There is an article on the espn nba homepage that talks about the best and the worst in the summer leagues this year.Guess who's big picture is on the espn nba homepage.http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/index

If anyone have ESPNInsider please post it here.

[Edited by - BajanKnickFan on 07/22/2005 13:41:27]

This is an ESPNInsider story. can someone post it please?

EDIT: Oh yea, loved Nate the Great's pic.

[Edited by - Silverfuel on 07/22/2005 13:34:52]

And another thing, if someone here has the ESPN Insider, please post the article about how Larry Brown can fix the Knicks and restore Stephon Marbury's luster. Please!

got this from someone at rgm. Just the Nate part:

Stars aren't made in the NBA's summer leagues, but we did learn a few things in the last three weeks.

First, a caveat: When judging players, take summer league performances with a grain of salt.

Success in the summer leagues isn't a very accurate predictor of who will become an NBA star. While in previous summers LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Al Jefferson and Marquis Daniels gave us early signs that they were ready to have breakout years, players such as Qyntel Woods, Willie Green, John Salmons and Zarko Cabarkapa have also dominated in these leagues.

A more accurate predictor is summer league failure. Nine times out of 10, it seems, if a player can't produce against the watered-down competition in the summer leagues, he'll struggle mightily to get it done against real NBA players during the season. But even that is only a short-term prediction, not a long-term one.

This year, the NBA held four summer leagues across the country -- the Reebok Vegas Summer League, the Minnesota Summer League, the Southern California Summer Pro League in Los Angeles and the Reebok Rocky Mountain Revue in Salt Lake City.

Who played well? Who bombed out? Insider talked to a number of NBA scouts and executives during the week to get you the skinny. Here's what the NBA Boys of Summer were up to in July.


Summer Studs
Nate Robinson, G, Knicks
Stats: 17.8 ppg, 3.8 rpg in the Vegas Summer League
Stats: 15.2 ppg, 5.8 apg at the Minnesota Summer League
The skinny: Robinson was the most exciting player on the floor for two straight weeks and had scouts walking away convinced that he could be an instant impact player in the league. His speed and intensity can overcome any size limitations.

In fact, scouts in Minnesota said he started to show that he could distribute the ball. Still, make no mistake, Robinson is a scorer -- much like the Bulls' Ben Gordon, Robinson's job will be to jump-start the offense (and the crowd) whenever he enters the game.

I still can't get over the fact that the Suns traded him. He would be perfect -- perfect -- in Phoenix.

nate is a SG.

dj posted the thing....

http://ultimateknicks.com/forum/topic.asp?t=10706