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NBA Summer League Day 3 - Debut of John Wall
Day 3 of the NBA Summer League featured the debut of No. 1 draft pick, the Washington Wizards John Wall before a sold-out standing-room crowd. At times Wall was too fast for himself and his teammates as he turned the ball over eight times. Overall, Wall showed what he can do and once his teammates get running after him the Wizards will be greatly improved and Wall will be one of the elite point guards in the league. Wall wound up with 24 points and eight assists in Washington's 84-79 win over Golden State. Reggie Williams of the Warriors was the game's high scorer with 34 points.
We caught a nice assist by Wall to JaVale McGee. Check it out
We alsi interviewed Wizards Head Coach Flip Saunders after the game. Here's what he said about Wall.
In the other games:
- The Denver Nuggets topped the New York Knicks 100-90 as the Nuggets shot 50 free throws. That's right - 50! Ty Lawson and Coby Karl paced the Nuggets with 28 and 22 points. Lawson also had seven assists and five steals. Toney Douglas paced the Knicks with 27 points.
- Portland topped Houston in the second game 84-67. Portland had five players in double-figures and were helped by rookie Luke Babbitt's 13 points and Patty Mills' 12 points, nine assists and seven rebounds. Chase Budinger led the Rockets with 21.
- In the nightcap Miami topped New Orleans 77-72. the most impressive player of the game was second-year pro Kenny Hasbrouck from Siena. Hasbrouck scored 24 points on 10-for-15 shooting. Duke guard Jon Scheyer saw his first action ans came up with 11 points, five rebounds and three assists.
Carl Berman is a Managing Partner of NetScouts Basketball and can be followed on twitter @carlberman.
More Thoughts from NBA Summer League
Sitting here at the NBA Rookie Officials Training Camp err NBA Summer League in Las Vegas and had a few more observations.
- Dan Majerle is pulling a Dusty Baker today, no not sweatbands, he's coaching in high tops...when was the last time you saw that?
- Sounds like the Warriors have new ownership so the GSW fans have something to cheer about
- Speaking of the Warriors, Reggie Wiliams can play...he has 18 points in the second quarter of the game I am sitting in...
- Speaking of #2...Williams is being 'checked' by Taylor Griffin who the paid handsomely a year ago as a 1st Rd. pick
- Taylor just scored! He now has 2 points.
- Little brother Blake is in the house watching
- Bryan Colangelo was in the lobby yesterday...he and all the Raps Fans seem very happy to unload Hedo Turkoglu.
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The Suns are very excited about the signing of Hedo Turkoglu.
- John Wall vs. Roddy Beaubois coming later tonight!
- LOTS of people around the NBA Summer League think the "LeBron Show" to announce his decision was a joke.
- Per #10, several here say the decision to leave wasn't made "that morning" as he said, but rather a year ago.
- Jaycee Carroll (Utah State) who played in Spain's ACB this past year is rumored to be headed to Maccabi Tel Aviv. He's played solidly with the Knicks.
- Clippers vs. Blazers tonight will be interesting as Eric Bledsoe will face Patty Mills
- Earl Clark has improved. The Louisville/Phx Suns forward is a big, skilled guy.
- Matt Janning continues to make good plays
- The Clippers scored a whopping 50 points in 48 minutes last night
- Eric Bledsoe (Kentucky) was 1/6, scored 4 points, had 2 assists and 7 turnovers as the PG for the Clips
- Will Rudy Fernandez stay with the Trail Blazers? Or go back to Europe with either Regal Barcelona or Panathinaikos? Barca is close to home and has his pal Ricky Rubio.
- Kim Tillie just picked up his 8th personal foul
- The Korean National Team scrimmaged the Pistons today
Wall and Beaubois are about to face off so it's time for me to log off.
Chris Denker is Managing Partner of NetScouts and can be followed on Twitter @chrisdenker. Photo by MKRob.
