We are in the second phase of the summer league, with many stars made, but not all. And these stars showed up on Monday.
Legendary Dunk of Johnny Furphy
This whole game was fun. The Bulls and the Pacers have combined for the most entertaining game in the summer league so far.
However, it was the Johnny Furphy of the Pacers who stole the spectacle with a legendary dunk.
Poor Noa Essengue is about to be a meme.
To be fair, Esssengue scored 21 points, while Mata Buzelis showed why he was too beautiful to always play in the summer league, marking 28 points. It was not only these buckets; It was that the Bulls obtained theirs with Flair in a game from top to bottom and fast. —Kurt Helin
Spurs and jazz presented a show
The match between Spurs and Jazz has ended up being one of the best games in the summer league so far.
Kyle Filipowski dominated early and often, overthrowing three triples in the first four minutes of the match and finishing with 35 points, 11 rebounds and five three points. He had a lay-up to give Utah a late lead before Dylan Harper was attached to forcing overtime, and Filipowski also had a dunk with two seconds to play in overtime to equalize the match before Riley Minix nails the winning shooting of the Buzzer.
Filipowski was fantastic thanks to the summer league in Utah and Las Vegas, and it would not be shocking if they chose to close it for the rest of the summer. With John Collins now in Los Angeles, Filipowski should be a key contributor to jazz this season.
John Tonje did his summer in the summer league for Utah and finished with 16 points and four three points. The 24 -year -old recruit shone at Wisconsin last season and could be a score option ready for the NBA for jazz this year, although Utah’s number of depths will make it difficult to save minutes.
Carter Bryant continued to play a high-level defense, and Dylan Harper was solid although it was not as good as Dallas, but David Jones-Garcia was again the star. He lost 28 points in the victory, which was his fifth right match marking at least 20 points this summer. The only time he did not reach 20 years, he finished with 18 points. Jones-Garcia has certainly played his way in at least one bidirectional contract, especially if he continues. —Noah Rubin
Other Summer League notes
• Kel’el Ware responds after the criticism of Spoelstra. During his first match at the Las Vegas Summer League, the young big promising man of Miami, Kell’el Ware, was out of interest, marking 10 points with six plates and in a way on the game (it is a worrying sign when a guy who made as much race as a recruit does not dominate in the summer league). The next day, Heat Erik Spoelstra head coach presented himself in the summer league training and had a few sharp words for Ware:
“Much of this is that he must really kiss and improve his professionalism, his consistency, his approach every day. He must improve with it. He learns to become a pro. I understand. He was 20 years old last year, and he was 21 years old. We have greater expectations …
“Professionalism and consistency must improve, and this is the case. Our standards will not change, and our expectations and how speed we want it to improve for him will not change. But he must improve, he must take advantage of it, and the other things will get along. “
Ware received the message. It was much more intense and concentrated against riders on Sunday, marking 21 points on 8 shots out of 14, including 2 out of 3 beyond the arc. Ware had another solid match with 21 points and 15 plates against Boston on Sunday. -Heli
• Kon Knueppel looks better. On Friday, Kon Knueppel experienced difficulties during his debut in the summer league, then sat on Saturday. However, he was finally able to make matters against the Mavericks. He had an impact in various ways, ending with 16 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and three three points. He was solid in defense, created shots for his teammates and had a double-double after it did not record one during his only season in Duke. Oh yeah, and he can also shoot. –Rabin
• Așa Newell’s 3 points. Asa Newell hit four three points on Sunday, which was an encouraging sign for its development. The in -depth shooting will be a huge swing competence for its future in the NBA.
On Monday, he only reached one, but it was clear that the defense respected his shot. At the beginning of the first quarter, he blew up his defender on a false pump, which set up a strong journey to the basket and a pair of free throws. Newell does not need to be a great elite stretch for Hawks; They have porzingis kristaps for that. However, if he can at least space the ground enough for the defense to respect his shot, Trae Young and Jalen Johnson will have no problem going to the edge when Newell is in the game.
Deep Newell’s only Newell shot arrived in the match late to equalize things at 99, and he followed this with a step in Euro in transition to give Atlanta. He finished with 14 points and six rebounds in the prolongation victory. –Rabin
• The ups and downs of Kobe Bufkin. Of course, there were a lot of mistakes, especially early, but Kobe Bufkin still had positive aspects of his performance. He scored a summit of 25 points, including five of the seven of Atlanta in overtime. However, he returned it nine times and committed seven faults. Yikes. Not what you want to see by a choice of first round entering its third season. Bufkin would probably benefit from certain additional games this summer. –Rabin
• Kennedy Chandler looks good. Kennedy Chandler continued to shine for the rockets. He finished with 22 points, seven assists and three interceptions and now has an average of 19 points, 4.3 assists and 2.0 interceptions per game this summer. He had the ball in his hands a little more with Reed Sheppard closed for the rest of the summer league. Whether or not it is with Houston, Chandler pleaded to obtain a two -way contract next season. –Rabin
