NBA Summer League Play Begins

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The Bulls' summer team clobbered Vinny del Negro's new team, the Clips 79-50!!
John Lucas III had a tremendous game for the Bulls and opened some eyes...
The ex-Baylor and ex-Oklahoma State PG had 25 points on 6-6 from 3pt
He also helped in holding Eric Bledsoe to only 4 points in 33 minutes plus 7 turnovers!


Sacramento beat Minnesota 79-78, and it was a HUGE matchup of top centers!!
Patrick O'Bryant faced rookie DeMarcus Cousins...and held Cousins to 22 points and 12 rebounds!!
DeMarcus got hot at one point and picked up a "T"!
POB also scored 4 and had 6 rebs.


In the Pistons/Heat game, Jordan Eglseder got to play 8 minutes and went
0-0, scoreless, 2 rebounds, 2 turnovers, 2 fouls, no blocks, assists, or steals.
Mac Koshwal had 4 & 6.

 

[SFP]

I always liked John Lucas III...He's a solid player and now with maturity he may just make it. The Bulls need a backup point so he's in a great place.

 

[tornado]

John Wall had another good game with 19 pts, 10 asst...but he was only 4-19 from the floor

For the third straight game Osiris Eldridge was listed on the Portland roster but did not play.
You gotta wonder what's going on....did he fly to Vegas just to keep the bench warm??

Dinma played 3:35 and was scoreless with no other stats

 

[tornado]

Some summer league results..

Pistons lose and Jordan Eglseder is scoreless again...he's played several games thus far and has not scored one single point..
he is probably being given the Turkish guy's phone #

DeMarcus Cousins is rolling .. 16 pts, 12 rebs, 10 personal fouls - a triple double!!
John Wall goes for 31!!
--all the more makes you wonder how really BAD, BAD, BAD of a coach John Calipari is when he had at least two
NBA All Stars plus three other NBA first round picks, and couldn't even get to the Final Four!

Memphis played the T-wolves...
Memphis' Dinma Odiakosa scoreless, while the T-Wolves' Patrick O'Bryant gets 11 pts, 6 rebs, and plays good defense on Hasheem Thabeet - in fact the Griz' entire starting front court is just 5-22

There is some talk that the T-Wolves are at least interested in signing POB as a backup center...they have only Darko Milicic, Ryan Hollins, and Greg Stiemsma as centers..and it is probable that one or two of those guys will get cut loose

 

[tornado]

Portland played the Bulls in summer league play..
again Osiris did not play
POB started, had 3 pts, 4 rebs, played decent defense
Dinma got 20 minutes of playing time for the Griz..5 pts on 2-6, 3 reb, 4 TO

 

[Missouri Brave]

Some summer league results..

Pistons lose and Jordan Eglseder is scoreless again...he's played several games thus far and has not scored one single point..
he is probably being given the Turkish guy's phone #

DeMarcus Cousins is rolling .. 16 pts, 12 rebs, 10 personal fouls - a triple double!!
John Wall goes for 31!!
--all the more makes you wonder how really BAD, BAD, BAD of a coach John Calipari is when he had at least two
NBA All Stars plus three other NBA first round picks, and couldn't even get to the Final Four!

Memphis played the T-wolves...
Memphis' Dinma Odiakosa scoreless, while the T-Wolves' Patrick O'Bryant gets 11 pts, 6 rebs, and plays good defense on Hasheem Thabeet - in fact the Griz' entire starting front court is just 5-22

There is some talk that the T-Wolves are at least interested in signing POB as a backup center...they have only Darko Milicic, Ryan Hollins, and Greg Stiemsma as centers..and it is probable that one or two of those guys will get cut loose

Bad coach? Seriously? The guy is a fantastic coach. Those guys were all freshmen last year, for goodness sakes.

 

[tornado]

not talking the class they were in college I find that less relevant...
..talking the level of talent he obviously had...with more actual talent than just about any college team has ever had on one roster...he should not have lost a game


BTW -- final stats for the NBA's Las Vegas Summer League

Top Scorers...
John Wall (Wizards) 23.5 ppg
Reggie Williams (GSW) - 22.6 ppg
DeMar DeRozan (Tor) 21.0 ppg (more prrof of how bad of a coach Tim Floyd was)
JaValle McGee (Wizards) 19.5 ppg
http://www.nba.com/summerleague2010/stats/

Rebounds
DeMarcus Cousins 9.8 rpg
Joey Dorsey 9.8 rpg
Jeff Pendergraph 9.5 rpg
JaValle McGee 9.3 rpg

Assists
John Wall 7.8 apg
Darren Collison 7.0 apg



BTW-- a few good writeups about Patrick O'Bryant...
On Saturday POB had a GREAT game...16 points, 10 rebs!!
http://www.nba.com/summerleague/games/20100717/MINPOR/gameinfo.html

In that game POB shut down Jeff Pendergraph and got him riled enough to pick up another technical, and blocked several of his shots.

"John Krolik of Cavs the Blog on Patrick O'Bryant: "O'Bryant has shown a few good signs in Vegas.
He's always had an NBA body, and he's showed off a few post moves during his time in Vegas.
He's sealed his man off effectively, shown a nice little jump hook, and converted some plays around the rim.
He hasn't been dominant, but one expects that at least one team will give the 24-year old 7-footer
one more chance to crack their rotation."
http://espn.go.com/blog/TrueHoop/post/_/id/18328/day-nine-las-vegas-summer-league-roundup

"Patrick O'Bryant, C, Minnesota Timberwolves - Hey, look at that, Patrick O'Bryant finally played well!
After not making much of an impression over the first three games, O'Bryant had a solid double-double with 16 and 10 rebounds."
http://www.ridiculousupside.com/2010/7/18/1575201/nba-vegas-summer-league-day-9