VSL Discussion - Day 4

1 PM PST Knicks vs. Cavs
3 PM Raptors vs. Nuggets
5 PM Wizards vs. Blazers
5:30 PM Suns vs. Rockets
7 PM Mavs vs. Wolves
7:30 PM Spurs vs. Grizzlies

Wow, 6 games tonight and a lot of new teams.

Some notable players on the new teams:

Knicks - Balkman, Chandler, Collins, Gallinari, Nate Robinson, and Von Wafer.

Cavs - Hickson, Simien, and Tractor Traylor.

Wizards - Blatche, McGee, McGuire, Pecherov, and Nick Young.

Blazers - Batum, Koponen, and Pinnock.

Suns - Golubovic, Jared Jordan, Robin Lopez, Stawberry, and Tucker.

Wolves - Brewer, Carney, Love, Richard, and Bryce Taylor.

Spurs - Gist, Devin Green, George Hill, and Ian Mahinmi.


The Grizz play again tonight. I think they're going to pass out from exhaustion.

A little disappointed that the Blazers aren't running a better squad with all their young talent.

And Globovich lives! If you followed the Orlando summer league, you are very familiar with that name.

Today's NBA TV coverage (also meaning games you'll get commentators for on the webcast):

Knicks vs. Cavs (on now) and Blazers vs. Wizards

Tractor Traylor is HUGE

from a selfish standpoint, anxious to see Steven Hill of Portland. I wish he had any offensive game at all. Great shot blocker though, but DLeague or Europe talent at best.

Bayless wasn't on NBA.com's roster for the Blazers that I looked over earlier today.

He's played really well tonight. Nate gave him the green light and he's shooting it basically every time he touches it, but he's getting to the line at will. 19 FT attempts.

Holy Sh*t, Zhong played for the Knicks! and they won!

^Speaking of NYK, Wilson Chandler was balling for the Knicks. He looked really good. 26 points & 8 rebounds.

Gallinari didn't look bad. Just inexperienced. He was stronger than I anticipated.

Hickson was a beast for the Cavs with 26 & 9. Tractor Traylor was fun to watch in that game too.

Donte Green is a scoring machine. 36 points and counting.

JSM wrote:Donte Green is a scoring machine. 36 points and counting.

him and joey dorsey were the 2 guys i wanted the lakers to pursue lat 1st

oh well

He ended up with 40 points. That's one hell of a first summer league game.

Kevin Love's debut - 18 points, 13 rebounds, 6 TOs


Arthur and Mayo had another good night. 23 points for the Jayhawk jackass and 18 & 6 for Mayo.

Critt had a poor shooting night but chalked up 6 - 6 - 5


George Hill had a big first game, despite shooting struggles. 17 points, 16 FTAs, and 8 rebounds.

JSM wrote:Kevin Love's debut - 18 points, 13 rebounds, 6 TOs

I was glad to see him debut well. I'm really rooting for this guy.

JSM, May took 17 shots to get 18 points and while his TOs were down, he's just not impressive at this point. He's playing well and he's obviously young and has a ton of potential, but he thinks he's the greatest thing on the planet. And he's not even close yet.

^ He hasn't wowed my socks off by any means. I do think the fact that the Grizzlies haven't had a day off has something to do with some of the poor shooting performances though.