2018 NBA Summer League Thread

[awhom111]

I remember when nobody cared about the Summer League and nobody knew anything about rosters until they were announced. Now it's less suspenseful with bigger names announced well before final press releases, but I am sure we will get a few interesting surprises.

Teams have started announcing their rosters:

Grizzlies:
https://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/m...chedule-180626

Heat:
https://www.nba.com/heat/news/heat-summer-league-2018

Lakers:
https://www.nba.com/lakers/releases/...-league-roster

The league has sneakily created a new parity measure by forcing the Warriors to have J.P. Tokoto on their summer league roster:
http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/summerleague-20180627

[gep]

I agree. Until about last year, I didn't even know when summer league games were. THANKS to DBR, I can easily follow summer league now

[JasonEvans]

The league has sneakily created a new parity measure by forcing the Warriors to have J.P. Tokoto on their summer league roster:
http://www.nba.com/warriors/news/summerleague-20180627

I hope many of you will join me in sporking awhom for this first rate trolling!

[rsvman]

I hope many of you will join me in sporking awhom for this first rate trolling!

Yep. Loved it, and sporked it before I got to your invitation to spork!

[OZZIE4DUKE]

Interesting, and I hope encouraging, that Quin Cook isn't on the summer league roster. I guess he doesn't have to play there to earn his spot on the big club!

[awhom111]

Harry and Marvin know who their Kings teammates will be:
https://www.nba.com/kings/news/kings...-league-roster

Magic:
https://www.nba.com/magic/news/orlan...oster-20180627

Mavericks:
https://www.mavs.com/mavericks-annou...r-league-2018/

Spurs:
https://www.nba.com/spurs/spurs-anno...-league-roster

[Dukeford]

No more Summer League Andre? Has he decided to move on to something else?

[awhom111]

Grayson and his teammates on the Jazz:
https://www.nba.com/jazz/news/jazz-a...-summer-league

Frank will hopefully be back in action for the Pelicans alongside these guys:
https://www.nba.com/pelicans/news/pe...ule-and-roster

Semi Ojeleye and the Celtics:
https://www.nba.com/celtics/news/pre...dcast-schedule

Michael Gbinije will be with the Knicks:
https://www.nba.com/knicks/knicks-an...-league-roster

Hawks:
http://www.nba.com/hawks/hawks-annou...-league-roster

Hornets:
https://www.nba.com/hornets/press-re...ni-camp-roster

Nets:
https://www.nba.com/nets/news/2018/0...own-the-roster

Nuggets:
https://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/sum...ni-camp-062918

Pacers:
https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/pace...nt-camp-roster

Raptors:
https://www.nba.com/raptors/raptors-...ue-2018-roster

No more Summer League Andre? Has he decided to move on to something else?

Andre is the kind of player where he may just randomly pop up on a roster without much publicity. It's why I check all of them. Honestly, I am not sure his G League performance this season warrants a look in Summer League and the injury that ended his season was never disclosed so it is hard to say if he is back to his best shape right now. He can certainly be a solid professional somewhere even if it's not the NBA.

[Furniture]

https://mobile.twitter.com/Sacrament...111808/video/1

Harry is looking forward to Monday.

[awhom111]

Monday means actual games. All will be on ESPN3 and times listed are EDT.

Utah:
Hawks vs Grizzlies, 7pm NBATV
Spurs vs Jazz (Grayson), 9pm televised live locally, NBATV at 3am ET

Sacramento:
Heat vs Warriors, 9pm NBATV
Kings (Harry and Marvin) vs Lakers, 11pm NBATV

[DukeTrinity11]

Trae Young struggling mightily in this game for the Hawks while Jaren Jackson Jr. on the Grizzlies is looking pretty good.

[subzero02]

trae young finished 4 of 20 from the field and 1 for 11 from 3.

Grayson is playing now and appears to be fan favorite from the start( it helps that Utah is hosting one of the NBA summer leagues).

