Thoughts

Thoughts:

I was kinda high on Larry Sanders but a few things will get in his way. He's not strong enough and I haven't seen him shoot the basketball. Also, he's playing behind Drew Gooden, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute and Ersan Ilyasova so minutes will be tough to come by. Still, I think he's talented enough in various ways (good size despite being a little understrengthed, seems to be good enough offensively) that he'll find his way into a good bench spot in this league.

Derrick Caracter's Las Vegas summer league 2010 will be the last time we hear kind things said about him until LVSL 2011.

Free Ramon Sessions...to the Bobcats?

Still not sold on Demarcus Cousins, he showed a little promise in the Summer League, but if he's going to be shooting fade away jumpers then lol. If he can't bang down low he's not going to be an all-star.

A little early to anoint John (Jimmy) Wall, as the media seems to be doing, after he shot like 37% from the floor and turned the ball over so much. We already knew he was an excellent athlete, proving that in summer league is nothing. After all, Demar Derozan (chill out Toronto fans, I'm coming) also dominated.

Why does Toronto have a franchise? Yes, their fans are great, but no NBA player seems interested in playing there (except Steve Nash when he's 45). It sucks that NBA players are more attracted to warm areas or glamorous areas and feel fine leaving Minnesota, Cleveland, Toronto, etc. in the dust, but that's the truth and NBA players will continue practicing these methods, turning some cities into de facto Red Sox/Yankees conglomerates.

I love when the Celtics win. The big moments (The Rondo steal, Baby's game winner against the Magic, any of Ray's big shots over the past three years, and that time we won the championship) are amazing. But there's something about watching the Summer League, watching Keyon Dooling raving about Derrick Caracter and John Wall (can't believe they're in the same sentence), that makes me long for the days when I believed in Gerald Green and Tony Allen (Tony Allen fan for life right here). Maybe we'll return down that avenue in a few years when KG, Pierce, Ray and Perkins can no longer perform and it's the Rondo show much as it was the Pierce show for a long time. Maybe then I'll long for winning days.