Speaker 1: Speaking of Scoot though third pick in the draft, had
Speaker 1: the best half of basketball this side of Jabbari Smith
Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty three Summer League. He is special.
Speaker 1: He is an athletic freak. He can pass like a
Speaker 1: man possessed. He is just just throwing laser beams. No
Speaker 1: looks behind the back passes, he's cutting to the rim.
Speaker 1: He's in twenty one minutes. He let everyone know what
Speaker 1: was what He is a star. Hit a three couple
Speaker 1: of good middies, and more importantly, he finished really well
Speaker 1: at the rim, consistently beat the number four pick Aman
Speaker 1: Thompson off the dribble. He pressured the Rockets guards and
Speaker 1: transitioned while they were collapsing to cut off easy buckets.
Speaker 1: He was incredible. And then, of course, you know, because
Speaker 1: I'm a Blazer fan and I can't have nice things,
Speaker 1: he hurt his shoulder and they thought he separated it. Actually,
Speaker 1: they thought he dislocated his fucking shoulder in Summer League
Speaker 1: in the first half. And guess what, That's exactly what
Speaker 1: happened to Shaden Sharp. He tore his laborum in the
Speaker 1: first quarter of the first game in Summer League a
Speaker 1: year ago. So whatever it's fine, but I can't wait
Speaker 1: to see Shaden and Scoot together because Shaden looks much
Speaker 1: better when Scoot is on the floor. In Game two,
Speaker 1: Shaden didn't look nearly as impressive. But these two are
Speaker 1: going to have an electric season. Speaking of the Thompson twins,
Speaker 1: hold me now because I very sad that I did
Speaker 1: not get to see them battle it out on the floor.
Speaker 1: They have never been separated for more than a few days.
Speaker 1: They've never played against each other at a real level,
Speaker 1: and Aimon and Auscer were supposed to square up in
Speaker 1: this battle to split the zeygo you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: But Aimon got hurt in that same game. Actually, he's
Speaker 1: gonna miss the rest of the Summer League. He showed
Speaker 1: explain moves, he had a decent mid raand shot, even
Speaker 1: though he struggled to stay with Scoot defensively. He's gonna
Speaker 1: be fun. The Houston Rockets in general are gonna be fun.
Speaker 1: And then auser, auser might be better than Ayman, Like really,
Speaker 1: I like that way he fits on this Pistons roster.
Speaker 1: If they used him more in their offense, I tell
Speaker 1: you what, they would be better. They're not gonna be
Speaker 1: looking for him to pick up twenty points in a game.
Speaker 1: They want him to sit back picket spots. He's still
Speaker 1: a really good passer. I know Aiman's obviously a good
Speaker 1: passer too, But the best way to acclimate a guy
Speaker 1: like him into the league is to just let the
Speaker 1: game come to him. Both I think are going to
Speaker 1: be solid, solid pros. Do you guys? Hear my voice
Speaker 1: is just like absolutely declining as we go through, So
Speaker 1: we've got to get through it. Finally, we got to
Speaker 1: talk about Anthony Black. He went sixth overall to the
Speaker 1: Orlando Magic. Damn he is good. I love some Anthony Black.
Speaker 1: Seven for ten, seventeen point performance in his debut. He
Speaker 1: had five rebounds, five assists. That's just like a really
Speaker 1: good summer league line. Like, even though he turned the
Speaker 1: ball over six times, I do not care. That is
Speaker 1: the nature of summer league. That is the nature of
Speaker 1: people trying to impress gms and you know, coaches, and
Speaker 1: that's just it. That's just the way it is in
Speaker 1: an exhibition game. And I don't think it's flaws in
Speaker 1: his offensive game at all. His second game was was
Speaker 1: very inefficient. He was three for twelve, he had eight points,
Speaker 1: but you could see even in that game, this man
Speaker 1: can get wherever he want on the court. You can't
Speaker 1: stop him. He's very in control, plays in his own speed.
Speaker 1: His pacing is really good, his footwork is good. He
Speaker 1: is eight seven and three. Summer League slash line was
Speaker 1: mostly due to the fact that the team that they played,
Speaker 1: the Pacers, have guys who really should not be on
Speaker 1: a summer league team, like Ben Mathern. What is Ben
Speaker 1: Matherin doing on the summer league team trying to win
Speaker 1: the summer league? What is Andrew Nemhard doing on a
Speaker 1: summer league team? Nothing like they should not They should
Speaker 1: not be there. They are too good for July basketball.
