NBA 2017 Summer League Thread

[Serious]

Lets see if Lonzo can win this game

Let's see brehs

 

[Big Boss]

 

[Captain Crunch]

Was it the passive aggressiveness, the lack of range or lack of defense that impressed you the most?

Breh it's one game in the Summer League, going by your logic Brice is a future star. If Zo is still struggling with his shot 2+ years from now, then it's time to be worried not in no damn SL

 

[42 Monks]

actually the misses didn't tell us much about his range because he was shooting from further away than he needed to be
he isn't an aggressive scorer, we know that, and the defense was whatever you expect from a freshman PG

Why is he shooting from so far back?

Because he can't create space or lose his defenders off-ball

 

[Serious]

I don't get it

 

[HeruDat1]

Who is this fat cac bytch babbling on SC

 

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[Champ_KW]

And then the only ones who played well were the 2nd year guys and nikkas that actually been in the NBA for awhile.... Kendall Marshalls old ass

Thornwell would like a word with you....

 

[El Bombi]

Dennis Smith Jr>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Everybody Else

 

[godkiller]

@Malta @KingJay @42Monks @Dwight Howard

Here is an Insider article of his from around 4 years ago. He found that Summer League is completely worthless for 2nd year players, but surprisingly useful for rookies:

Veteran players who were in the league the previous season have an even smaller correlation of .101 between 2012 summer performance and 2012-13. Once we account for how well these players were projected to play in 2012-13, their summer-league stats have zero predictive value.

By contrast, the correlation of .463 for rookies is far higher. In fact, it's nearly as strong as the relationship between my college stat translations and rookie performance (.468).

The idea that a Summer League game matters way more than an NCAA game actually makes intuitive sense - you're playing by NBA rules (3 point line, shot clock, etc), against borderline NBA talent. In the NCAA, you are playing against total scrubs (by NBA standards) for an overwhelming majority of the time.

It is surprising though that ~5 Summer League games are around as predictive as 30+ NCAA games. I wouldn't have expected it to be that drastic.

So a rookie's Summer League performance counts for almost ~50% of their future league performance. Summer League does matter for rookies.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

They cant even shoot. Lonzo is setting nikkas up on the wing and they look surprised when the ball comes their way and shyt....


Zo is still playing on another level

Pretty much

Ingram was the only nikka I saw that consistently hit anything or even cut without the ball or run the floor. Some guys made hustle plays and shyt but that was it really...

And they said Lonzo and Ingram hadn't even played in awhile and was a lil banged up

 

[Dwight Howard]

you really think that broke ass J is going to translate to the league

I dont see why it wouldnt...he had alot of open shots, just missed. He made much deeper and tougher shots in college consistently. no need to be reactionary

 

[jwinfield]

A little bit of humbling isn't a bad thing For Lonzo.

Lonzo's not the reason for the aggressive criticism though.

 

[Dame Dash's Motor Oil]

That nikka a real live bytch

But we knew that since that snitch thing

Hope he enjoys Brooklyn

 

[Darealtwo1]