Cavs Summer League Team

[Cavatt]

If it were me, I'd make sure Hands was on the team and glued within 10ft of Ricky Rubio at all times.

Did you watch the 2 games after Mobley was out? I didn't. He has the athleticism, but the decision making seemed very bad to me.

 

[Vipra]

To those who have watched the LV summer league games this year:

1. Does Trevon Bluiett, Jaylen Hands, or Matt Ryan seem like someone who could be in the NBA, even as a two-way player?
2. Did any of B Thomas, L Stevens, or M Kabengele show any improvements from last NBA season? Would you keep any of them this year?
3. Did a wing from any other team impress you who has not been signed yet?

 

[JayP146]

To those who have watched the LV summer league games this year:

1. Does Trevon Bluiett, Jaylen Hands, or Matt Ryan seem like someone who could be in the NBA, even as a two-way player?
2. Did any of B Thomas, L Stevens, or M Kabengele show any improvements from last NBA season? Would you keep any of them this year?
3. Did a wing from any other team impress you who has not been signed yet?

Full disclosure - I'm a casual fan that watched a smattering of SL action.

1. I think all 3 are potential two-way players. We could really use Hands as a 3rd string PG though, but dude needs to put on weight.

2. No lol That said, Kabengele probably makes the team because we don't have any other reserve bigs better than he is ...

3. Can't say I know/saw enough to have an opinion.

 

[Kiddo]

To those who have watched the LV summer league games this year:

1. Does Trevon Bluiett, Jaylen Hands, or Matt Ryan seem like someone who could be in the NBA, even as a two-way player?
2. Did any of B Thomas, L Stevens, or M Kabengele show any improvements from last NBA season? Would you keep any of them this year?
3. Did a wing from any other team impress you who has not been signed yet?

I'd keep Stevens and Kabengele, they both have potential to be end of rotation players.

 

[BankShot]

To those who have watched the LV summer league games this year:

1. Does Trevon Bluiett, Jaylen Hands, or Matt Ryan seem like someone who could be in the NBA, even as a two-way player?
2. Did any of B Thomas, L Stevens, or M Kabengele show any improvements from last NBA season? Would you keep any of them this year?
3. Did a wing from any other team impress you who has not been signed yet?

I don't know if I should win a prize or be punished for this, but I watched all 5 games:

I like both Hands & Ryan on 2 way deals. Hands is a tough cover, quick and can get to the rim and has a history as a decent 3pt shooter. Ryan is a 3pt sniper and plays with an edge, also decent length, no other obvious skill that I saw, but I liked his quick trigger from a couple feet beyond the 3pt line. Bluiett can shoot, but about to turn 27, and probably about 6'4".

Thomas has some skill as 2, but we forced him to play the 1 and he was awful, I wouldn't mind if Ryan takes his two way deal. Stevens was real good, but didn't show us anything we haven't already seen from him, the few 3pt shots he took looked smoother, but still a long way to go. Kabengale played hard, but just lacks the overall skill to make a difference.

I didn't pay enough attention to other teams to answer your third question.

 

[Nathan S]

To those who have watched the LV summer league games this year:

1. Does Trevon Bluiett, Jaylen Hands, or Matt Ryan seem like someone who could be in the NBA, even as a two-way player?
2. Did any of B Thomas, L Stevens, or M Kabengele show any improvements from last NBA season? Would you keep any of them this year?
3. Did a wing from any other team impress you who has not been signed yet?

1. Bluiett and Ryan are pretty interchangeable to me...edge to Ryan I guess because he's a bit bigger, a bit younger, and isn't coming off a terrifyingly-bad GLeague season. Hands had a weird summer league going 1/7 from deep after going 1/11 from deep in last year's summer league...I really hoped he would look more confident from deep, but he absolutely did not.

2. Stevens is definitely worth keeping around. Still can't really shoot, but he does everything else well. Even had the best passing numbers on the team with 12 assists to 2 turnovers. Thomas is clearly a scoring specialist, and is clearly no good at his supposed specialty. To the extent that we need a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency ballhandler, it should be Cedi over Thomas every day of the week. Kabengele was equally unimpressive...seemed hopeless offensively even against scrubs, and wasn't that impressive on D either, managing just 4 blocks with 20 fouls. If he's the best we can do for a backup C, that's really bad news. We may literally be better off playing Stevens at center if it comes to it.

3. I didn't really watch enough summer league to say. I do notice that Stevens finished 4th among SFs in win shares in Vegas, and he managed that despite his usual poor shooting from deep. So while he's obviously not great by NBA standards, you'd be hard pressed to find an unsigned summer league wing who can match his all-around impact.

 

[BankShot]

1. Bluiett and Ryan are pretty interchangeable to me...edge to Ryan I guess because he's a bit bigger, a bit younger, and isn't coming off a terrifyingly-bad GLeague season. Hands had a weird summer league going 1/7 from deep after going 1/11 from deep in last year's summer league...I really hoped he would look more confident from deep, but he absolutely did not.

2. Stevens is definitely worth keeping around. Still can't really shoot, but he does everything else well. Even had the best passing numbers on the team with 12 assists to 2 turnovers. Thomas is clearly a scoring specialist, and is clearly no good at his supposed specialty. To the extent that we need a break-glass-in-case-of-emergency ballhandler, it should be Cedi over Thomas every day of the week. Kabengele was equally unimpressive...seemed hopeless offensively even against scrubs, and wasn't that impressive on D either, managing just 4 blocks with 20 fouls. If he's the best we can do for a backup C, that's really bad news. We may literally be better off playing Stevens at center if it comes to it.

3. I didn't really watch enough summer league to say. I do notice that Stevens finished 4th among SFs in win shares in Vegas, and he managed that despite his usual poor shooting from deep. So while he's obviously not great by NBA standards, you'd be hard pressed to find an unsigned summer league wing who can match his all-around impact.

Good call on Hands not shooting the 3 ball well in summer league, only consolation is that his release looks good and his history at ucla, g league and overseas is between 35%-38%.

 

[Nathan S]

Good call on Hands not shooting the 3 ball well in summer league, only consolation is that his release looks good and his history at ucla, g league and overseas is between 35%-38%.

According to realgm, he's a grand total of 76/234 (32.5%) from deep since going pro. That's juuuust tiptoeing on the line of respectability for a PG...I feel like he needed to show progress there to land an NBA contract, and he kinda did the opposite. Looking like it'll be another year in Europe for him IMO.

 

[ryanf]

the two players from the SL roster that i want is ryan and stevens. both were consistent in showing their strengths.