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Official: July 5th - July 11th , 2014 Orlando Summer League Thread

Elizah Huge

Elizah Huge

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Some interesting games tomorrow.

Miami Heat vs. Boston Celtics (11 AM ET)

Orlando Magic vs. Philadelphia 76ers (1 PM ET)

There are other teams, Pacers, Nets, Pistons, Rockets, Grizzlies, Thunder.

Those teams don't have very much intriguing young talent on their rosters.

The players I am looking forward to watching the most:

Shabazz Napier (Heat)

Marcus Smart (Celtics)

James Young (Celtics)

Aaron Gordon (Magic)

Elfrid Payton (Magic)

Nerlens Noel (76ers)

Mitch McGary (Thunder) (kinda)

Jordan Adams (Grizzlies) (kinda)

Then there the returning players such as: Oladipo, KCP, S. Adams, J. Lamb, Olynyk, P. Jones.

Should be a nice six day summer league, obviously not as good as the LV one coming up.

Any other players you are looking forward to seeing or projected stats for players, etc.?
 
Feels weird waking up at 7:00 and having basketball on. The Pacers roster looks like a bunch of nobodies so it's not surprising they are down 20 + already. I don't want to watch Detroit just to see Peyton Siva, but I'm interested in checking the boxscores on him. Jahii Carson on Houston is another one I would like to see, but they just don't have a good enough squad to justify blowing a few hours on watching to me.

But yeah, I think the Celtics/76ers/Magic are clearly teams that might actually be worth watching a few full games. Pierre Jackson is probably a lock to lead this summerleague in scoring.

I think that Nets roster is actually pretty interesting too: Donta Greene, Corey Jefferson, Mason Plumlee, Marquis Teague, Xavier Thames. At least better than the Rockets/Pistons/Grizzles/Thunder.
 
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Plumlee looked good for the Nets.

Olynick and Pressey look good for the Celtics.

Marcus Smart looks a bit small for an SG and a bit slow for a PG. His outside shooting lacks touch. I guess we knew that. He's tough defensively though.

Shabazz Napier is struggling with the size and speed of the game.

Aaron Gordon plays in the next game. Nerlens Noel might play for the Sixers also.
 
Smart is even having trouble finishing at the rim. He's gotten swatted there a few times. His lift looks a bit off, he's not getting high on his jumps. Adjustment period for sure. Pressy is giving Napier tons of problems. Just blows by him when he has the ball. And when Pressy is defending Napier, Napier keeps having to push off with his off hand to get space, even threw a forearm at Pressy.
 
Gordon plays in an hour.

Smart and Napier really struggling and turning the ball over a lot.

Makes me appreciate Burke a lot more for having such a high ast/to ratio.
 
ALso, lol at Napier. Tired of Heat people acting like he is a key pick-up. Chalmers > Napier.
 
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