Sadly I did not play competitive golf in high school like he did and currently can’t hit my driver to save my life - sooooo no. But I did have a great birdie I stuck to 2 feet from 170 yards
Illini in the Pros (Basketball)
I very intently watched TSJ's summer league games, each of his 2 years.
First year was a brutal watch. There were so many ball hogs on the team. TSJ would keep passing to them and they'd never pass back. He still put up numbers, but as an observer, it wasn't very pretty.
Second year, alot of those players were gone. The basketball played was a lot more fundamental / better. It felt very different compared to the previous year.
With Keaton, he's just not the type to jack up lots of bad shots. Wouldn't be too quick to judge since it's just one game, but if he's playing alongside such players, he'll likely see those opportunities dwindle. I do think he can be more aggressive overall, but there's obviously levels.
When he does get those shots though, he needs to knock them down. His shooting is his superpower, IMO.
Agreed, just will be an adjustment for Keaton. He just plays winning basketball…summer league stat chasing isn’t winning basketball.
To be fair, Acuff had at least 3 summer league games under his belt before yesterday's game compared to Waglers first. Rusty and battling double teams all night with only one turnover in 27 minutes of play. Played very good defense on Acuff leading to his 6-20 fg shooting. I think Wagler will be fine.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Goode, Dainja and Coleman… but one notable exception.
Also,…this is perhaps the worst Ai generated version of the Vegas Strip I’ve ever seen.
Agree with all the sentiment that it’s his first game in summer league and the rough outing doesn’t mean all that much. At the same time, if he had 23 points on 5 of 8 from three, plenty on the board would be head over heels positive.
Going to take some time. Good thing is from the little I think I know of him, he’ll keep things on an even keel and keep working. Probably a little unfortunate his first game came against Acuff, but that’s life in the NBA.
No Coleman Hawkins in the 1st half. Hope he gets in there today
Ben is gonna pick himself up a last spot on a team if he isn’t careful. Pretty efficient so far!
No MJ, Tre White, Skyy Clark nor RJ Melendez - it seems the social team didn’t include anyone with some negative vibes when they left
I can see some rationale for not including players that maybe aren’t connected to the program anymore, but it’s also good pub to have 12 former Brad players in the summer league- that’s the most of any big ten coach. And Im sure Brad would wish them all success in the league
as was noted, Goode, Dainja, and Coleman have degrees from us. It seems like a degree or last stop is a pretty good line to draw for inclusion.
The pub for guys who transfer is a bit of a double edged sword. No one was talking Tre White to the league after his season here.
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
- Des Moines, IA
He’s going to play his way into some team giving him a long, long look to be a part of their organization if he keeps doing what he’s doing…….
I don’t get why Will Riley is playing summer league. He pretty clearly showed he is a more than capable nba player during the second half of last season. How many 20-30 point games did he have? Just seems like a risk for injury
The Wizards have Tre Johnson playing too. I think they may be trying to put a little more quality around Dybantsa to help him get more out of the experience. Maybe build a little early chemistry too.
I remember watching the summer league Thunder a few years ago and they clearly were already building chemistry with Chet, Jalen, Jaylin, etc.
He's competing with Tre Johnson for the 2nd guard spot next to Young and others to be the first guard/wing off the bench.
The Wizards have a bunch of young guards/wings that need to be sorted out.