Speaker 1: And they made life really tough on Anthony Black, and
Speaker 1: they were getting their asses but beat they were getting
Speaker 1: just blown out early. Overall, I really like Anthony Black,
Speaker 1: Polish player. I think he's gonna be maybe a player
Speaker 1: to watch for Rookie of the Year. I think it's
Speaker 1: thirty to one for his Rookie of the Year odds
Speaker 1: depending on the book that you look at. So maybe
Speaker 1: sprinkle a little money on that and thank me later.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about some other rookies that you might not
Speaker 1: have thought about originally. They have balled out Kyante George.
Speaker 1: Kyante George's second and scoring in the Summer League. He
Speaker 1: is thirty three per game. Is fucking insane. First and
Speaker 1: assists at Summer League. Is He's the breakout star. This
Speaker 1: is him. It's the Donovan Mitchell. They got a new
Speaker 1: Donovan Mitchell. That's what they have. Maybe a better Donovan Mitchell,
Speaker 1: maybe a bigger one, maybe a more a better shooter.
Speaker 1: Everybody was like, oh, Kyant George can't shoot. It seems
Speaker 1: like he can shoot just fine to me, I don't
Speaker 1: know what. I don't know what that situation was that
Speaker 1: scouting report, Like we all knew Victor and Scoot and
Speaker 1: Chat would ball out, but I didn't see Kyante George
Speaker 1: coming like this. Trader Danny must have seen it, because
Speaker 1: the man is killing it. In Summer League. The Jazz
Speaker 1: went from like a few outside threats to an abundant
Speaker 1: of three point shooters next to Keyante George and Bryce Senseiba.
Speaker 1: He is my dark horse, dark dark horse for Rookie
Speaker 1: of the Year. I think he's sixty six to one.
Speaker 1: We gotta talk about Amani Bits. Man. Amani Bits went
Speaker 1: middle of the second round to Cleveland and He is
Speaker 1: reminding us why he was one of the top recruits
Speaker 1: in the country before he flamed out at Memphis and
Speaker 1: get and got hurt. At Eastern Michigan. He went for twelve,
Speaker 1: eight and two in his first game, his Summer League debut,
Speaker 1: and then he followed it up with twenty one points,
Speaker 1: two blocks, two steals, five threes in their win over Memphis.
Speaker 1: Jesus Christ. He looked so good out there. I'm telling you.
Speaker 1: You watch him with your own two eyes, You're like, wow.
Speaker 1: He can get his own shot quite easily. His handle's there,
Speaker 1: he moves without the ball. Cutting is good, defense is good,
Speaker 1: catch and shoot is good. If his mental holds up
Speaker 1: and he keeps his head on straight, he could really
Speaker 1: be a nice addition to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Up next
Speaker 1: is Marquise Noel. Marquis Nowell. Everybody knew because he was
Speaker 1: the bell of the final fourty of the March Madness Ball.
Speaker 1: You know, Kansas State. I am rooting for him. He's
Speaker 1: five to eight on a good day. He blew it up.
Speaker 1: He was lighting it up. Now he's a two way
Speaker 1: with the Raptors, so we're gonna see him in some
Speaker 1: games with the Raptors this year in Summer League. He
Speaker 1: struggled a little bit to get a shot off, but
Speaker 1: he's still incredible as a passer, deadly in the pick
Speaker 1: and roll with Moses Brown. Moses Brown, by the way,
Speaker 1: also impressing people. He's averaging eleven four and five in
Speaker 1: this little van fleet role. They like their they like
Speaker 1: their light skinned under six foot guards, don't they in Toronto.
Speaker 1: That's fucking crazy, fun player who will definitely hook on
Speaker 1: if Massai u Zieri actually wants to do his fucking job.
Speaker 1: And finally, hat tip to the Summer League Vets as
Speaker 1: they showed up to a frenzy and had to peel
Speaker 1: off layers of dust to play in summer league games,
Speaker 1: because that's what Toronto does. Let's move forward. Let's move
Speaker 1: forward on the guys who are second league players in
Speaker 1: the league who decided that they were going to play
Speaker 1: in summer league, which is actually an evolution of the game.
Speaker 1: And we were talking about this, me and a friend
Speaker 1: of mine talking with David mcmanhamon last night about how
Speaker 1: second year players are starting to play out summer league
Speaker 1: as just a matter of course, that's what they do.
