The Summer League has absolutely nothing to do with real NBA games. Westbrook will struggle once he plays against NBA teams.
Oh really?
Kevin Durant looked weak and shot a horrible percentage in the summer league last year? What did he look like in the NBA? same thing. Actually towards the end of the year he looked better than when he was in the summer league.
Kevin Durant looked weak and shot a horrible percentage in the summer league last year? What did he look like in the NBA? same thing. Actually towards the end of the year he looked better than when he was in the summer league.
Don't tell posters to shut up, and quit taking your angst out on other posters.
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what else does he have to prove?
Starter on a Final Four team, drafted #4 overall, one of the better rookies in summer league.
Id say he is doing just fine so far.
College accomplishments don't mean a thing in the NBA. Being drafted fourth overall only means more expectations, not less. He was barely a lottery pick in March, his stock didn't rise all that much during the NCAA tourney. For some reason his stock improved when no games where played as if most forgot that he hasn't even played a full season at the point.
The Summer League is meaningless in terms of projecting how someone will look in real NBA games. Nobody in this draft has proved anything on a pro level.
They had the chance to check them out in the pre-draft camps, and they were able to see Westbrook play in a few games. Some where in there they saw something they liked, and decided that they wanted him. Several of the pre-draft reports said that they were looking hard at him as well.
PG - Steve Blake | Jerryd Bayless | Sergio Rodriguez
SG - Brandon Roy | Rudy Fernandez
SF - Martell Webster | Travis Outlaw | Nicolas Batum
PF - LaMarcus Aldridge | Channing Frye | Ike Diogu
C - Greg Oden | Joel Pryzbilla | Raef LaFrentz
Quote:
"They said NBA players couldn't play well together in the Olympics. Well, it's not about the names on the back (of our jerseys), it's about the 3 letters on the front."
They had the chance to check them out in the pre-draft camps, and they were able to see Westbrook play in a few games. Some where in there they saw something they liked, and decided that they wanted him. Several of the pre-draft reports said that they were looking hard at him as well.
College accomplishments don't mean a thing in the NBA. Being drafted fourth overall only means more expectations, not less. He was barely a lottery pick in March, his stock didn't rise all that much during the NCAA tourney. For some reason his stock improved when no games where played as if most forgot that he hasn't even played a full season at the point.
The Summer League is meaningless in terms of projecting how someone will look in real NBA games. Nobody in this draft has proved anything on a pro level.
False.
I'm not here to bash Kevin Durant, but he looked exactly the same in summer league compared to the first month or so in the NBA. Weak, bad shot selection, bad defense, jacking up shots, lot of turnovers, and a lot of points. I even watched all of his summer league games.
False.
I'm not here to bash Kevin Durant, but he looked exactly the same in summer league compared to the first month or so in the NBA. Weak, bad shot selection, bad defense, jacking up shots, lot of turnovers, and a lot of points. I even watched all of his summer league games.
I don't get your point. Someone can play lousy in the Summer League and have a good or great rookie season, you can also be great in the Summer League and have a bad or subpar first season. You can't pick one player and make assumptions based on that. If Beasley has had his 1/13 stinker in the first game everyone who values the Summer League would have been on him, instead he has had a great first game and the second plus the following were almost forgotten.
Even Anthony Randolph looked great yesterday, does that mean he is gonna get big minutes this year ? No.
Summer league proved that Westbrook can play PG, imo. That was the knock on him.
He shot well, played good defense, played PG well, and created for himself and others. That is a good sign. Whether you do it in summer league, pre-season or the playoffs, those are good signs.
I always thought R-dub was going to be really good. He has all the tools. Get off his back. He is doing everything right so far. He had good workouts and worked his way into a high draft pick, good practices and played very well in summer league. IDK how you can be down on the guy.
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PG - Steve Blake | Jerryd Bayless | Sergio Rodriguez
SG - Brandon Roy | Rudy Fernandez
SF - Martell Webster | Travis Outlaw | Nicolas Batum
PF - LaMarcus Aldridge | Channing Frye | Ike Diogu
C - Greg Oden | Joel Pryzbilla | Raef LaFrentz
Quote:
"They said NBA players couldn't play well together in the Olympics. Well, it's not about the names on the back (of our jerseys), it's about the 3 letters on the front."
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