Question…

Posted by: Paul Silotti on July 10th, 2012

The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.

How much stock should we really put into the Summer League Games?

and no negative attacks, positive opinions?

I’m asking this because I’m curious.

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6 Responses

1. Jazzed uponit says:

   July 10, 2012 at 12:47 am

   If the stock is michael stockton, I think he looked pretty good. J/K. The only thing I wanted to see is Kanter and burkes get some experienced games in. Kanter looked real good defensively. burkes was handling the rock well, but I was hoping he would start a better passing game. We all know he can score.
2. John says:

   July 10, 2012 at 4:11 am

   No one in the Summer League is going to be playing anybody of any importance… if that make sense… The important people rather are playing in the Olympics.

   I would much rather see the young guys underperform trying something new, developing a new skill, trying to get better at a weakness, than scoring twenty points a game.
3. Jazzed uponit says:

   July 10, 2012 at 5:40 am

   Like Kanter shooting mid range and burkes passing. That would be sweet.
4. KCJones says:

   July 10, 2012 at 8:57 am

   No negative attack from me this time as you actually put some sort of readable understandable content in your post.

   That said, I have purchased all the stock I could from the Summer League. I expect the SL market to be bullish and I can cash out in a few years a rich man.

   Summer league is summer league.
5. Ray says:

   July 10, 2012 at 9:37 am

   Isn’t the Summer League where David Benoit and Wes Matthews were “discovered”?

   Watching the Jazz right now on NBA channel and the Tunisian 7′1″ center looks good. He has some quickness that Kanter lacks. Kanter looks good today but then he’s bulkier than the guys guarding him.

   So, the Summer League provides potential opportunities for undrafted players. Gives the coaches opportunities to evaluate young drafted players.
6. Nick Knows All says:

   July 10, 2012 at 5:26 pm

   No too much stock at all, Paul. The idea is to give a shot to unproven basketball players, and also see how sophomores and rookies are developing. It’s also a chance for assistant coaches to try their hand at coaching a game.

   Basically, Summer League is all about gaining basketball experience. Burks and Kanter sucked in game 1, but they were good in game 2 (especially Burks). This means they already learned some things from the first game.

   For one thing, its basketball experience in the summer, which is great for player development. And the other thing is, the coaching staff can see what areas rookies and sophomores need to improve in.

   There might be one or two players from our Summer League team that ened up on the Jazz roster, but who most likely won’t see a lot of playing time.