Full disclosure: The extent of my Milwaukee Bucks Summer League action so far have been full game highlight reels courtesy of the NBA (an out-of-state wedding will burn time like you wouldn’t believe). There are surely moments the AI editor failed to capture that would improve the mood of my takeaways towards certain players, and two exhibition games does not define a career — especially if one of them was a complete beatdown in which nobody covered themselves in glory.
Yet past the spotlight that is understandably trained on rookies AJ Johnson (quick, but too small to feasibly see the court much as a rookie) and Tyler Smith (the greatest jump shot form I’ve seen all time, maybe ever), is it crazy to say that the early Summer League Bucks standout has been.