Speaker 1: The only two that did not play in the Summer
Speaker 1: League this year are Palo Bencaro and Jeremy Sohan, but
Speaker 1: you had multiple players in their second year. Just ball
Speaker 1: out like Jabari Smith. Jabari Smith best player in Summer
Speaker 1: League right now. He had a great first game thirty
Speaker 1: three point performance, ended up hitting the game winner with
Speaker 1: the last second three thirty, and then he followed that
Speaker 1: up with thirty eight, seven and six, and then he
Speaker 1: sat the fourth quarter. The best part is it feels
Speaker 1: like he's got his confidence back. He's out there shit
Speaker 1: talking Marvin Bagley on the bench looking like he's having
Speaker 1: fun all the way. By the way, Marvin Bagley talking
Speaker 1: trash back to Jabari Smith is just absolutely hilarious. I
Speaker 1: think he called Jabari Smith garbage when he had thirty
Speaker 1: eight in Summer League. That's amazing. You are the best
Speaker 1: bust to ever decide you're gonna clap back to one
Speaker 1: of the top players in the drafts My god. Crazy.
Speaker 1: He did an interview though, saying that he's looking forward
Speaker 1: to not losing all the time, and Steven Silas was
Speaker 1: sitting right next to him, which I think is just
Speaker 1: that's just incredible. Pay no mind, Jabari, Just keep talking
Speaker 1: your shit and just keep shooting, work on your handles,
Speaker 1: and you're gonna be maybe the NBA's most improved player
Speaker 1: this year. Andrew Nemhart continues his upward cycle. He's bawling out.
Speaker 1: In his first game he had fourteen to eight and three,
Speaker 1: which was okay, But then in his second game he
Speaker 1: had sixteen and five with two steals at halftime, at
Speaker 1: halftime before finishing with twenty one seven and three twenty
Speaker 1: one seven with three steals. Only reason he didn't have
Speaker 1: more points and more just the only reason in Statlan
Speaker 1: wasn't better is because the Pacers had five players with
Speaker 1: thirteen or more points and they were blowing them out.
Speaker 1: They were just blowing Orlando smooth fuck out. His coach,
Speaker 1: Gennaro Pargo said this about him. He played great. It's
Speaker 1: just a comfort level of having him out there with
Speaker 1: the ball. He makes the right read, he makes the
Speaker 1: right plays, he keeps us settles, he gets us into
Speaker 1: the offense without any problems, makes the right plays. That's
Speaker 1: what you get from against Zaga guard. Finally, there are
Speaker 1: always Summer League surprises. A couple of players who just
Speaker 1: come from the clouds and they are on the scene
Speaker 1: like a Tornado. This year, it's our man, Bell BIV Devo.
Speaker 1: Now you know, yep, Michael Devout out of Georgia Tech
Speaker 1: is playing for my Blazers in the Summer League and
Speaker 1: that Scoot Henderson injury has made his role expand like crazy.
Speaker 1: On a team full of bucketgetters. This guy has balled
Speaker 1: the fuck out twenty nine points in a win over
Speaker 1: the Spurs, five for seven from three. He had five
Speaker 1: assists and two steals. So he played on the Clippers
Speaker 1: G League team last year and a bunch of the
Speaker 1: Clippers front office people were sitting baseline right next to
Speaker 1: me and they were like, that's Bell BIV Devo. Now
Speaker 1: you know. They were rooting him on. It was so great.
Speaker 1: The second player is Orlando Robinson out of Miami. He's
Speaker 1: also leaving bodies on the ground too. He's averaged twenty
Speaker 1: five and twenty five point five in his first two games,
Speaker 1: fifty seven percent from three. That is the kind of
Speaker 1: player that pat Riley finds a way to use. That's
Speaker 1: the kind of guy he just collects in the wild.
Speaker 1: They're just sitting in a bush eating berries, doing nothing,
Speaker 1: and he's like, hey, you look like you go put
Speaker 1: up twenty five. It's I'm really you want to come
Speaker 1: on my team. He's six' ten From. Fresno he's really
Speaker 1: good and it would appear that he is the perfect
Speaker 1: replacement For Max Truces. Loose the third player who's killing
Speaker 1: it is a player that is near and dear to
Speaker 1: my heart because he destroyed my bed AND i said
Speaker 1: his name wasn't, real and he has proved that it.
Speaker 1: Is he's actually a real, person and it Is Xavier,
Speaker 1: moon WHO i just was reasonably sure that's not a real.
Speaker 1: Person but there is nothing fake About Xavier. Moon the
Speaker 1: guy is really. Good he played two. Games he's averaging
Speaker 1: twenty two five and, four hitting sixty four percent from.
Speaker 1: Three the motherfucker just can't. Miss LIKE i slandered him
Speaker 1: and then he went he had heat. Checked he literally
Speaker 1: just heat checked. Me what a terrible. Roster but he's
Speaker 1: gonna get a lot more. SHOTS i don't know whether
Speaker 1: he's AN nba, player but he's very, fun and, that,
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