If second-year players at Summer League are like rottweilers on a long leash, then third-year players at Summer League -- even 20-year-olds -- are the puppies who still haven’t learned to walk.
Burning Questions
When the Suns released their 2018 roster for the Las Vegas showcase, my original optimism (the players and coaches could really grow together through their work this week) was soon replaced with micro-diagnoses for individual players:
How much will Josh Jackson actually play? Surely the loose structure of Summer League, which only somewhat resembles actual basketball, wouldn’t benefit Jackson, who needs more than anything to be given a defined role within new coach Igor Kokoskov’s system.