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Did we dodge some bullets?

This is seriously one of the worst posts ever. One game into SL and we are declaring ourselves winners for not having to endure Gordon....
 
The Blue Elephant said:
Remember last year Kelly Olynyk looked like the next Kevin Mchale during summer league. However Damian Lillard looked real good in summer league and it carried over. I still think summer league is worth something, otherwise the NBA wouldn't do it.
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What was wrong with Olynyk's rookie year? Yeah, he didn't translate exactly from his higher level play in summer league, but if your impression from the summer league was that he is going to play a lot of years in the NBA, and that Boston made a good pick, that's still true today. He played really well in the last month of the year when they started giving him consistent minutes.
 
jazzrule said:
Aaron Gordon, the fourth overall pick out of Arizona, shot 3 of 11 from the field and had four turnovers with seven points and five rebounds in 25 minutes for Orlando in the loss to the Sixers. Boston guard Marcus Smart, the No. 6 pick out of Oklahoma State, missed 6-of-8 shots but had 10 points against Miami.

I will be surprised if Exum plays this badly for sure.
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IT IS SUMMER LEAGUE!!!!!!!
 
Like others have said it's just SL, but I watched the first 10 minutes of the game and his shooting did look horrid. Bricked about a 8' to the left and hard off the glass, shot an air ball from three point range, and missed a free throw off the glass and to the left. Although he didn't shoot the ball well and turned the ball over too much, he played some awesome defense. Orlando better hope he improves his outside shot or they basically got an undersized power forward. Just the first game of summer league and he has plenty of time to work on that shot.


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Duck Rodgers said:
What was wrong with Olynyk's rookie year? Yeah, he didn't translate exactly from his higher level play in summer league, but if your impression from the summer league was that he is going to play a lot of years in the NBA, and that Boston made a good pick, that's still true today. He played really well in the last month of the year when they started giving him consistent minutes.
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Kelly Olynyk played exactly how a lottery pick his age shoulda played for a big man. No better , no worse. There were people that thought he was the best steal in the entire draft after that amazing summer league performance he had (including 27.6% of GM's).
 
Think about the anxiety these young guns are dealing with. First times stepping on the floor. A dream come true.

I'm sure once they clear their heads they will be able to show their abilities at a much higher level.
 
The Blue Elephant said:
Kelly Olynyk played exactly how a lottery pick his age shoulda played for a big man. No better , no worse. There were people that thought he was the best steal in the entire draft after that amazing summer league performance he had (including 27.6% of GM's).
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Fair enough. BTW, I think there is a ton of correlation to playing well in the summer league and it being an indicator of whether you can play in the NBA or not. If you look up the stats of summer leagues from past years, most of the guys that are still in the NBA were in the upper percentiles. In a lot of categories. There are only a few players that squeaked in outside of those groupings and they are...role players. The only thing you can't really do is say...this guy averaged 20....so he's going to score 20 in the NBA. But if you look at all the guys that score under 10 or so....there are like 3 guys per year(out of 200 + that don't score 10 pts/g) that still make it and they are Deandre Jordon, Lous Amundson, or Josh McRoberts types.....players that rebound, block shots, and hustle.
 
We have officially reached the point in the thread where new posters don't bother to read any of the other posts and just spew their own non-new crap.

"Why doesn't anyone consider this is just summer league, jeez after 3 pages which I didn't bother to read I have no idea why no one said that it is just summer league. Idiots."
 
mellow said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZVhONMMFtY&sns=em

Try again.

The shot was cringe worthy, the block is gasp worthy.

In truth it wasn't a block, he jumps up and catches the ball. I'd be lying if I said I was glad Orlando took him.

Dodge Bullets? Yes, I believe Gordon could dodge bullets...Like Neo on the Matrix.
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im so glad we arent playing in that crappy orlando league this year
 
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