ORLANDO - The only individual awards given out each year at NBA Summer League go to the league MVP and championship game MVP, which in 2019 were both claimed by Memphis Grizzlies rookie Brandon Clarke. If an award was handed to the top defensive player, however, the Orlando Magic’s DaQuan Jeffries would have probably been at least a finalist for it.
The 6-foot-5, 225-pounder, who signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Magic on Tuesday, was excellent on that end of the floor in all five of the games he appeared in for Orlando, which went 2-3 during its time in Las Vegas.