P-Dub34

I haven't had a problem with a whole lot of what you've said until now. This is just plain wrong.

I guess Von Wafer and Marcus Banks will be elite scorers, then. Where's Kedrick Brown now? Didn't Kwame Brown abuse summer league? What about two-time All-America, jersey retired at Kansas, Nick Collison? What about LaFrentz? Wasn't he the conference player of the year twice? According to their college and summer leagues they should've been about the two best big men ever. Olowokandi? Lit up the NCAA in his last year at Pacific. Need any more examples? Because there have been too many guys who've destroyed the NBA and summer league only to lead very forgettable careers. Mo Ager, Azuibuike, Blatche, Novak, Shannon Brown, hell - Sebastian freaking Telfair were summer league all-stars in 2006. 2005's included Justin Reed, Josh Powell, Alex Acker, Eddie Basden, and on and on and on and on. That year Chris Paul and Leandro Barbosa were outplayed by Luke Jackson and Sebastian Telfair. Jose Juan Barea outplayed a lot of NBA rotation players in summer league this year.

But yeah, college and summer league are all you need to know about how a player's gonna pan out.

Check please.

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