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Originally Posted by ssmokinjoe
You can name names and tell me the strengths and weaknesses of every man on every roster in every summer league and it all just boils down to what we ALL know and that's that the competition is sub-par. But still, getting 37 and 12 is a positive IMO. It's not mind-blowing and the world won't stop because of it, but like i said again, if you can't look past the fact that the competition is sub-par then you WILL NOT be able to find anything positive in these games.
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I can't find positives in these games? Are you kidding me? I love the SL games and I'm always waiting for people like Jonathan Watters, Jonathan G. (DE), sheefo, HoopsWorld, et al., to write reports. It's awesome how many times Diogu got to the FT line. I was actually quite excited by Diogu's statline, which is why I wrote "Nice to see...". Do I see a positive that Diogu averaged 18 and 8 throughout the entire SL? Yes. I was impressed by Lawrence Roberts when he scored some 37 pts and grabbed about 16 boards or so against the Lakers. I love reading about how players do. Nice try with the baseless accusations.
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You'd be more excited if the competition was better? Wow, i wouldn't haved guessed it!
Like i said it's OBVIOUS that these guys are not the true NBA level competition that Diogu will face in the regular season. We ALL know that. It's too easy to just keep saying that.
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They're not in the same SL, but other SL's do have some "true NBA level" bigs: Chris Kaman, Dwight Howard, Al Jefferson (and Perkins if he can ever get off the bench, his defense is already light years ahead of Big Al's), Andrew Bogut, David Harrison, Sean May, Wayne Simien, very likely Jason Maxiell, etc.
What is too easy, is to get very excited at one performance without even noting the competition. I can tear up a bunch of kids my height who are just learning the game of basketball.
If Diogu was very raw and putting up 37 and 12 against a bunch of NBDLer's, I would be more excited? Why? Because a SL is most helpful for the players still learning or modifying different aspects of their game. Diogu has very little potential, but a very high floor. I and the others who watched him at ASU already know what he can do.