so after reading the breathless praise over michael beasley's summer league debut, i was wondering which presumably former nba players never were able to turn summer league success into anything decent in the league.
a player w/ one good to great summer league is appropriate for this thread
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 July 2008 07:24 (seventeen years ago)
good question
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:36 (seventeen years ago)
thx ramzi XD
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 8 July 2008 15:48 (seventeen years ago)
anytime you need a friend
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 16:13 (seventeen years ago)
Marco Belinelli (or is it too soon?)
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 17:11 (seventeen years ago)
This thread calls for a l-o-o-n-g memory. Mine fails me.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 17:51 (seventeen years ago)
skita has had good summer leagues, but i don't think it was before his rookie season.
― circles, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 18:58 (seventeen years ago)
randy foye tore up summer league. he hasn't been a "bomb" but not great yet by any means...been hurt a lot though
― M@tt He1ges0n, Tuesday, 8 July 2008 23:36 (seventeen years ago)
martell webster did great in all his summer leagues if memory serves.
― Clay, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 00:11 (seventeen years ago)
marcus banks! looking these things up is pretty depressing, seeing all those guys on the rosters who never made it.
― circles, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 01:35 (seventeen years ago)
Gerald Green, Nate Robinson
― myndbloom, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 15:42 (seventeen years ago)
i was about to say marcus banks but circles beat me by about 16 hours.
― chicago kevin, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 17:10 (seventeen years ago)
Was gonna say Marcus Banks.
Was at the Grizzlies summer-league practice yesterday and a friends and were looking out on the court and he asked, "Hey, who's the token white dude?"
I stared at him and said, "Huh -- looks sort of like Luke Jackson." Turns out it was Luke Jackson, who was playing on the THIRD-STRING PRACTICE TEAM and wasn't even going to make it to Vegas.
Dunno what was sadder -- Luke Jackson struggling to make a summer-league roster or me recognizing Luke Jackson.
― Hubie Brown, Wednesday, 9 July 2008 21:42 (seventeen years ago)
since it seems like you have a steady mode of employment, i would say luke jackson
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 9 July 2008 21:44 (seventeen years ago)