Kenny was 50 pounds away from being 50 pounds away... Now he might be just 10 pounds away from being 50 pounds away. Maybe by next off-season?
Game Thread Jul 08, 2024 07:00pm: Grizzlies Vs Jazz (Summer League)
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Isaiah 1:13
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Well, yeah I understand that! Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t actually give it an honest effort for a change. I’m talking mostly about Danny pulling the rug out at the deadline here but who knows what else.
The thing is that winning is contagious but so is losing!
What a weird experirnce for a summer league game. Felt more like playoffs with Memphis playing full court pressure and utilizing the lenient foul rules all game and the ending being super contested.
Key had an up and down game which is just a microcosm of his last season. Probably drew 15+ fouls overall (most being perimeter non-shooting fouls) but also hero balled way too much.
Cody was very invisible but whenever he showed up he looked great. Collier had a nice game as well albeit I have doubts about his drive and finish against better players.
Flip had few moments but our offense didnt really run many plays at all, so his skillset was mostly left unutilized.
Key had an up and down game which is just a microcosm of his last season. Probably drew 15+ fouls overall (most being perimeter non-shooting fouls) but also hero balled way too much.
Cody was very invisible but whenever he showed up he looked great. Collier had a nice game as well albeit I have doubts about his drive and finish against better players.
Flip had few moments but our offense didnt really run many plays at all, so his skillset was mostly left unutilized.
Step-Back Lauri
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It might be even more in Las Vegas, when Iisalo takes the lead for those summer league games. Grizzlies going to be the team to follow this season aside Jazz.
To me it's a bit disappointing that on a team with 2 first round PGs we couldn't handle the tough press defense and we not just kept coughing up the ball, but when we didn't we rarely got into any type of actual offense. Keyonte just looks like a microwave scorer off the bench to me. I'm sorry. I know tons of people have much higher hopes for him, but this is what I see. I don't think he's strong enough with the ball, I don't think he can run an NBA offense against NBA type of pressure on the ball. And I don't think he can defend. On the other hand, I can see him being successful as a sixth man type who can score against bench units.
In general NONE of our players looked good on-ball. Not Sensabaugh, not Keyonte, not Williams, not Hendricks. With Williams we haven't seen him get enough opportunities and I will reserve judgement. Collier might have a chance to develop into a PG, but too early to tell. And none of this would be concerning if a lot of the hopes of Jazz fans didn't fall on most of those players. I guess there is a silverlining somewhere in that mix too - namely, if we indeed give tons of minutes to those players in the regular season, we might be losing A LOT of games.
In general NONE of our players looked good on-ball. Not Sensabaugh, not Keyonte, not Williams, not Hendricks. With Williams we haven't seen him get enough opportunities and I will reserve judgement. Collier might have a chance to develop into a PG, but too early to tell. And none of this would be concerning if a lot of the hopes of Jazz fans didn't fall on most of those players. I guess there is a silverlining somewhere in that mix too - namely, if we indeed give tons of minutes to those players in the regular season, we might be losing A LOT of games.
28 points on 17 shots is so bad. Can't believe it
No idea how we have some people on here praising Sensabaugh's negative defense and ball handling while also flaming Keyonte's efficient offense
I think he was the player I liked best from our roster. He had some jitters initially but as he settled he looked like a legit player. Like someone who can play in the league and play PG.
Come on, man. 28 points on 17 shots, but that's with 17 FTs. How many more scoring opportunities are those 17 FTs? Lets say 8. So... it's 28 points on 25 scoring opportunities. His TS is 51%, his eFG is 31%. However we twist it... lets not act like this is efficient offense.
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Lmao Jesus Christ y'all are trying so hard to make something negative from a great game from Keyonte.
*And he should have had more FTs with how much he was getting fouled*
TheStormofWar
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Given it's the first time they played together in something resembling an organized team activity against another team, I'll reserve judgment on some things. Most dogs/dawgs are a bit gun shy on their first hunt. I like some of what I saw at least and getting a dub in OT in any game is a good experience. Great atmosphere last night.