I did not get a chance to see any of the games, but by the stats it looks like we did dominate the summer league.

I dunno how this is supposed to mean anything other than that we dominated summere league, but you are right to say that we did dominate it.

Also, I thought that the general concensus of the IT crew was that summer league stats don't matter, hence BRIGGS should not post about other guys that we passed up to draft this guy or that, etc.

Either way, hopefully this is a sign of good things to come this season.

Lee played well and showed improvment. Thats a definate positive. Nate learned ZERO PG skills, thats a negative and Frye got abused by a one legged Amare. Those are the only things I was curious to see. The rest is doodoo

I thought summer league didn't matter?

It only matters when the Knicks play good?

We learned that Balkman probably isn't a bust.

I watched every game

Nate - I'm amazed by this kid. He broke his nose and then plays the next game, still driving the ball and without a mask. He looked like he was tring to be Steph in the Suns game and took a step back, but he was the best player on the floor every other game.

Lee - Still too inconsistent, he makes on great pass or drop shot and follows it up by getting stuffed. Lee's high end is becoming a white Anthony Mason. His foul shooting is not just bad, he's not even close.

Frye - Sorry to see him get hurt. I like him at the 5 spot. He opens up the floor and makes the team faster. With the triangle offense, Frye will end up open at the elbow like Longley, Grant and Wennington always did. I don't see how Curry can take advantage of being wide open at the foul line.

Balkman - What a relief... This guy is taking the rebounds and is running before the ball touches his finger tips. So fast. Nate, Lee and B-Man were blowing teams away with their speed and passing. He reminds me of a little more physical RJ when he came up. This guy will make everything that Isiah wants to do on offense this year possible.

Collins - I see the defense, I respect the defense... but this guy is a ways off. On the offensive end he looks just like Allan Houston... until the ball clangs off the rim.

Udoka - This guy's 15 minutes are over. He's a poor man's Collins.

Miller - Played very well, should be a great Euro player. No future in the NBA.

Isiah's "quick" Offense - Wow... it looks like we have a plan out there, and that is saying something after last year. At one point he was being interviewed while the Knicks scrubs were on offense. He verbally diagramed the play while they were running it, explained everything before it happened, all the way to an easy lay-up for the knicks. Pretty impressive. The UCLA cuts, Triangle and the full court offense looked like they were running great.

IT will make play defense. I'd bet on that.

FWIW, we went 4-1.

Last year we went.... 4-1.

http://www.vegassummerleague.com/teams.cfm?team=11

And can someone remind me why we signed Udoka? I'd rather have Russell, Miller, Woods, or any number of guys other than him.

[Edited by - BlueSeats on 07-14-2006 12:48 AM]

Posted by simrud:

I did not get a chance to see any of the games, but by the stats it looks like we did dominate the summer league.

I dunno how this is supposed to mean anything other than that we dominated summere league, but you are right to say that we did dominate it.

Also, I thought that the general concensus of the IT crew was that summer league stats don't matter, hence BRIGGS should not post about other guys that we passed up to draft this guy or that, etc.

Either way, hopefully this is a sign of good things to come this season.

If anything, it probably says we have one of the best rookie cores in the league. A promising thing and if the vets can get it together, along with our rooks, anything can happen. Let's not forget, Curry didn't even play in the summer league! What does that tell ya?