NBA Summer League - Getting Close to the End
We love our time at the NBA Summer League each year and this year was no exception. The event concludes today. Many of our European friends have headed home and the last games will begin in a few hours. Here's a review of yesterday's action:
- The Knicks came back from a 20-point deficit to beat the Wizards 109-107 in overtime. Leo Lyons led the comeback with an 11-point fourth quarter. The fans who came to see John Wall were disappointed as Wall sat the game out. Cartier Martin (pictured on left. Thanks to nba.com for the picture) led all scores with 24 points for the Wizards. Lyons had 21 for the Knicks. Toney Douglas continued his strong play with 19 points and six assists for the Knicks.
- Cleveland topped Miami 73-69 in a poorly played game in which several of the better players for both teams sat out. Danny Green of Cleveland led all scored with 17 points. There were 60 fouls called in the game.
- Toronto went to 5-0 in the session in beating winless (0-5) New Orleans 101-93. Quincy Pondexter of the Hornets led the scoring with 26 points. Raptor center 7'1 Cheikh Samb had a nice game with 19 points, six rebounds and seven blocked shots.
- San Antonio went to 4-0 in the league with a 77-62 win over the Clippers. Alonzo Gee was the best player on the floor with 20 points and six rebounds. Eric Bledsoe continued his poor play for the Clippers with seven points on 1-for-5 shooting and eight turnovers. He'll need some time to develop.
- Sacramento edged the Bulls 76-75 as they came back from a double-digit deficit by outscoring Chicago 35-17 in the fourth quarter. DeMarcus Cousins had his worst game of the week with 10 points on 3-for-15 shooting. Omri Casspi has been solid all week and continued his strong showing with a 22-point performance. Samardo Samuels had his best game of the week with 17 points and seven rebounds for the Bulls.
- Portland topped Minnesota 67-60 in another poor shooting game. Luke Babbitt led the Trail Blazers with 15 but shot ony 5-for-17. Portland point Patty Mills shot 5-for-18. 29-year-old Deon Thomas was Minnesota's best player with 16 and 12. Enough said.
- In the final game of the day, the Atlanta Hawks topped the winless D-League Select team 97-86. Rookie Jordan Crawford of the Hawks continued to impress with 18 points on 6-for-11 shooting. Temple grad from a few years back, Mark Tyndale had the strongest game with 21 points in 18 minutes for the D-League Select.
We'll report of today's games later tonight after we get home. Early in the week we will be naming our All-Summer League teams as well as review each team's players.
Carl Berman is a Managing Partner of NetScouts Basketball and can be followed on twitter @carlberman
NBA Summer League All-Star Team
There were a lot of good individual performances throughout the week at the NBA Summer League Las Vegas and a few solid TEAMS as well, which is obviously a whole lot more important. I'm going to break down a few of my favorites from the week and a few not so good.
We'll hit on the team performances tomorrow.
MVP
John Wall, Washington Wizards: Averaged 23.5 points (tops in the league), 7.8 assists (also #1 in league) and helped elevate the game of JaVale McGee. He also sold out a couple games in the Cox Pavilion due to his presence and still played well. Well done.
ALL-STAR PERFORMERS
Reggie Williams, Golden State: The 6'4 lefty was a scoring machine for the Warriors at 22.6 per game second only to Wall.
DeMar DeRozan, Toronto: DD shot it extremely well (58%) on his way to 21 points per outing. He doesn't do a whole lot else on the floor and really needs work defensively as his man often matched his output.
Sam Young, Memphis: The 6'6 wing known for terrific defense also scored at 19.5 ppg and shot an efficient 54%.
JJ Hickson, Cleveland: Posted 19.3 points and 6.3 boards a contest, good young player with athletic ability, needs to become more consistent.
Sonny Weems, Toronto: One of the best athletes in the Summer League scored 17.5 ppg on drives, slash cuts, finishing the break, and even knocked down a pull-up J or two.
