Team: A
Lillard, Leonard, Nolan Smith, and possibly Babbitt are rotation players. When you have that many rotation players on your team, your team better do a lot of winning, and they did (4-1). I think that the team figured out that Smith can be a rotation player and that Babbitt should not be a rotation player.
Lillard: A
Whenever he had a problem, he fixed it. Shot poorly the first half of game 1, shot well for the rest of summer league. 7 turnovers in on game, only 2 a game after that. Completely erased doubts about level of play. Someone pointed out the VSL is basically a college all-star game and he proved he can dominate college all-stars. None of the players picked above him can say that, but not all of them were given a chance.
Leonard: B
I am discounting game 2 where he was ill. He was who we thought he was
Obvious flaws in his game, some of them are easy to fix, others are harder - but they are all fixable. So, it may take some time.
Barton: B
Improved every game. It was probably a matter of his comfort level increasing every game. High ceiling, high variance - hard to figure out how good he'll be in 2 to 3 years, but it could be very good. Scored 27 points on 17 shots in the last game which was impressive because they didn't just pass him the ball and say "make plays." There was a lot of passing. Tired of people mentioning that he was drafted in the 2nd round, he probably should have been draft at around 20.
Babbitt: C-
Can't defend college all-stars. They tried to play Babbitt in the high post in an attempt to expand his game a bit and it didn't really work out. Missed many open 3s. It's understandable to miss a lot of contested shots, but if he wants to make it in the league he has to his more than half of this open shots because he's giving up so much on the other end.
Nolan Smith: A/B/I
Didn't play enough really for an adequate analysis. As a shooting guard, his grade is an A shooting well over 50% and around 25 PPG for 1.5 games. As a PG, he showed he was competent but it's clearly not his strength, which at 6'2" it needs to be. However, after losing confidence last season and now showing much, he definitely showed he's an NBA player.
Others: B
Bost, Ibekwe, and others showed that they've got some NBA game and if injuries or a massive trade happens they'd be fine. Bost showed he could run the point and hit the 3. Ibekwe is a sad story just missing out as the last cut in training camp a couple of times, and now he's getting older.
