2017 Summer League
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Celts didn't want him to play in Summer League but he insisted he wanted to participate. That's motivation and hunger for a young player that could be taking it easy. Ichihiro in baseball is like that, guy lives for working out and playing baseball, never takes a vacation and wants to play baseball until he's 50.
Fultz looks really good but not sure if he's a playmaker...maybe most of these guards won't be. Tatum has impressed too. Philly is going to have some tough rotation issues...Simmons and Saric might be their best ball distributors. They have exquisite young talent
Rd. 1 in the Tatum vs Fultz fight to Tatum. Tatum hits the game winner and scores 21 pts. Fultz get's stuffed at the rim on the last play and scores 17 on 6/16 shooting.
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Bam Adebayo was a man among boys in Monday's Summer League game vs. Indiana, scoring 29 points with 11 rebounds, two blocks and one steal.
Who needs Willie Reed? Bam hit 8-of-14 from the field and 13-of-17 from the line, grabbing five of his rebounds on the offensive glass. Adebayo's been one of the best players of the Orlando Summer League so far, averaging 19.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and 1.3 steals through three games. Hassan Whiteside is expected to take on an even larger role in Miami next season, but Adebayo looks like the favorite to back him up right now and could be a nice handcuff for Whiteside's fantasy owners.
Who needs Willie Reed? Bam hit 8-of-14 from the field and 13-of-17 from the line, grabbing five of his rebounds on the offensive glass. Adebayo's been one of the best players of the Orlando Summer League so far, averaging 19.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.3 blocks and 1.3 steals through three games. Hassan Whiteside is expected to take on an even larger role in Miami next season, but Adebayo looks like the favorite to back him up right now and could be a nice handcuff for Whiteside's fantasy owners.
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Kornet is 9-of-15 from the 3-point line. In the Knicks? 99-87 loss to Oklahoma City on Monday, Kornet registered four blocked shots and finished with nine points and four rebounds in 21 minutes.
?I am definitely confident in myself and I have a lot to add to a team,?? Kornet said. ?That?s on my mind to show I?m worth a top-15 roster spot. That?s honestly my goal still to show I can contribute to an NBA team. That?s the biggest thing going into training camp.??
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Seems like a good roll of the dice, bc he can serve as the stunt double for KP. Offense always has that stretch big on the floor. Maybe he is another Ryno or Smith (who was on nYK 2 seasons ago).
?I am definitely confident in myself and I have a lot to add to a team,?? Kornet said. ?That?s on my mind to show I?m worth a top-15 roster spot. That?s honestly my goal still to show I can contribute to an NBA team. That?s the biggest thing going into training camp.??
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Seems like a good roll of the dice, bc he can serve as the stunt double for KP. Offense always has that stretch big on the floor. Maybe he is another Ryno or Smith (who was on nYK 2 seasons ago).
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Dante Exum looked great in Monday's Summer League opener, scoring 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting with six rebounds, five assists, one block, two treys and four turnovers.
Exum is about to enter his fourth NBA season (third if you include his ACL injury that kept him out for a year), so the Utah coaching staff challenged him to be the best player on the floor tonight. Exum looked terrific and that would've been the case, but Donovan Mitchell stole the show in the second half. The Jazz brought in Ricky Rubio this summer, so Exum will have to make a living with his defense off the bench in 2017-18. For now, he's not a fantasy target in standard leagues.
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Rubio, Exum, and Mitchell.... pretty nice for Utah. They re-signed Ingles... Favors, Gobert, Hood, with Joe Johnson, Burks, and Diaw?
No way Hayward turns down 50 mil to leave for BOS. Utah has the better roster.
Kornet is to weak in the paint, his IQ for screening n PnR need a lot of work .. a 3 yr project .. FOOLS GOLD!
The only players on the 0-3 Knicks SL team i would invite to camp are Jones/Hayes/Dotson
So far Fultz is the best PG i seen in the SL games in a decade .. his miss shots only mean they will be working in his rookie season. The best SL game were Boston vs 76ers
Tatum n Brown were explosive ..
