Porzingis - You can see KP held his own and excelled in some areas. He played at the 5 so we couldn't really see what he will look like at the 4, but...
I think it is a bit shocking that KP appears the much better shot blocker than Towns, thus far anyway. And the way he intimidated on so many drives was a thing of beauty.
The rebounding has to come up, no shock there. Best of the bunch on TO's, basically tied on points, up there with FT%, assists and tops on steals. Beautiful shot.

Grant - really did Shine leading the team. What an incredible passer. Best passer we have drafted since Jackson (I say he is better than Strickland at the same stage.)
He was the run away leader here in Blocked Shots, steals, FG%, 3P%, FT% and up there with Mudiay on assists. I think he is going to be much better than many anticipate.

Taken from: https://www.reddit.com/r/NYKnicks/comments/3d0wbu/porzingis_grant_summer_league_stats/

Porzingis played OK. The fouls and rebounding are worrisome but the scoring and shot-blocking were nice. For sake of thoroughness, the author should include Miles Turner's per 36 stats too. That's only 3 summer league games but the #s are shocking.

Points  Rbs  Blks  FG%
23.2    10.3  5.3  .605

ESOMKnicks wrote:Begs the conclusion that we should have gotten WCS, no?

Based on 5 summer league games? Can one even make such a conclusion.

Bottom line, A good summer league stat line is better than a bad one. Thats all.

earthmansurfer wrote:I found the stats below on reddit, credit given to the OP below - my brief comments before the stats. Note, the OP's stats are based on PER36.

Porzingis - You can see KP held his own and excelled in some areas. He played at the 5 so we couldn't really see what he will look like at the 4, but...
I think it is a bit shocking that KP appears the much better shot blocker than Towns, thus far anyway. And the way he intimidated on so many drives was a thing of beauty.
The rebounding has to come up, no shock there. Best of the bunch on TO's, basically tied on points, up there with FT%, assists and tops on steals. Beautiful shot.

Grant - really did Shine leading the team. What an incredible passer. Best passer we have drafted since Jackson (I say he is better than Strickland at the same stage.)
He was the run away leader here in Blocked Shots, steals, FG%, 3P%, FT% and up there with Mudiay on assists. I think he is going to be much better than many anticipate.

Taken from: https://www.reddit.com/r/NYKnicks/comments/3d0wbu/porzingis_grant_summer_league_stats/

Great find. Thanks for posting this. Grant and Porzingis are proving to be as good or better than every other top pick in the draft to this point. Porzingis has been an after thought at times in the offense and he still had an impact. Looking forward to watching Porzingis get to the point where he can show all the facets of his game.

What impresses me about Grant the most is his ability to operate in very little space. Jerian is able to thread the needle with tough passes in traffic, on a moment's notice. He can also find really tough angles in his shot, or his drive to the rim. I dont know what his ceiling will turn out to be, but he has shown enough to demonstrate that he could be our PG for quite some time.

KP we knew was behind the curve in terms of his physical development. I think that's he's only real weakness. Once he gets stronger I think a lot more of his game falls into place. He has everything he needs to eventually become a dominant player. It's all about hard work and dedication from here on. I like his chances given his personality and desire to be great. That's what he's gonna need to make the needed progress.

newyorknewyork wrote:And who is Scott Machado?

Remember when the Yankees had Kevin Maas, and all he could do is beat the living hell out of the ball, well when he could make real contact. And that's it, that's all he could do.

That's Machado with passing the basketball. The guy is a human clinic while passing the basketball. But the rest of his game is a mess. The Trail Blazers had a guy, Sabonis, who would have crushed the NBA if he came to the NBA in his prime. Machado is that kind of raw passer, just instinctive and always seems to make the correct decision at the right time. With a full career in the NBA, Sabonis would have been the best passing big man IMHO in NBA history.

Machado was built to be a Harlem Globetrotter.

TripleThreat wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:And who is Scott Machado?

Remember when the Yankees had Kevin Maas, and all he could do is beat the living hell out of the ball, well when he could make real contact. And that's it, that's all he could do.

That's Machado with passing the basketball. The guy is a human clinic while passing the basketball. But the rest of his game is a mess. The Trail Blazers had a guy, Sabonis, who would have crushed the NBA if he came to the NBA in his prime. Machado is that kind of raw passer, just instinctive and always seems to make the correct decision at the right time. With a full career in the NBA, Sabonis would have been the best passing big man IMHO in NBA history.

Machado was built to be a Harlem Globetrotter.

franco12 wrote:I think we're missing something if we talk about our guys in isolation. I think Phil is building a team where the sum is greater than the parts.

I'm pleased our guys did well. But I am not under the delusion that they are better than others we might have drafted.