[Furniture]

trae young finished 4 of 20 from the field and 1 for 11 from 3.

Grayson is playing now and appears to be fan favorite from the start( it helps that Utah is hosting one of the NBA summer leagues).

Fan favourite? Yes indeed. On one play Grayson played good D and got a nice roar from the crowd. Big cheers just now as he comes back in!

[Billy Dat]

These cheers for Grayson are classic, this is a great situation for him.

[subzero02]

These cheers for Grayson are classic, this is a great situation for him.

The announcers said hundreds of fans showed up yesterday to get his autograph. Getting cheered outside of Cameron has to be kind of weird for Allen

[nmduke2001]

Oh my goodness Marvin. Monster dunk on Wagner. Then a three.
Harry with his first NBA points as well. Harry has gained about 25 lbs.

[tbyers11]

Bagley just went nuts in the last 2 minutes.
-Spin move and hit the pull up J
-Dunk in secondary break that was absolutely amazing and should cause Mo Wagner to retire
-Hit an NBA 3

The other possession in this 4 possession sequence was Giles getting a hand on a Wagner 3 and running the floor and laying up a long outlet pass from DeAaron Fox that looked like it was going to be a about a foot too far

Nice 2 minutes of summer league

[FerryFor50]

Bagley just went nuts in the last 2 minutes.
-Spin move and hit the pull up J
-Dunk in secondary break that was absolutely amazing and should cause Mo Wagner to retire
-Hit an NBA 3

The other possession in this 4 possession sequence was Giles getting a hand on a Wagner 3 and running the floor and laying up a long outlet pass from DeAaron Fox that looked like it was going to be a about a foot too far

Nice 2 minutes of summer league

Mo might have gotten dunked on, but he definitely held his own against the Kings frontcourt. He also was jawing back and forth with Giles and was showing some real toughness. Wagner might be a hidden gem.

Giles was playing way too fast - doesn't have his "NBA legs" yet. But he definitely had some plus plays and was swarming on defense. Looks like he was ready to play his first ever NBA game.

Bagley was doing Bagley things, but you can definitely see he'll need to adjust a bit to the NBA - had his shot blocked straight up a couple of times and was getting pushed around a bit because he's not super strong. Once he starts to gain weight and muscle, he'll be fine.

[tbyers11]

Mo might have gotten dunked on, but he definitely held his own against the Kings frontcourt. He also was jawing back and forth with Giles and was showing some real toughness. Wagner might be a hidden gem.

Giles was playing way too fast - doesn't have his "NBA legs" yet. But he definitely had some plus plays and was swarming on defense. Looks like he was ready to play his first ever NBA game.

Bagley was doing Bagley things, but you can definitely see he'll need to adjust a bit to the NBA - had his shot blocked straight up a couple of times and was getting pushed around a bit because he's not super strong. Once he starts to gain weight and muscle, he'll be fine.

I watched the first quarter and agree that Wagner looked pretty good. Although for a shooter, he didn't shoot very well.

Giles and, especially Bagley, do have to add strength and play better D. They didn't look like polished vets out there, but the potential shown from both in that 2 minute stretch was pretty exceptional

[awhom111]

The day started with the Spurs beating the Hawks 103-81.
http://www.nba.com/games/20180703/SASATL#/boxscore

Grayson was rested as the Jazz lost to the Grizzlies 95-92.
http://www.nba.com/games/20180703/MEMUTA#/boxscore

The Heat beat the Lakers 89-74 in Sacramento.
http://www.nba.com/games/20180703/MIALAL#/boxscore

Harry had 4 points in 28 minutes and Marvin had 7 points and 7 rebounds in 26 minutes as the Kings lost to the Warriors 71-54.
http://www.nba.com/games/20180703/GSWSAC#/boxscore

Here are Wendell's Chicago teammates:
https://www.nba.com/bulls/news/bulls...-league-roster

Cavaliers:
http://www.nba.com/cavaliers/release...ue-roster-2018

The Pistons announced that Luke will be held out of Summer League.