Scholarship table
These weird obsessions have got to stop.
Imagine the reaction if Vander and Kostas went one-on-one. There would be exactly one subscriber if it was pay-per-view.
Watched many D-Fenders games last year and vander was the marquee guy. He was top scorer and averaged somewhere in the mid 20's, if I remember well. I hope he makes it to the Big show but thought his two yrs. in Lakers D- league would have gotten him a contract.
timing/being in the right place at the right time is huge in this league. just wanting to see a fellow warrior do well, that's all. not saying he is getting a raw deal or that he is going to be a star, just sending some warrior love and let the chips fall
I wonder if this is just something where Vander has no SINGLE NBA skill that exceptional enough to allow him to stick as a specialist? My sense is that's how teams decide on their end of bench players.
Vegas Summer League is when the big draft names and young rooks get most of their PT.I was at Las Vegas for Summer League when Wes was drafted, Jerel and DJ were on Summer League teams, and Trend was in town to check them out.DJ didn't get much PT. Jerel did. Wes did.It was the summer when Blake Griffin was doling out dunks as the Clippers #1 pick and Jeremy Lin was getting his court burn for the Dubs!
Vander is a European player, and there's nothing wrong with that. The sooner he realizes it the better. If I had a dollar for every time I said, "There's no room for a shooting guard who can't shoot in the NBA" regarding his game, I'd be a rich man.
He pushes off with that left arm a lot. His jumper is pretty good now, but he's having a tough time getting to the rim.
For comparisons sake, former Illini guard Brandon Paul got a partially guaranteed contract with training camp invite from the Sixers. I went to high school with BP and saw him play in college. Vander is bigger and better. He's got to get a training camp invite somewhere!