Kolek planning to go pro
The Athletic's Sam Vecenie picked his Summer League MVPs: Davion Mitchell and Cam Thomas.I watched Mitchell twice and he very much showed why NBA types have raved about his defensive prowess. I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes a darn good offensive player, too.Vecenie also gives shout-outs to two guys who spurned Marquette: Jalen Johnson and Quentin Grimes.On Johnson: "I have never really been as high as the consensus public opinion of Johnson at any level he’s played at, including this past season at Duke. ... But Johnson looked really good at summer league, playing in a role that makes a lot more sense than what he was asked to do at Duke. Here, he was able to just get out in transition, finish plays, and make easy decisions while using his obvious gifts of size and athleticism. He’s uncannily coordinated for his size at 6-foot-9, with tremendous balance and body control."On Grimes: "Grimes was a top-10 recruit in the country as essentially a lead guard when he was in high school. There was a point in his career when he had some of those skills in his bag. Then it all went wrong at Kansas, and he had to rebuild his game from the ground up at Houston as more of a 3-and-D wing. ... Grimes did exactly what is expected of an older rookie at summer league. He hit 40 percent of the nine 3s he took per game, and defended at the level he showed at Houston over the last two years of his collegiate career."
Davion Mitchell might have one of my favorite nicknames because of his defensive prowess: Off Night
Giannis purchased a minority stake in the Brew Crew. Nice addition to a portfolio that already includes the Phoenix Suns.
Well, whoever does the ranking on that video game apparently is part of that huge minority.In a vacuum, I'd probably rather have Jrue, but context matters. For example, if I already had a good PG and needed a big, I'd rather have Sabonis.
. Just a guess, but if you looked up a dozen sites for top 25 players in the NBA today, Jrue’s name would be on most. I doubt that Sabonis would be on any. BTW, I think Sabonis is a very good player.
What that tells me is he would have been a colossal flop under Wojo, doing literally whatever he wanted at an extremely inefficient level, and transferred to Houston after freshman year anyway. Sounds like Sampson's program was exactly what he needed.
You’re in a huge minority if you think Sabonis is better than Holiday.
What's a huge minority? Is that almost a small majority?It's difficult to find many Top 25 or Top 50 lists that have been compiled after the season. Here's one thoughhttps://sportsnaut.com/best-nba-players-right-now/ Jrue 43-Sabonis 31. And BTW I like Jrue alot, and he is a perfect fit for the Bucks. In a vacuum though, I would take Sabonis.
As I said, it would depend on my needs. If I already had a top-10 PG but needed a big, I'd take Sabonis in a heartbeat. If I needed an upgrade at PG, a position that's so freakin' important (as definitely was the case for the Bucks), I'd take Holiday.These kinds of rankings are all just conversation starters, anyway. And here we are -- conversing.
Agreed. I just feel that Jockey's belief that it's a no brainer that Holliday is better is not true. There's argument to be had that Sabonis has the better stats. I think bias in terms of his favorite team comes into play.
Hold on. Are you trying to say that Sampson runs some sort of disciplined program??? Lolololol. Ok🙄
Holiday's overall impact has now been solidified. The truth is offensively he was wildly inconsistent in the playoffs. Many games he was woefully bad shooting the ball. However, what he did in Game 5 of the Finals is the exact reason the Bucks got him. That was about as complete a performance as you'll ever see. Very few players are capable of dominating a game in that fashion under those stakes. Because playoff basketball allows more physicality on the perimeter, Holiday's worth can't really be measured in stats. He was the perfect addition to the Bucks and I said it 5 mins after the trade occurred. So while he's not automatically "better" than some of these aforementioned players he's definitely more valuable imo.
I guarantee Pop and his staff would have loved to have Sabonis. His game is tailor made for the Olympics. Unfortunately, he played for Team Lithuania. He dud win the All Star Skills competition as well .
I don’t thing even one person has argued that Sabonis is not a good player.
DJ Wilson is an 84 in 2K. Jrue is an 85…Mikael Bridges an 86.