This is the latest game so far. I might not make it to Fremont Street tonight. Lol
SL Game 3 GDT
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Freeman has been more solid tonight but he has gotten beat on defense a few times this 2nd half and then got beat backdoor. I'm officially looking for other options. If it was just based on these 3 games Donovan Williams would get that other of the three 2 way contracts. That's not the only sample though and there are other players.
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Good news from this game. Rocco looked like a young guy with some promise and played like a functional player.
Donovan Williams played well again.
Pullin is good at playing PG. He was off tonight but the playmaking was there a good chunk of the night.
That's about all I can muster. I'm not sure I will watch any of these last 2 games back. I'll probably watch game 1 to see Joan.
Donovan Williams played well again.
Pullin is good at playing PG. He was off tonight but the playmaking was there a good chunk of the night.
That's about all I can muster. I'm not sure I will watch any of these last 2 games back. I'll probably watch game 1 to see Joan.
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Also...Evans did not make that 3.
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Ok I think TKR deserves a little bit of a comment here. He wasn't amazing but he showed some things. 10 and 6 in 16 minutes ain't too shabby. He also had 5 fouls. He needs to go to the Daishen Nix school of how to put your hands on someone a lot without getting fouls called. Lol He moves the ball quickly and definitely is gonna play hard and mix it up. After watching Reink Mast (I'm biased but anyway) I was like why did they pick TKR? My guess is that they said look we will draft you and you absolutely have a chance to compete for w 2-way contract or even an NBA contract but if you don't get one of those deals and we like the guys we have etc are you willing to play in Iowa? My guess is he said yeah. I'm guessing Mast will have no problem going to play in Europe if he doesn't get a good opportunity in the NBA in one way shape or form. Rocco and TKR would be an interesting duo playing together.
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Glad I recorded it and didn't stay up to watch it last night! Yuck!
- I know Rocco did better offensively, but he was a DISASTER defensively. We just bled points while he was on the floor, as his lack of mobility and slow reaction time really hurt us on defense. I mean, Yang Hansen blew by him like he was a traffic cone.
- It's no coincidence that we played much better when TKR subbed in for Rocco at Center. TKR was a +2 in a 27 point loss and Rocco was a -29. It's one of those cases where the +/- stat accurately reflects how each individual played.
- Speaking of TKR, I think the only role he can play right now at the NBA level is Center. He's slow, lumbering, and doesn't have an outside shot. If this were the 90s, that would work at PF. Not in this century!
- Staying on TKR....He does have a go-to shot very similar to iHart with OKC. He's also a big, strong body that can rebound and generally makes the right play. You never know, he may be able to play some NBA Center. He's somewhere in between Draymond and Al Horford in terms of overall size and both those guys have played a lot of Center.
- Evans is short on literally every shot. Don't these college guys practice their 3's from the NBA arc during the offseason??? I mean, it's literally etched into his career path ("Must Make NBA-length 3s").
- I agree with others that Evans looks very engaged defensively. Good to see.
- I thought Pullin should have looked for his shot more in this game, but if the goal is for him to be a game-manager and get others shots, then he did a damn good job of it. We were a totally inept team when he wasn't on the floor.
- That's now three duds for Freeman.
Rocco is young enough that there is no reason to give up on him, but Freeman...I don't know. He has to show something here real quick IMO.
- I know Rocco did better offensively, but he was a DISASTER defensively. We just bled points while he was on the floor, as his lack of mobility and slow reaction time really hurt us on defense. I mean, Yang Hansen blew by him like he was a traffic cone.
- It's no coincidence that we played much better when TKR subbed in for Rocco at Center. TKR was a +2 in a 27 point loss and Rocco was a -29. It's one of those cases where the +/- stat accurately reflects how each individual played.
- Speaking of TKR, I think the only role he can play right now at the NBA level is Center. He's slow, lumbering, and doesn't have an outside shot. If this were the 90s, that would work at PF. Not in this century!
- Staying on TKR....He does have a go-to shot very similar to iHart with OKC. He's also a big, strong body that can rebound and generally makes the right play. You never know, he may be able to play some NBA Center. He's somewhere in between Draymond and Al Horford in terms of overall size and both those guys have played a lot of Center.
- Evans is short on literally every shot. Don't these college guys practice their 3's from the NBA arc during the offseason??? I mean, it's literally etched into his career path ("Must Make NBA-length 3s").
- I agree with others that Evans looks very engaged defensively. Good to see.
- I thought Pullin should have looked for his shot more in this game, but if the goal is for him to be a game-manager and get others shots, then he did a damn good job of it. We were a totally inept team when he wasn't on the floor.
- That's now three duds for Freeman.
Rocco is young enough that there is no reason to give up on him, but Freeman...I don't know. He has to show something here real quick IMO.
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I stopped watching after the 1st quarter. I recorded it and will watch the rest later today. I’m not ready to give up on Rocco yet. He’s barely 20 years old and he’s 7’3 with a nice looking perimeter shot. So he’s worth a lot of patience. I would think there’s a better option than Feeman out there for one of our 2-ways. Maybe it’s Donovan Williams. Perhaps it’s Santos. But more likely it’s someone on another Summer League roster.
