How the Knicks did in the LV pro

[garyd]

.....summer league .

First off as I noted after their first game this team was not going to win many games (they won none). The reasoning is they had only one front court scorer (Hill) and a weak second team. They often got aced in the fourth quarter because of their lack of depth.

Heres how some of the main Knicks players did in their short 5 game NBA pro summer league at Las Vegas...

Jordan Hill-14.4 points per game, .438 shooting %, 8.2 Rebounds per game, 0.6 assists per game Hill often didnt have much help underneath and teams collapsed on him resulting in several of his shots being blocked. But he showed good athleticism and fit well into the run and gun scheme.

Marcus Almond-14.0 points per game, .435 shooting %, 2.2 Rebounds per game, 1.0 assists per game
Had his moments and is a consideration for SG, but needs to improve his D.

Tskitishvilli-12.4 points per game, .488 shooting %, 5.0 Rebounds per game, 0.6 assists per game.Tended to play Euro ball and hoist 3's on offense but did look good on help blocks on D. Could be a bench player and spot specialist for the Knicks.

Joe Crawford-9.6 points per game, .465 shooting %, 3.0 Rebounds per game, 0.5 assists per game . He was imporessive in spurts and might get more looks. He was pretty good for the Lakers in spot duty.


Toney Douglas-9.0 points per game, .275 shooting %, 3.8 Rebounds per game, 7.0 assists per game . Horrible shooting but looked good when dispensing the ball, driving it up court, and on defense. Good potential but he is not a good shooter at the PG position yet.

Some other PAC-10 kids the Knicks were interested in at some time or other..
Darren Collison-18.5 points per game, .449 shooting %, 2.3 Rebounds per game, 3.8 assists per game

Chase Buddinger-17.8 points per game, .687 shooting %, 2.0 Rebounds per game, 0.8 assists per game

Demar DeRozan-17.0 points per game, .493 shooting %, 4.8 Rebounds per game, 1.2 assists per game

Taj Gibson-13.0 points per game, .550 shooting %, 10.0 Rebounds per game, 0.5 assists per game


The LV league is very much a guard dominant, low level of defense league.

[will1682]

Thanks for the rundown. I didnt get to view summer league due to "flip-flopping" by DirecTV. I have ordered league pass the last two seasons and NBA TV comes with it. Last year NBA TV continued through the summer months but not this year, they cut it off after the playoffs started. I called and complained but yeah, to what avail?

Anyhow, thrilled to see the numbers Jordan Hill and Toney Douglas put up. I believe early indication on Douglas was that improvement was needed on the offensive side, but love the assist number and that he looked good on defense.

[irish2u2]

I watched some of the summer league ball on NBA TV and some of it was good. There are players out there with game who could make a splash in the NBA. There are others who played poorly but that was the nature of the style of game more than anything. I am more interested in what players did not do well so they know how to prepare for the coming season. Clearly Douglas needs to work on the shooting stroke while Hill needs to get in better shape and get stronger. I looked at our 0-5 record this year the same way I now view our 5-0 record last year.

So what? ; )

[jbaer10314]

<< I looked at our 0-5 record this year the same way I now view our 5-0 record last year.

So what? ; ) >>

Actually, we went 5-0 in 2007.

[irish2u2]

Jul 20, 2009 14:14:42 GMT -5 jbaer10314 said:

<< I looked at our 0-5 record this year the same way I now view our 5-0 record last year.

So what? ; ) >>

Actually, we went 5-0 in 2007.

My bad. We were 2-3 last summer.

I sit corrected.