OPEN THREAD: Vegas Game 5 - Warriors vs Raptors
by Fantasy Junkie on Jul 19, 2008 11:24 AM PDT
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The final Warriors' game of the Vegas Summer League tips off today against the Raptors. The Warriors spoiled their chance to go undefeated last night against the Kings. With just 17.6 seconds left, the #12 draft pick, Jason Thompson tipped in a bucket to put the Kings in the lead. Seeing that reminded me of the draft when everyone was saying the Kings picked Thompson way too early. But if he works out for them, just goes to show that all those mock drafts and "experts" really don't have much more insight than you and I. But it also reminded me that Mullin and Nelson threw out feelers that they wanted Thompson possibly getting the Kings to jump the gun and "reach" for him at #12. Anyways, so I was curious to see how he's doing so far and he's got some nice numbers going - 15 points on 53% shooting and 8.5 boards in 27 minutes a night. That's better than our boy Brandan Wright is doing in 30 minutes a game.
Anyways, where was Marco last game? 1-10 shooting? 6 points and 5 fouls in just under 20 minutes? Ouch. Summer league, D-league, NBA, or pickup, that's just awful. As for surprises, CJ Watson had his second big game in a row. 24 points, 6 assists and another 4 steals. The guy is a straight thief. Brandan Wright didn't shoot so well, but did collect 11 boards, his first double digit rebound game this summer.
And last but not least, there was the rook, Anthony Randolph coming back from an ankle injury to score 16 points and grab 6 boards. Our summer league correspondent, dreamleague, had nothin but good things to say about watching Randolph up close, Summer Scout: A new Mully-ball Era?
Today, the Raptors fire back at our Warriors with a bunch of guys of little consequence. Joey Graham is their best player, Hassan Adams, and John Lucas- those are the 3 names I recognize. But wait, there's also Joel Bosh. I wonder if he's Chris Bosh's brother. And one more name pops out at you...
Rod Benson, of the Boom Tho fame, plays for the Raptors. He's only played in 4 minutes this summer league - that's why the Raptors are 1-3. Not sure why he's not playing more minutes (injury?) but he's a top D-League player, I would assume he'd do well in the summer league as well.
Anyways, last game of the summer league for the Dubs, enjoy it. It's the last bit of Warriors hoops you'll get until preseason.
Oops nevermind, as saintdee points out, we still have 4 more games in the Rocky Mountain Revue starting on Monday.
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umm
we still have the rocky mountain revue thing right? the summer isnt over.
Jawai...
I’m sure the Warriors lack of size contributes to this feeling but that dude is HUGE.
damn
my boy morrow is lighting it up. The warriors can always use shooters they should consider inviting him to the vet camp. Go Jackets!
my guess
the are letting the others play more to see who to invite to camp. Plus they obviously want to see hendrix play (finally)
probably so
They should send Wright down to one of the $35 Vegas buffets and make him eat for the next 8 hours.
better job
this game, he is staying in front and caused some to’s
Morrow
could be a sleeper, he is definately playing himself into training camp, hes a pure shooter which we can use, keep him on the roster and let Buke go and spend our money on a backup point.
ar - nice hussle
got the off reb and got to the line
marco
with 6 assists. nice! he really has been working on his passing, good to know he can do something besides shoot.
anthony morrow and the ukraine
according to draftexpress, anthony morrow has already signed a contract to play in the ukrainian league next year. i wonder if he can void it if a team decides to pick him up (i would hope so for his sake…)
link: http://www.draftexpress.com/profile/Anthony-Morrow-1003/
why play in the summer league
if he couldn’t opt out and go to the nba?
seems like AR always ends up on the floor after every drive
i sure hope he doesn’t get hurt knock on wood, i wonder what the over/under will be on who falls more over the course of the season him or Monta
are you serious with this question??
its going to be monta… monta is going to play the whole season.. AR is a rookie. Nelson won’t let him ply as much as monta.
practice
If Marco really work hard on his game and be consistent at it, he’ll be a heck of an offensive player. He has no problem hitting the tough shot already, if he can be money on those easy open shots, damn, he’ll be hard to stop.
Oh and I’m only talking about one end of the floor, the other half is a different story.
AR
is so much more assertive than wright…. I think AR will be better than Wright in a few years.
more agressive
He is much more agressive – 16-18 FT shooting
getting to the line
I love how AR looks to get to the line most of the time. Forget 3pt range, he should just work on his pull up midrange ala Monta.
lol
beli redeems himself with that steal after missing the ft
Thoughts
On the whole, I am pleased with how our players have performed in the Summer League. Though the win/loss column is ‘meaningless’, to finish 4-1 with the sole defeat being in a game that went down to the wire is nice. Anthony Randolph has been very impressive, averaging 21 points and 8 rebounds in 29 minutes as well as a steal and a block while getting to the line a lot and shooting 84% from it. Marco Belinelli has also played well in Vegas, hitting some nice shots while improving his passing (he had 8 assists in tonight’s game) and collecting 1.4 steals per game. Out of the players not signed to a contract, Anthony Morrow was by far the most impressive – he shot 17-24 from the field in his three games.
hendrix showed
that he can rebound and hav impact coming off the bench he grabbed 5 and woulda easily grabbed many more if he was starting or even got a couple more minutes of playing time
by MeTaLLiCs0naTaS on Jul 19, 2008 6:20 PM PDT reply actions
he has 10 rebounds on nba.com's boxscore
but yah, I agree… Him and Turiaf really adds considerable bulk to the lineup. Now, let’s see how much time they actually see on the floor.
Is it really fair playing two teams against one
It’s only summer league but still…
http://www.nba.com/summerleague2008/games/20080719/GSWTOR/recap.html
The first quarter belonged to the Toronto Raptors who led by as many as 12 in the quarter, led by Joey Graham with 10 points.The Bobcats stormed back in the second quarter, outscoring the Raptors 10-2 to take a one point lead (29-28) early in the quarter. After a seesaw battle in the second, the teams were even at 47 heading into the locker room.
Toronto built a nine-point advantage in the third quarter but the lead did not last long as Golden State finished the quarter within one point of the Raptors. Randolph let the Warriors in the quarter scoring seven points.
I guess there is no editor for nba.com
there are multiple errors in the article
by The Golden One on Jul 19, 2008 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions
Hendrix is pretty good.
He got 8 pts and 10 rebounds, that’s a near double-double in 15 minutes. Not bad. The best part was that baby shaq and the rest of the team stopped going inside when he was in the game.
Benson
Benson sprained his MCL, so that’s why he’s not playing…
Jawai is a beast…I remember that from being down there watching him play 1 game…he’s a monster…
and that Bosh kid is Chris Bosh’s brother…(saw someone who looked like their dad walkin around the stadium, too)
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