Then there’s Isaiah Evans. I mentioned in the first game that he looked overmatched by the NBA three-point line. Apparently, last night was now different with his three-point shots consistently coming up short. I was already concerned about his 36% three-point shooting from behind the college arc his sophomore year. That’s not a sophomore stat that suggests 3-point marksmanship at the NBA level. There’s a reason he dropped to #33 and I wonder how much lower he would have dropped if the Wolves hadn’t grabbed him there. I think we might have another Wendell Moore on our hands - i.e., a guy who can’t make the jump from college to the NBA. The draft acumen of our Wolves front office continues to look underwhelming except for Beringer and Kessler. Seems like our scouts and executives might have a good eye for bigs but a terrible eye for guards. There’s certainly a long way to go on Evans and I’ve been pleasantly surprised by his defense. But we should keep in mind that he’s not defending bona fide NBA players right now. I suspect we have a bust on our hands. I would much rather have Pullin signed to that four-year deal we just gave Evans. I just hope that someone throws this post back in my face late next season or the following season to chide me for my knee-jerk overreaction.
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Then there’s Isaiah Evans. I mentioned in the first game that he looked overmatched by the NBA three-point line. Apparently, last night was now different with his three-point shots consistently coming up short. I was already concerned about his 36% three-point shooting from behind the college arc his sophomore year. That’s not a sophomore stat that suggests 3-point marksmanship at the NBA level. There’s a reason he dropped to #33 and I wonder how much lower he would have dropped if the Wolves hadn’t grabbed him there. I think we might have another Wendell Moore on our hands - i.e., a guy who can’t make the jump from college to the NBA. The draft acumen of our Wolves front office continues to look underwhelming except for Beringer and Kessler. Seems like our scouts and executives might have a good eye for bigs but a terrible eye for guards. There’s certainly a long way to go on Evans and I’ve been pleasantly surprised by his defense. But we should keep in mind that he’s not defending bona fide NBA players right now. I suspect we have a bust on our hands. I would much rather have Pullin signed to that four-year deal we just gave Evans. I just hope that someone throws this post back in my face late next season or the following season to chide me for my knee-jerk overreaction.
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Lip, When you look at Evans' 3-point shooting (and this applies to any player), you have to look at the volume of 3's taken AND the percentage. It's not like he was standing in the corners and just waiting for others to create space and easy looks for him (like Jaylen Clark for example, who almost never takes a highly contested 3-pt shot). He was a protagonist in the Duke offense as their second leading scorer, so he often had to create his own offense and took a massive volume of 3's. Inevitably a lot of those were quite difficult.Lipoli390 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2026 8:48 am I stopped watching after the 1st quarter. I recorded it and will watch the rest later today. I’m not ready to give up on Rocco yet. He’s barely 20 years old and he’s 7’3 with a nice looking perimeter shot. So he’s worth a lot of patience. I would think there’s a better option than Feeman out there for one of our 2-ways. Maybe it’s Donovan Williams. Perhaps it’s Santos. But more likely it’s someone on another Summer League roster.
Then there’s Isaiah Evans. I mentioned in the first game that he looked overmatched by the NBA three-point line. Apparently, last night was now different with his three-point shots consistently coming up short. I was already concerned about his 36% three-point shooting from behind the college arc his sophomore year. That’s not a sophomore stat that suggests 3-point marksmanship at the NBA level. There’s a reason he dropped to #33 and I wonder how much lower he would have dropped if the Wolves hadn’t grabbed him there. I think we might have another Wendell Moore on our hands - i.e., a guy who can’t make the jump from college to the NBA. The draft acumen of our Wolves front office continues to look underwhelming except for Beringer and Kessler. Seems like our scouts and executives might have a good eye for bigs but a terrible eye for guards. There’s certainly a long way to go on Evans and I’ve been pleasantly surprised by his defense. But we should keep in mind that he’s not defending bona fide NBA players right now. I suspect we have a bust on our hands. I would much rather have Pullin signed to that four-year deal we just gave Evans. I just hope that someone throws this post back in my face late next season or the following season to chide me for my knee-jerk overreaction.
That doesn't mean we shouldn't be discouraged by his shooting in Summer League from the lengthier NBA 3-point line, as he has admittedly looked terrible so far on offense.
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At least against his college highlights, Evans shot looks flatter. He was shooting from NBA range at Duke, and taking shots well beyond the three point line. The guy I wanted us to draft Meleek Thomas who went pick 34, killed it last night with 35 points on 14-23 and 5-9 from three. Thomas has put up 28.3 ppg through three summer league games. Oh well it's just summer league, I don't think Evans has gotten much practice in with the trade rules.
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Evans is a guy that was talked about as his shooting being a strength partly as a movement shooter. Guys like that need to know where their spots are an other players creating spots for them to get up good looking shots. This is summer league so that happening is less likely to start but he didn't get much runway for that because of being part of that trade.
I liked seeing some of the other stuff. He looked like he cared about defense and really moved well and his length showed up. That game 1 he had a. Lock of a 3 on some guy where that shot didn't have a chance because Evans had a good contest and his size and length was big in getting there block. I saw than in college too. I thought he looked quicker on that end. The shooting is disappointing although last night I thought most of his 3's were good shots as opposed to game one were some of them were just jacked up. It's also worth noting he shot over 80% on his FTs both season in college. His shooting isn't a 1 year fluke or something. I'd guess he plays the rest of the games let's see if he can knock down at least one jumper. Lol
I liked seeing some of the other stuff. He looked like he cared about defense and really moved well and his length showed up. That game 1 he had a. Lock of a 3 on some guy where that shot didn't have a chance because Evans had a good contest and his size and length was big in getting there block. I saw than in college too. I thought he looked quicker on that end. The shooting is disappointing although last night I thought most of his 3's were good shots as opposed to game one were some of them were just jacked up. It's also worth noting he shot over 80% on his FTs both season in college. His shooting isn't a 1 year fluke or something. I'd guess he plays the rest of the games let's see if he can knock down at least one jumper. Lol