offensive glass. He's playing in Las Vegas right now too - so you know that he's getting exposure as well. He did not jump off the stat sheet in any way (because of his low MPG), but that doesn't mean he's not worth an extended look. If Fes can't be had for super cheap (thanks again Portland, stay classy) then this guy is a must this off-season.
Deeper Exploration:
Of course, there were more players on the Jazz summer league team, but no way am I going to do this for all of them. Some of them made Thomas Gardner look like George Gervin. Really. Aside from Kosta, Sundiata, Othyus and rookie Hayward I would expect the Jazz to offer training camp spots to at least one other guard and two bigs. They should be 2nd rounder Evans, Davidson and Rice - just to make sure Gaines has to try a bit. As a special bonus I also charted up how Hayward's summer league stats match up against his 69 game college career.
homeytennis
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Here was a summer league reply from yesteryear that brought a tear to my eye watching a young Wesley Matthews appears in the box score:
Jazz 92, Magic 84 - OrlandoMagic.com reports: The Jazz were led by Derrick Brown, who contributed 25 points and five rebounds in 22 minutes. Kevin Kruger (16), Wes Matthews (15) and Josh Duncan (11) rounded out the double-digit scoring for the Jazz, with Michigan State product Goran Suton leading Utah with 10 boards... Ryan Anderson continued to impress and pace the Magic, leading Orlando with 26 points (9-for-16 FG; 5-for-10 3FG) seven rebounds and two blocks. Three other players joined Anderson with double-digit scoring, led by Russell Robinson's 17 points, followed by Jeremy Richardson adding 16 and Kasib Powell with 13.
Jazz 92, Magic 84 - OrlandoMagic.com reports: The Jazz were led by Derrick Brown, who contributed 25 points and five rebounds in 22 minutes. Kevin Kruger (16), Wes Matthews (15) and Josh Duncan (11) rounded out the double-digit scoring for the Jazz, with Michigan State product Goran Suton leading Utah with 10 boards... Ryan Anderson continued to impress and pace the Magic, leading Orlando with 26 points (9-for-16 FG; 5-for-10 3FG) seven rebounds and two blocks. Three other players joined Anderson with double-digit scoring, led by Russell Robinson's 17 points, followed by Jeremy Richardson adding 16 and Kasib Powell with 13.
homeytennis
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This was the year Eric Maynor was our first found pick and Suton didn't make the team. Ah memories.