JaVale McGee, Wizards: The 7'0 athlete performed at his best this week. 19.5 points and 9.3 boards were 4th best in league and shot 69% from the floor. He runs the court and with Wall pushing tempo, he can find some PT for the Wizards.
Patty Mills, Portland: Although the numbers aren't eye popping, they are good, 14.2 ppg, 3.8 boards, 4.6 assists per game. He is a leader, he helped Luke Babbitt and Armon Johnson develop a bit, and he toys with defenders...his use of ball/screens is excellent and his ability to pass off the dribble has really improved.
Omri Casspi, SAC: Quietly goes about his business, plays hard and scored 14.4 a game.
Gary Neal, San Antonio: The 6'4 Towson product led the Spurs to a 5-0 record while scoring over 16 per game and shot an amazing 50% from the floor and 50% from 3-land as well.
BEST BACKCOURTS
Dallas: Roddy Beaubois was great at times, average others (14.0 ppg, 3.0 apg) and needs to involve others better, Dominique Jones their 6'4 draft pick was nice with 16.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg, and 3.4 apg as well as working well on the defensive end. Jeremy Lin (6'3 Harvard) was also a solid player off the bench chipping in 10 points, 4 boards, and 2 assists per game...he should get a nice contract from this event internationally.
Denver: Ty Lawson played very well. It was obvious this guy played a lot last year and he is a guy who can play well with quality vets as well as rookies...some can't. He shot 59% from the floor on his way to 16.4 ppg and dished out 5 assists per game as well. Coby Karl played well also with 14 points, 6.3 rpg, 2.3 steals, and 3.3 apg. He should find a home in the league...doesn't Miami need some cheap insurance? Here's a guy to look at.
SLEEPERS WHO COULD STICK
Derrick Caracter, LA Lakers: The BIG MAN from UTEP played very well in Vegas and is in great shape. I disagree with DeMarcus Cousins being named Rookie of the Month for the simple reason that several bigs put up decent numbers but Caracter's 15.4 points, 8.6 boards and 59% shooting are better than the 14.5, 9.8, 33% shooting that Cousin's threw up. Wall was hands down the best rookie there.
Matt Janning, Phoenix: The 6'5 guard from Northeastern continues to play well in summer league and has received at least two TRAINING CAMP invites. He went for 13 points and 6 boards a game on one of the worst teams in Vegas.
Landry Fields, NY Knicks: A blue-collar guy with some skill. He works hard, he's smart (Stanford guy), and is sneaky athletic. He blew buy DeRozan a time or three in their match-up...averaged 15.6 points, 4.8 boards and shot 53% which is a nice stat for a rookie adjusting to the NBA game.
Deron Washington, Milwaukee: I was tempted to put him on the All-Star team, he played very well. Already a freak athlete, his stroke is much improved (46% shooting). He scored 13.2 ppg and grabbed nearly 5 boards a game. Coach Skiles will get him to defend and he can run and finish at the rim...he could make it.
Omar Samhan, Dallas: I would never have thought I'd be saying this after seeing him live on multiple occasions in college, but he played very well. 10.5 points, 7.5 boards, 1.0 block and he's smart, competitive, and outplayed guys who were lottery picks. He's the perfect example of why it's important to evaluate guys playing 5-on-5 as well as in "workouts." He's a team basketball player. By comparison, Hasheem Thabeet had similar numbers and played 5 more minutes per game...not to mention he is on the books for about $3.5 Million more than Samhan would receive. Another point on Thabeet, in the Grizzlies last game versus the Spurs, his +/- rating was a -28! I don't care who you are, that is ridiculous.
Solomon Alabi, Toronto: He played exactly half the minutes per game as Thabeet and put up 8.5 points and 5.0 rebounds. Double it and he'd blow Thabeet out of the water. The point is, the Raps investment into a few minutes per game defensive center (chosen in the 2nd round) is much better than the Grizzlies investment into the #2 pick of the draft.
Chris Denker is Managing Partner of NetScouts Basketball and can be followed on Twitter @chrisdenker.