Category Archives: NBA Summer League
Week 21 NBA Power Rankings: Cavs Back on Top, Mavs Stumble
The NBA regular season is already getting down into its final few weeks, meaning some teams are prepping for the playoffs while others eagerly anticipate the upcoming lottery. Cleveland, the league’s only 50-win team so far, has already clinched a playoff spot, and appear to have the number one overall seed in the East locked [...]
2009-10 NBA Awards: The Race For League MVP
After next weekend’s All-Star break, the NBA‘s stretch run will unofficially be underway. While the teams try to sort themselves out for playoff positioning, players (and coaches) will also be jockeying for postseason honors. So, with the final stretch almost upon us, which players are distancing themselves as the main contenders for major awards? Most [...]
NBA Rookie Watch (Jan.31st): Top Ten Rookies
Remember last June, when this rookie class was being called one of the weakest in recent memory? This season, several players have proven that assertion to be quite false. While this crop of rookies will likely be obliterated by the second-year players at the upcoming Rookie Challenge, they’ve still been far better than most expected, [...]
NBA Rookie Watch (Jan. 13th): Stephen Curry on the Rise
The main difficulty in compiling NBA rookie rankings, is weighing the overall impact a rookie has had for his team and for the season, while also balancing his recent level of play. If it came down to recent stretches, many could argue that Stephen Curry and Omri Casspi are two of the better rookies in [...]
NBA Las Vegas Summer League: Wrap-Up
(After a solid summer league, Griffin was all smiles at the ESPY’s.) It was as exciting as summer league can get, with several bright performances, and some surprisingly intense match-ups. It’s difficult to get “up” for summer league basketball, but when you get to see young players trying to make a name for themselves, veterans [...]
NBA Las Vegas Summer League: Vol, 7
With only two games to go on their summer journey, several players stepped it up in the 2009 Las Vegas summer league, displaying their talents, and showing they deserve a spot in some team’s training camp. Read on to see who stood out in the seventh batch of games: Rodrigue Beaubois, G, Dallas Mavericks Beaubois [...]
NBA Las Vegas Summer League: Vol, 6
(Anthony Morrow was huge.) Adam Morrison sat out with the flu on Thursday night, which was probably a good thing. He didn’t have to take the court and see his team get blow-out by the Rockets. Then again, he may have been in attendance. Regardless, there were plenty of jaw-dropping performances to get excited about, [...]
NBA Las Vegas Summer League: Vol, 5
In an effort to continue bringing the world much-needed NBA Summer League updates, I’ve been keeping track of what’s going on in Las Vegas, bringing us to round five of the ever-increasingly interesting summer league action. In other words, this type of stuff rarely matters for anything else besides the actual player’s self esteems. Then [...]
NBA Las Vegas Summer League: Vol. 4
(Above: Dude’s good.) All the hype of a number one overall draft pick, and what does it get you? Exactly what you were looking for. Blake Griffin did not disappoint in his summer league debut, and neither did his teammates, as the Clippers won the battle of Los Angeles (amateur-style), despite another solid game out [...]
NBA Summer League: Highlights from Lakers vs. Raptors
Adam Morrison and Ben McCauley led the Lakers to a nail-biting win over the Toronto Raptors, as both players scored 24 points and were extremely efficient offensively. Quincy Douby, fighting for a spot as a back-up point guard, paced Toronto with 16 points. Check out the highlights.
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