Waiting to see Ball
I replied to htr the other day and clearly said all indications is "he's not ready"...didn't think injury was a part of this at all. How sad he/we couldn't bring himself to play just a bit to get a feel/vibe of what it's like to be in this league. Talk about major baby sitting here.
Meanwhile players like Mitchell, Kennard, Fultz, Isaac, Tatum going hard body right out the gate.
What else did we expect from the Knicks and trust me right now they are super tight right now with the media. We've reverted back to the old Knicks prior to hiring Phil.
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Tatum was billed as the most NBA-ready prospect... Isaac hurt already (see below), and I thought what Ntikilina did in France this last season was ten times more impressive that what MF showed at UW (lost at home to an Ivy League school).
NYK luck or bad fortune, but the kid banged knees a week ago, after skipping across the pond twice in 48 hrs. I think it's foolish to play him if he's not 100%. These games mean nothing. If he scored 50 or 1 point, it means nada....
I highly doubt we held him out bc he "wasn't ready for this level of competition." The NY way would be to shove him out there, to prove nothing, and then he seriously hurts himself.
By all accounts, this kid can play basketball. Is he more Ward than Strickland? Is he more Gerald Wilkins than Mo Cheeks? Who knows.... but I bet if he played at Oregon this year we would all have a higher opinion.
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Jonathan Isaac (strained left hip) will not play in the Magic?s final two Summer League games.
Isaac initially suffered the injury in the first half of Monday's game vs. Dallas. He landed awkwardly after going up for a dunk and colliding with two Mavericks. He remained in the game for 40 seconds before heading to the bench. Isaac did not play in the second half. He had an MRI after the game, which revealed no structural damage other than the strain. The injury appears to be minor, but the Magic have no reason to play their prized rookie in meaningless exhibition games at anything less than 100 percent. Jul 4 - 12:00 PM
Source: Orlando Sentinel
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not only that, but we still have all of our 1st round draft picks from here on out. when was the last time we had that pre-phil?
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ORLANDO, Fla. ? ?Plummet for Porter.??
That could turn into the unofficial motto for the 2017-18 Knicks sooner than later. If you haven?t heard of him yet, that?s Missouri 6-foot-10 freshman combo forward Michael Porter Jr., expected to be the top pick in the 2018 NBA Draft.
?He?s a game-changer,?? one NBA executive told The Post. ?This year was a good draft, not sure yet there was a game-changer.??
Among seven way-too-early 2018 NBA Drafts, Missouri?s prize incoming freshman forward is projected to go No. 1 overall or is listed as the top available player on six lists.
The lone exception, SB Nation, lists Real Madrid forward Luka Doncic as the top prospect for next June?s draft with Porter second on the list.
That could turn into the unofficial motto for the 2017-18 Knicks sooner than later. If you haven?t heard of him yet, that?s Missouri 6-foot-10 freshman combo forward Michael Porter Jr., expected to be the top pick in the 2018 NBA Draft.
?He?s a game-changer,?? one NBA executive told The Post. ?This year was a good draft, not sure yet there was a game-changer.??
Among seven way-too-early 2018 NBA Drafts, Missouri?s prize incoming freshman forward is projected to go No. 1 overall or is listed as the top available player on six lists.
The lone exception, SB Nation, lists Real Madrid forward Luka Doncic as the top prospect for next June?s draft with Porter second on the list.
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The Knicks will be worse off next season, but well positioned for a thorough rebuild moving forward without Anthony. They already have a foundational piece in Porzingis, young assets in Hernangomez and Ntilikina, and each of their first-round picks over the next five seasons. It will be a long process, but the Knicks? best plan moving forward is to trade Anthony, shed long-term contracts, and fully embrace the tank. It?s their only route back to relevancy.
(SI piece).
(SI piece).