UConn @ NBA Summer Leagues

[Hunt for 7]

Clingan impacts the game in his teams favor when he is on the floor. Or at least that is what I am seeing in this game. He appears to be in good shape is moving well. I think his impact will show up even more when they are actually playing basketball. What they are playing right now is a good pick up game that is being played in any number of locations throughout the country. Last night in the Grizzlies game I counted nine consecutive trips down the floor for them where the ball was passed less than two times after it got past half court. One pass and a shot.

 

[HCCForever]

Clingan impacts the game in his teams favor when he is on the floor. Or at least that is what I am seeing in this game. He appears to be in good shape is moving well. I think his impact will show up even more when they are actually playing basketball. What they are playing right now is a good pick up game that is being played in any number of locations throughout the country. Last night in the Grizzlies game I counted nine consecutive trips down the floor for them where the ball was passed less than two times after it got past half court. One pass and a shot.

Dennis Scott commented that Clingan’s offense should get better with veteran teammates that know how to get him the ball. He also complimented his hands.

 

[REB1094]

Halftime -

Clingan: 4 points, 8 rebounds on 2-7
Sarr: 0 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks on 0-6

Getting used to watching a Hurley offense and then watching this is..........a change.

 

[superjohn]

Offense in this game is pretty miserable, but something to be said about how the Wizards play when Clingan is off the court. They're getting to the paint at will when he's on the bench. Small things that don't show up in the box score - scaring the other team and forcing them to avoid the paint

But if we do try to put it in the box score, he's a game high +7 in 8 minutes

His scoring numbers probably won't look too great this season but his advanced #'s will be awesome.

 

[auror]

Sarr has 0 chance of scoring on Clingan.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Clingan REALLY struggles to finish. Other aspects have been very good and he is blocking a ton, but he is ROUGH offensively.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

And just as I say he hits the 3. Great to see.

 

[auror]

Clingan gets hacked twice, misses layup, no calls. To the point his bench is up in the air yelling at the ref. Then still gets back on D for the block. Comes down court and hits a 3 (after some hesitation).

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Clingan gets hacked twice, misses layup, no calls. To the point his bench is up in the air yelling at the ref. Then still gets back on D for the block. Comes down court and hits a 3 (after some hesitation).

2nd was a foul, first one looked like he just missed to me.

 

[auror]

This game from Sarr might be the worst I've ever seen anyone play.

 

[superjohn]

This game from Sarr might be the worst I've ever seen anyone play.

Never understood the hype with him, he looks like he's never played basketball before.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[awy]

Never understood the hype with him, he looks like he's never played basketball before.

archetype aura. theoretical discussion about 'most valuable archetypes for future of nba' without appropriate player level grounding. also leads to underappreciation of certain guys.

 

[auror]

archetype aura. theoretical discussion about 'most valuable archetypes for future of nba' without appropriate player level grounding. also leads to underappreciation of certain guys.

There was a lot of "He can guard in space!"... yeah because he's 7'0 and only 220 lbs. But you can't defend centers at 220.

 

[auror]

In the big Sarr vs. Clingan matchup, Sarr ends 0-15 from the field (0-2 FT line) 0 points, -6 +/-. Clingan 3-10 for 8 points, 13 rebounds, 5 blocks, 0 fouls, +9.

 

[Mr. French]

Man I’ve had some bad games in my day but I dno that I’ve ever approached 0-15 levels…definitely not if I was the 2nd biggest guy on the floor.

 

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Sarr looks like the prototypical I can do non big man things but I can’t do big man things kinda player. He’ll be a PF soon enough like JJJ and KAT.

 

[HuskyInfinity]

Looked so tentative on that shot. Get those game reps and it’s gonna look as smooth as it does during warmups, swear on it.

 

[Umami Zen]

Donovan did a double take to make sure Danny wasn't still sitting on the bench giving him the Look for thinking about taking the three! LOL

 

[REB1094]

His scoring numbers probably won't look too great this season but his advanced #'s will be awesome.

That’s about where I’m at too. Haven’t seen anything offensively to suggest he’ll be a good offensive player right away, but the defense and paint control is really good so far

 

[REB1094]

Hawkins with another really rough performance. 7 points on 2-8, 0-4 from three

Andre hurt his hand and only played 5 minutes before getting taken out..

 

[djct1999]

Hawkins with another really rough performance. 7 points on 2-8, 0-4 from three

Andre hurt his hand and only played 5 minutes before getting taken out..

Hawkins isn’t in Vegas to prove he can score. Their gm said on espn that everyone knows Hawkins can do that. He is there to work on other aspects of his game to become more a rotational piece in a very good team.

 

[Blue Blood]

Hawkins with another really rough performance. 7 points on 2-8, 0-4 from three

Andre hurt his hand and only played 5 minutes before getting taken out..

Starting to worry about Hawk he's never going to be a plus NBA defender he has to hit shots

 

[REB1094]

Starting to worry about Hawk he's never going to be a plus NBA defender he has to hit shots

I’m not as worried, they pretty much have him in a role of iso scoring PG. That’s not his game and I think everyone knows it. I’m all for developing other parts of his game, but I hope when the season starts they put him back in his sharpshooter role

 

[my2cents]

I really wanted to watch these games to see how our guys are doing. However the actual basketball is so bad that the game is unrecognizable as BASKETBALL.