The NBA's Las Vegas Summer League started with some people wondering if the Suns had put a retired 40-year-old veteran NBA point guard on their summer team.
By the time the Suns reached Monday’s summer league championship game, a 24-year-old Mike James had made a name for himself.
Participating in his first summer league, James closed with a 32-point game that was the top scoring effort of any player at the 11-day, 24-team event in Las Vegas.
Playing basketball comes naturally for James, who has improved at every step from Portland prepster to Eastern Arizona College to Lamar University to three-year European pro.