Summer League is a tricky endeavor for second-year players.
The really good ones skip the event altogether, like Anthony Edwards and LaMelo Ball this year, because the body of work from their rookie years negates the need to participate. The sophomores who do choose to partake really need to dominate; otherwise, their failure to assert themselves against a lower level of competition can be a harbinger of struggles to come against NBA players.
Think about Jerome Robinson in 2019. His fellow draft classmates Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Landry Shamet weren’t on the Summer League team because they had proven their capabilities in the NBA playoffs.