The action is far from over, though, as a tournament-style schedule begins Wednesday and runs through the championship game on Monday. For Harris, it was the latter but unfortunately his confidence looked shaken at the Summer League and signs of Harris’ development was nowhere to be seen.
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Now, before I dive into the stats and explain how Harris failed to impress at the Summer League, this must be pointed out: Harris was playing a new role in Vegas with the Cavs. Some of these players are undrafted rookies, some are from overseas and some are more experienced players trying to return to the league.
With the National Basteball Association Summer League officially underway, a quartet of recognizable names from the Stanford men’s basketball community have shown up on the stat sheets for a number of National Basteball Association teams. He also averaged three turnovers a game.
KT Harrell didn’t have his shooting touch Sunday night. Is his scoring coming from the flow of the offense? Harris passed up too many open looks during the Summer League and his shot didn’t seem as smooth as it did last season. If the refs get the hang of the technology this summer, the hope is for them to avoid delays of crowding around a monitor at the scorer’s table for a replay.
Drew has thrived with the Pelicans’ offense. But when you consider how well he has played, he should at the very least earn an invite to training camp with Elfrid Payton and C.J. Unlike the situation with Trice, the Magic are lacking at the point guard position. He finished with 27 points and 10 rebounds.
A similar strategy is employed when it comes to retaining talented players for a team’s D-League affiliate. This was only made up for by the fact that I talked to Daryl Morey before the game, who simply said they were all banged up and “it sucks”. This is a guy that shot 46.7 percent from three-point range last season in the D-League, so he’ll eventually snap out of this slump. The Suns brought Curry up at the end of the season on a 10-day contract, but didn’t bring him back for a second deal. Harris didn’t have the luxury of the Big 3 feeding him the ball in Vegas and that has to be remembered when breaking down his Summer League performance.
McConnell, a 6-foot-1 point guard, started all three of his team’s games in Salt Lake City and averaged 28.7 minutes per contest. He averaged 6.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and a team-high 3 assists per game.
Delon Wright is off to a great start in his National Basteball Association career. What scouts also poignantly pointed out was his inability to shoot, which was defintely on display as well. I would have liked to see him play more, but there wasn’t any explanation offered for why he sat (maybe saving him for games against real National Basteball Association players?).
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He caught the eye of many in Vegas on Friday after recording 14 points, eight steals and five assists in a loss to Houston.
