BallWatcherJosh

Way too early Olympic 2028 depth chart. PG: Cade, Haliburton SG: Ant, Booker, JDub SF: Tatum, Durant PF: Flagg, Banchero, Mobley C: Chet, Bam Thoughts?

I believe the player on the left will have a better 2025-26 than the player on the right

WESTERN CONFERENCE PREVIEW: My way too early prediction is a Thunder/Rockets final. The Nuggets and Wolves did not get better in the offseason. The success of both LA teams and the Warriors will come down to health.

EASTERN CONFERENCE PREVIEW: My way too early prediction is a Cavs/Knicks conf finals. I'll say Detroit and Philly will be the 3/4 seeds. I don't really see Orlando or Atlanta being ready to contend, and the rest of the conference doesn't have a shot.

Summer League Gems 1st Team: PG: Tyrese Proctor SG: Jamir Watkins SF: Brooks Barnhizer PF: Noah Penda C: Ryan Kalkbrenner

Summer League Rookie I'm Worried 1st Team: Fears, Demin, Traore, Essengue, Jakucionis

Summer League Rookie 1st team (min 2 games): PG: Dylan Harper SG: Tre Johnson SF: Nique Clifford PF: Cooper Flagg C: Hansen Yang 2nd team: PG: Jase Richardson SG: Kon Knueppel SF: Liam McNeeley PF: Asa Newell C: Khaman Maluach

I am really worried about Kasparas Jakucionis again. Spoelstra will historically not put players on the floor that don't do two of the following consistently: play plus defense, keep a high AST/TO ratio, approach 40% from three.

Collin Murray Boyles and Carter Bryant both had offensive breakouts last night. I think those were my #1 and #2 for questions about whether their offense would translate at the next level.

Nique Clifford is putting together one of the more complete summer league performances we've seen in recent history. Doing it all.

Tyrese Proctor had an unethical 35, he will need to shoot around league average from 3 to have an impactful NBA career.

Rasheer Fleming looked a little overwhelmed in his debut yesterday but all things considered there isn't anything to worry about yet.

Special shoutout to Maryland legend Jahmir Young (nephew of Dave East) for putting together a super ethical 40 last night.

NETS vs MAGIC: Solid minutes from Wolf, Demin got in a good shooting rhythm, but Noah Penda was the best player on the court for either team. I still find Brooklyn's roster to be hilariously mismanaged.