“Come on, come on, it’s soon the end of this world that hears nothing. Come on, ring the tocsin, waltz their old speeches. Come dance, it’s our turn”. Yes, it’s almost the end of this 2022 edition of the Las Vegas Summer League. Tonight is the penultimate day (evening of the blow) of competition. In the program ? Nine games, the last chance to show up for some.
The evening program:
- 21h : Cavaliers – Hawks
- 22h : Pistons – Magic
- 23h : Wolves – Hornets
- 0h : Spurs – Grizzlies
- 1h : Sixers – Bulls
- 2h : Celtics – Nets
- 3h : Kings – Rockets
- 4h : Mavericks – Lakers
- 5h : Clippers – Heat
Three clashes before the hour of the crime: Cavaliers – Hawks, Pistons – Magic and Wolves – Hornets. In this panel, no team is above the record of two wins and two losses. Boarf, nobody watches the Summer League to follow the winning teams. We just need to find some players « darlings » to properly sell these meetings. In the genre? Like Joel Ayayi. The Frenchman remains on a very complete performance at 7 points at 3/6 shooting, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. In less than three hours, his Hawks will meet the Cavaliers of… Ochai Agbaji. After an old 4/16 shooting, the 14th choice of the last draft must relock the sights. Especially since he is already 22 years old, and as in his match once morest the Hornets (24 points at 7/13 shooting), he must put on the leader’s costume. As for the Pistons – Magic and the Wolves – Hornets, we just have to slip in a few names: Jules Bernard in Detroit, because his blaze is funny, Tommy Kuhse in Orlando, because he dropped 25 points at 11/15 shooting once morest the Knicks, and JT Thor, because he has a Nordic god name.
Dong, dong.
The hour of the crime, and this is where the (very) serious things begin. We invoke Kenneth Lofton. We don’t put « Jr. » because his father is necessarily less badasse than him. He has been the crush of the whole basketball world since the start of this Summer League. One of the New Greek Gods, who made his place at the table of Olympus by eating Dionysus. At the end of this evening? We wish him to transform his two-way contract on a guaranteed lease of one or more years with the Grizzlies. Otherwise, there’s room in Cholet since the departure of Nianta Diarra, so if ever, you know where to knock Kenny. Otherwise, at 3 a.m., Keegan Murray will arrive in slibard to release a new masterclass once morest the Rockets of Jabari Smith Jr.. Yeah, him on the other hand, we put the « Jr. ». Well, 3rd vs. 4th pick in this draft, it is clearly the shock of this night of Summer League. We will then complete this batch of nine games with a final outing from… Kyle Allman Jr.! The Paris Basket player comes out of a big game once morest the Raptors with 17 points at 6/11 shooting, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block. Against the Clippers, he plays very big.
With moves like this Kenneth Lofton Jr. might not be in a 2-way contract for long. pic.twitter.com/jdLaNHjnNW
— Bryson???? (@BrysonWright3) July 10, 2022
Do not get up and you will see when you wake up, with as much joy as regret, the score sheet with 42 points and 18 rebounds from Kenneth Lofton. Perhaps we will see him once more in four months with the flag team of Memphis, in the meantime, this last meeting is for his career continuation, which is extremely important.
