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2022 Summer League Thread

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narbar32 said:
Wait, what??

WHAT???

How did i miss that he HAS A FREAKING BARBED WIRE TAT?!?!

This dude is the absolute perfect mix of memey ironic star power and actual basketball ability. We can't let him go back to Australia this year. I need him here to EASE my pain over not taking Eason. Plant some cartridges on him and give him the Griner treatment to keep him here in the good old US of A.

And for crying out loud somebody get this man a goddamn Trans Am already!!
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On a more serious note- https://thewest.com.au/sport/perth-...iety-battle-nbl-rise-and-nba-dream--c-4860729

"A barb wire tattoo on Travers’ arm is a permanent reminder of both his battle to overcome anxiety and his victory in taking control of his life. That tattoo reminds him that he fought to get through something difficult and emerged stronger."
 
InBoobieWeTrust said:
Some of the people who were outspoken and mad Koby didn’t go get Dieng in a trade are outing themselves in this very thread as people who would never have the patience for a long term upside project like that.
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I also didn't want Dieng, but for anyone who did who is also quick to judge Ochai, I think the logical counterpoint here is that Dieng, a barely 19-year old prospect who represents probably the biggest long-term raw upside gamble in the draft, naturally will be afforded a hell of a lot more patience than Ochai, a four-year college player who was the oldest player picked in the lottery and is presumed to be CLOSER to a finished product than most players in the draft.
 
narbar32 said:
I also didn't want Dieng, but for anyone who did who is also quick to judge Ochai, I think the logical counterpoint here is that Dieng, a barely 19-year old prospect who represents probably the biggest long-term raw upside gamble in the draft, naturally will be afforded a hell of a lot more patience than Ochai, a four-year college player who was the oldest player picked in the lottery and is presumed to be CLOSER to a finished product than most players in the draft.
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I wasnt referring to Ochai, I was just talking about the general judging of players based off of a couple games after these guys jus took a couple weeks off for vacation/end of predraft process and they come to summer league, scrimmage for like 3-4 days and then start playing “organized” games.

It’s the reason summer league isn’t taken seriously overall as a way to predict the future..moreso just to get these guys’ to dip their feet into a more professional environment and work on skill development and learning basic pro game offensive sets.
 
InBoobieWeTrust said:
I wasnt referring to Ochai, I was just talking about the general judging of players based off of a couple games after these guys jus took a couple weeks off for vacation/end of predraft process and they come to summer league, scrimmage for like 3-4 days and then start playing “organized” games.

It’s the reason summer league isn’t taken seriously overall as a way to predict the future..moreso just to get these guys’ to dip their feet into a more professional environment and work on skill development and learning basic pro game offensive sets.
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SL is more of a discovery on what you have so you can plan a trajectory.. Right now they are rewriting the plan for Jabari Smith.. Cavs know what Ochai has to work on..
 
InBoobieWeTrust said:
Little Klay couldn’t get anything to fall today.

But shooters shoot. Because come real games one night he may only make 2-9 but maybe the next week he makes 5-9,4-9,6-8..whatever.

I love his happy trigger finger . Cavs need that desperately from a young wing that is a good shooter.

I do think there is a lot more space once you get to actual games. I think that helps Agbajk finishing and getting separation.

But it will still be a weakness early on, of course.

Both games Ochai struggled from the field, he started competing harder for rebounds, dropping dimes and ratcheting up defensive pressure. I think they’re going to focus on his integrating those efforts into every single night, even when his shot is on. It’s like when he’s scoring the ball..he gets laser focused on just filling it up and getting bucket after bucket. So the rebounding and hustle stuff suffers a little bit. I think that’s a pretty easy fix for a hard working kid—just a bit of a shift in mindset.

He’s going to feast playing off of Garland and Mobley and Allen…when Rubio comes back…good lord Ricky is going to have him shooting 5 threes in 4 minutes of play.

Him and Love should do some 2 man game work…they could really get a lot of off ball stuff going on where one is constantly open. Love is a good passer. Love is a good screener, and even though he’s a big he has some tricks that he could teach Agbaji..kind of ways to open up your dribble and attack close outs. Both things Love has been great at for a big guy.
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In re love and the two-man game. I would say same with laurie.Laurie.. Love won't be around for ochai peak, but Laurie could be..
 
InBoobieWeTrust said:
Some of the people who were outspoken and mad Koby didn’t go get Dieng in a trade are outing themselves in this very thread as people who would never have the patience for a long term upside project like that.
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I was the biggest advocate of Dieng, but I also didn't want Koby to make a realistic move up to get him. I was disappointed that Dieng wasn't available at #14, not that Koby didn't go get him.

I also had patience to wait a couple (few?) years for that asset to bear fruit *because* of the depth on the roster.
 
Curious when Koby plans getting a good traditional wing player. Garland Mobley Allen is not good enough to win a championship alone. They need a wing, and the three of them are about to eat up all the cap space. I can already envision the (valid) GDT complaints about the lack of a decent wing player.

Maybe next offseason.
 
RonG said:
Arrived to Vegas at midnight last night. We gambled a little. Spotted this dude in the picture smooth passed out, living his best life.
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Woke up to find out I will get to see the cavs play tomorrow!
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I feel like you should have followed the group in white in the back to see what type of shenanigans they wound up in.
 
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