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Collin Sexton's Summer League Crunch Time Defense Is Maybe Too Intense
Josh Hart and Collin Sexton had what looks like a decent duel in the semifinals of the NBA Summer League tournament last night. Hart went off for 37 points and nine rebounds in the Lakers’ 2OT win (nothing is more conceptually absurd than Summer League overtime), while Sexton had 27 points for the C...
Get Robert Williams A Damn Wallet Chain
Celtics rookie Robert Williams, who is still figuring stuff out, now has one extremely clear agenda item: Remember the physical location of his wallet....
Summer League Is Only Good For Getting Unreasonably Excited About Duncan Robinson
Have you heard about the NBA’s biggest signing of the summer? Clearly I am referring to the new two-way contract that former Michigan Wolverine Duncan Robinson has signed with the Miami Heat. ...
Under No Circumstances Will You Ever Guess Which Utah Jazz Rookie Provoked A Tussle With Trae Young
The dreaded Grayson Allen started Thursday night’s Hawks-Jazz Summer League tilt in Salt Lake City. You will be very glad to know that he’s shooting poorly and struggling to score (two points on 1-of-10 shooting through three quarters, but a tidy eight assists to zero turnovers). You will not be sur...
Summer League Takeaway: Marvin Bagley III Lacks The Skills To Pay The Bills
The annual Summer League parade of zero-dimensional guards is supposed to be redeemed by the play of the year’s hot-shot lottery picks. This is why anyone watches the various summer leagues: for those rare and blessed moments when this or that miscellaneous journeyman guard forgets to throw up anoth...
Marvin Bagley Posterized Moe Wagner And The Kings' Season Has Already Peaked<em></em>
In the first quarter of his Summer League debut, former Dookie Marvin Bagley III made a strong case that the Sacramento Kings actually didn’t screw it all up by picking him second in this year’s draft. With one dribble and a mighty leap, Bagley threw down a thunderous dunk in transition, ending Moe ...
Summer League Takeaways: Jaren Jackson Is A God, And Trae Young Is A Bum
The NBA Summer League kicked off Monday night with a battle between the Hawks and the Grizzlies, which Memphis won 103-88. In those four quarters, we learned everything we needed to know about each team’s marquee draft picks. Jaren Jackson Jr., the fourth pick for Memphis out of Michigan State, is o...
Lonzo Puts The Ball Where It Needs To Go
Lonzo Ball ditched his kicks, and may not be all that explosive off the dribble, but ultimately will be just fine. For whatever it’s worth, he was named Summer League MVP yesterday. While earning this honor he averaged 16.6 points, 7.7 rebounds, 9.3 assists and did many, many good passes, which are ...
Dennis Smith Jr. Is An Athletic Marvel
You’d be foolish to take away too much from how a rookie plays in NBA Summer League. Sometimes future stars like Damian Lillard can announce themselves with huge Summer League performances, but for every Lillard there are a dozen Donte Greenes who show out on the small stage then quickly fade away o...
Lonzo Ball Has Another Great Game Without Wearing His Sneakers
One day after switching up his sneakers to have his best game yet, Lonzo Ball has turned in another strong Summer League performance. Thursday night against the Cavs’ squad, he finished with 16 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds. Most notably, he got the triple-double while playing the whole night ...
Lonzo Ball Has Best Game Yet After Ditching Big Baller Brand Sneakers
Lonzo Ball returned to Las Vegas Summer League action last night, but not in his much-ballyhooed Big Baller Brand ZO2s. No, he was wearing a purple pair of Kobe A.D. sneakers. Yes, they kind of look similar to the BBB ZO2....
Lonzo Ball Will Be Fine
Summer League action made Jan Vesely look like an actual basketball player for two years in a row, so probably you should be wary of setting much stock by it. Still, if, like mine, your enthusiasm for the NBA at any given time tracks pretty closely with the number of bright young dudes within it fla...
76ers Shut Down Markelle Fultz Following Ankle Injury
In a continuation of a time-honored Philadelphia tradition, 2017 first overall draft pick and most recent 76ers savior Markelle Fultz will miss early developmental playing time following a lower leg injury....
Lonzo Ball And Jayson Tatum Gave Us A Cool Lakers-Celtics Summer League Contest
The Lakers and Celtics Summer League teams played Saturday in Las Vegas, pitting second overall pick Lonzo Ball against third overall pick Jayson Tatum. This was pretty fun!...
Mavs Blow Shot At Wide-Open, Fast-Break Buzzer-Beater By Calling Timeout
The Dallas Mavericks and Detroit Pistons were tied with seconds to go in the Orlando Pro Summer League championship game. The Pistons inbounded, but Luis Montero stopped anyone from getting a good look inside. Dwight Buycks ended up with the ball with just seconds to play. He looked up court. A summ...
Denzel Valentine Hits Pair Of Buzzer-Beaters To Win NBA Summer League Championship
Congratulations Chicago Bulls fans! The heartbreak of the Derrick Rose injury and the long, slow, organizational meltdown that followed it are behind you. Your team is the champion of the NBA (Las Vegas Summer League), thanks to the late heroics of Denzel Valentine....
"I Played Like Shit," States Man Who Just Hit Game-Winning Buzzer-Beater
D’Angelo Russell’s buzzer-beating three-pointer handed the Lakers a Summer League win over the Sixers tonight, but the former Buckeye is staying humble....
Jerami Grant Nukes Poor Ivica Zubac
The Sixers’ Jerami Grant is making the most of his NBA Summer League assignment. Here he is tonight dunking all over freshly-drafted Lakers center Ivica Zubac, reminding us that the Croatian has a long way to go before he can assume the title of Croatia’s greatest athlete named Ivica....
Marcus Smart Leaves Game With Hand Injury
Celtics guard Marcus Smart left tonight’s Summer League game against Portland with a painful-looking—and sounding, given his screams—hand injury that the team reports left him with multiple dislocated fingers and a trip to the X-ray room....
Let's Laugh At The Lakers' Awful Summer League Performance
Tonight the Los Angeles Lakers came out against the Knicks with a performance for the ages: a first quarter featuring seven turnovers, six fouls, and five points. Your future, Lakers fans, is apparently getting dominated by a certain Latvian. ...