A first quarter stint and several defensive possessions is all it took for Wendell Carter Jr. to prove he’s the real deal.
After one Summer League game, any proclamation may sound excessive, but it felt that Wendell Carter Jr. is the real deal while watching the rookie center during his impressive debut.
For those who may have missed the game, the box score statistics certainly read well: 16 points, nine rebounds, five blocks and two made threes. This performance, though, was so much more than numbers.
Leading into the draft, valid concerns existed about Carter Jr.