Portland vs Utah Summer League Finale! Friday, 5:30pm, Game Thread!

[Rastapopoulos]

Every time we swarm Exum and he finds the open shooter. Will we learn?

Apparently not.

 

[Natebishop3]

I have yet to see Exum hit a jumper. Why are we swarming him?

 

[Darkwebs]

WOW! Barton avoids the double team and no-look assist to Meyers!

 

[Natebishop3]

That was a nice play by Will to MyLe.

 

[BBert]

Are we punishing Will for that horrible shooting he did in the last game?

Maybe giving someone else an audition as a third PG?

Is Crabbe still looking useful?

 

[riverman]

Meyers has 4 rebounds in 8 minutes, that's more than he's totaled in 2 games. Crabbe looked better, Will definitely is looking better tonight. All good to see. Tell BBert Meyers can't flip his hair, it doesn't move with all that hair product

 

[PDXFonz]

FOR THREEEEEE

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Is Crabbe still looking useful?

He's actually hit a couple of shots! Like everybody else, though, pretty clueless on defense. If Utah wasn't having an epically bad shooting night, Exum would have a ton of assists.

 

[Natebishop3]

Apparently not.

I think you get a little too excited about Exum.

11 minutes, 0-3 shooting, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 2 turnovers, no points.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I hate to say this, but I think we'd be a lot better with Brackins playing Joel's minutes.

 

[Natebishop3]

The refs let Gobert get away with a lot of bullshit.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I think you get a little too excited about Exum.

11 minutes, 0-3 shooting, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 2 turnovers, no points.

He can't shoot, but his floor vision is obviously elite and he has a very quick, tight dribble. Come on - it's pretty obvious he's a talent.

 

[riverman]

The way Joel has played this summer league makes me wonder if he knows he's on the trading block? Not that I do but he seems less engaged so far after 3 games.

 

[Natebishop3]

He can't shoot, but his floor vision is obviously elite and he has a very quick, tight dribble. Come on - it's pretty obvious he's a talent.

Why do you think his floor vision is elite? It's good, but elite? I guess I'm a little bit reluctant to use that word with a guy who is averaging 3 assists in summer league.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Bobby Brown is like a poor man's Mo. I'd rather see Appling.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Crabbe doing a fair amount of driving in Summer League (this game especially). Good to see.

 

[Natebishop3]

I think Crabbe's problem is that he doesn't have a quick release. He passes up a lot of open shots because I don't think he feels he can get the shot off.

 

[Natebishop3]

Exum looks shitty.

 

[PDXFonz]

I think Crabbe's problem is that he doesn't have a quick release. He passes up a lot of open shots because I don't think he feels he can get the shot off.

Thanks mike

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Why do you think his floor vision is elite? It's good, but elite? I guess I'm a little bit reluctant to use that word with a guy who is averaging 3 assists in summer league.

Assists are an incredibly poor measure of floor vision. Sabas had way better vision than a lot of PGs but of course would never rack up assists because that's not the system. Exum is also very unselfish, especially in comparison with overdribblers like Brown.

 

[riverman]

CJ has struggled at the free throw line way more than I thought he would.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Meyers tries way too hard to make Sports Center.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Meyers keeps being given the ball in a position to take a shot and freezes in panic before hastily offloading it on someone else. Kind of the anti-Thrilla.

 

[Natebishop3]

Definitely the best showing for Crabbe and Leonard.

Crabbe with 6 points off 2-4 shooting and 5 boards.

Meyers with 5 points, 4 boards, and 2 blocked shots.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Assists are an incredibly poor measure of floor vision.

Huh?

 

[riverman]

Brown has a tendency to dribble really high like a WNBA player

 

[Rastapopoulos]

(Incidentally, did you know that Derrick Rose averaged 9 points and under 30% shooting in summer league?)

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Huh?

Duh.

 

[Natebishop3]

Yup, Gobert annoys me.

 

[Natebishop3]

The refs are letting Gobert just camp in the lane. He spends at least 5-6 seconds in the paint, which is allowing him to get easy boards.