Official 2019 Summer League Thread.

DJnVa

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Tacko just bent down to pick up ball off floor, and still got it up for the drop in.
 

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Tacko picks up a loose ball on the floor and dunks it. He can bend at the waist and the knees!
 

DJnVa

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No Yabu at all tonight. Wonder if his injury flared up or he can't go back to back.
 

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No Yabu at all tonight. Wonder if his injury flared up or he can't go back to back.
It looked like he dislocated a finger in the prior game. He kept on playing, but it has probably swollen up overnight.
 

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I do enjoy the interviews but I wish someone would call the damn game. I don't know who these kids are. Tell me!
 

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ESPN back to showing interview on screen, with wacked out angle wear you really can't even see the person being interviewed--you see a lot of the back of Doris Burke's head though.
Multiple people had to sign off on that and be like, "yup, seems like the way we want to produce this." Amazing.
 

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Tacko picks up a loose ball on the floor and dunks it. He can bend at the waist and the knees!
Not quite a dunk, more like he just dropped th ball into the basket the way I drop a rolled up piece of paper into a waste bin.
 

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Everyone will be shocked to know that Grant Williams leads Celtics in +/- so far tonight.

I remember a lot of talk regarding Shane Battier, how he just made his team better when he was on the floor--scored 8-10 points, 4-6 rebounds per game.
 

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Multiple people had to sign off on that and be like, "yup, seems like the way we want to produce this." Amazing.
It reminds me of the early days of American broadcasting soccer and all the close-ups and close cropped shots because they believed fans needed to see faces to be engaged.

It’s like an application of sociology and production while completely ignoring how the game works and why people watch the game.
 

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Lob Williams on the bench wearing a Nintendo 64 hoody that might be older then he is
 

Imbricus

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If ESPN ever polled the fans on that split-screen junk, they'd never do it. That's totally some dumb producer thinking it's good TV.
 

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For all the (legitimate) talk about pumping the brakes on getting excited, Edwards and Waters both look like NBA players. Edwards moves his feet and uses his strength on D way better than I thought he would.
 

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Edwards moves his feet and uses his strength on D way better than I thought he would.
Last game though it looked like guys were getting past him on drives. Not sure if he can get better at keeping his man in front of him?
 

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Edwards with 15 points, 5/6 from field, 3/3 from 3. Williams is +12.
 

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This summer league team seems much smoother, team-oriented and better shooting than last year's.
 

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Edwards and Williams run a good pick and roll. Arson is at least trying to pass from time to time.
 

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This summer league team seems much smoother, team-oriented and better shooting than last year's.
Last year they only had TL at #27 really, and he didn't play. This year there were more picks, more of the 2nd rounders have been interesting, and GWill seems to elevate everybody.
 

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Is the Time Lord out of this game, as well as Yabu? They are amongst the missing.
 

DJnVa

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Brad on Arson: "Everything he does on the court is violent."
 

DJnVa

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LOL. Some poor dude just took a charge on Tacko. But it was nice to see Tacko run the floor.
 

DJnVa

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Brad on Tacko: "You know, every time they come off the pick and roll he's there."