LAS VEGAS ? NBA Summer League finished up with its fifth consecutive day of basketball on Wednesday evening and, as usual, there was a lot of basketball played. Not all of it was good basketball, unfortunately, but it was all basketball and there were some good things happening.
The best thing that happened was the re-emergence of former first round pick Adam Morrison as he attempts to make the Los Angeles Clippers. Morrison put on quite the show en route to 23 points on 13 shots while nailing all three of his 3-point attempts ? and he?d have scored even more if it the Summer League awarded style points (and not just for his hair).
Some of the other notable performances included the following players:
- Tobias Harris played very well for the Milwaukee Bucks, but we?ve already talked about him on this very blog. In lieu of singing more Harris?s praises, Bucks rookie John Henson was also pretty impressive with an active 20 points and nine rebounds while making his Summer League debut. The rest of the team was largely inconsequential ? and Larry Sanders in particular was actually disappointing ? and the team actually ended up in the loss column despite Henson and Harris.
- The Washington Wizards finished their Summer League foray with equal amounts of questions and answers as they were the first team to complete all five of their games. Bradley Beal continued to look very solid with 18 points, six rebounds and a pair of nice blocks ? though he was only able to knock down one of his two free-throw attempts late in the game ? while Shavlik Randolph had 11 points and 10 rebounds despite making just three of his 11 shot attempts. ?Chris Singleton also put together a frustratingly-fun performance with 10 points, six rebounds, two steals, two blocks and seven fouls as he continued to be overly aggressive.
- Undrafted rookie Scott Machado had a very good game for the Houston Rockets with 20 points, six assists and four steals while looking like the assist-man he should be after struggling earlier in the week. The Rockets got solid performances out of their drafted players, too, as Royce White finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds, Terrence Jones had (an inefficient) 16 points and nine rebounds and Jeremy Lamb scored 16 points to go with eight rebounds ? though his complaining about his teammates not passing him the ball often enough was a bit distracting.
- Harrison Barnes struggled quite a bit as he shot just 5-of-17 from the floor, but he was clutch down the stretch as he helped the Golden State Warriors to a 65-62 victory. Charles Jenkins was pretty solid in the first three quarters with 17 points, but ended up rather quiet down the stretch.
- Jimmy Butler put together another good game for the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday afternoon scoring 24 points, but it was the play of Malcolm Thomas that continued to stand out after a stellar season in the NBA Development League. Thomas put together his second consecutive double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds in a loss.
- Cory Joseph, last year?s first round pick for the San Antonio Spurs, scored 22 points and dished six assists to look like the player fans hoped he?d become. D-League veteran Eric Dawson scored 11 points and grabbed 13 rebounds as he attempts to prove he?s big enough to play in the NBA?s post.
- The Atlanta Hawks scored a paltry 67 points in a victory over the Dallas Mavericks, but the majority of them came by way of John Jenkins as he scored 21 points as he made 3-of-5 from beyond the arc. Fellow rookie Mike Scott was very efficient, too, needing just four shots to score 11 points as he grabbed seven rebounds in the victory.
- The Dallas Mavericks took their first loss of the week, but it wasn?t due to the play of second round pick Jae Crowder. Crowder scored 20 points while staying active to compile eight rebounds and a pair of steals, but his teammates weren?t able to hold up their end of the bargain. Dominique Jones made just five of his 16 attempts to score 11 points (and losing his Summer League scoring leader title in the works) while backup point guard Justin Dentmon shot just 2-of-9 from the field to not quite counteract his five assist, zero turnover performance.
- Austin Rivers didn?t play for the New Orleans Hornets after looking a bit subpar throughout their first couple of games in Vegas, but the team wasn?t lacking when free agent Brian Roberts took over point guard duties on Wednesday night. The veteran guard scored a team-high 16 points while matched up against first round pick Kendall Marshall to lead his team to victory.
- Speaking of Kendall Marshall, he managed to get up more than the one shot he attempted in the Phoenix Suns? first Summer League game. Unfortunately he got 10 shots up ? and missed nine of them ? while backup Diante Garrett had a more efficient seven points off the bench. Former Ohio State standout David Lighty started and scored just four points, but showed the defensive potential he?s known to have..
Day seven will hopefully continue with more great basketball ? or at least fun if Adam Morrison continues to impress.
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