The Las Vegas Summer League came to a close yesterday and Grizzlies fans have to feel good about the performances of the two players who really mattered for their squad, rookie guard Tony Wroten Jr. and second-year guard Josh Selby.
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Even though Selby was named co-MVP (along with Portland rookie Damian Lillard) after notching a league-high 27.5 points per game on 59% shooting, I actually came away from this five-game Vegas stretch more excited about Wroten, whose more erratic game suggest greater upside.
A few notes on each player:
Josh Selby: With the Grizzlies still apparently in the market for a three-point shooting guard, Selby did all he could to suggest he can help fill that role next season, hitting an outrageous 25-42 from three-point range in five games. He’s not going to shoot like that in the regular season, obviously, and the shots might not be as easy to get, but this shooting display is certainly promising, and should give Selby a boost of confidence heading into an important training camp.
While Selby has certainly boosted his odds of becoming viable bench scorer in the real league, I would be higher on him coming out of Vegas if he had been a little better inside the arc. Selby was a so-so 12-28 on two-point attempts in Vegas. He hit a couple of really nice floaters, which was encouraging, and had a couple of mid-range shots off the dribble. But he wasn’t consistently dynamic with the ball and didn’t get to the rim effectively. Selby had some good assist games, but his assists tended to be off pretty basic passes, often to set up jumpers.