re: NBA Summer League Thread (Game Thread?)

He’s short.

There is nothing to support your statement of him being garbage.

Dude plays well for us every time he steps on the court in any type of situation. He doesn’t need a set of 100 special circumstances like Kira needs just to look average.

Is Jared Harper your older brother or younger brother?

That first knee issue that EJ had was caused by Naji throwing an attempted lob that put him up in traffic…nice thought but it was a dangerous play that put EJ at risk. Likely not a pass that a lead guard would’ve thrown in the first place without creating more space.

Really sucks because EJ looked like he was beginning to get more comfortable and assertive prior to the injury.

Jose will be here a decade. I’m calling it now. Just everyrhing about that guy screams winner.

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Though I do think it’s interesting that so many definitive statements are being made off of one guy that didn’t even play 350 minutes this past season and another guy that hasn’t even played 70 minutes in three seasons.

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Hopefully the pels are good and healthy enough in the future where neither Harper or Kira ever have to play real minutes

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He’s legitimately good

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He's an NBA player and thus needs to be rated as an NBA player.

There is no world where you can say with any certainty Harper is a "legitimately good" NBA player. That would be mean he's in a rotation playing 25 minutes a night.

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The ideal situation is that he finally realizes his potential and becomes a starting caliber guard with elite speed to really break defenses with Zion.

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I want to believe in Kira too and I know he’s young he has just been horrendous at basketball in his first two years. Just look at the stats in both years. He’s fast and athletic but he just isnt great at anything else and doesnt have a wide base of skills for me to think he’s going to drastically improve with time. He has decent assist:turnover ratios, but he really never takes risks with the ball when creating either.

Sophmore slumps are usually for players who had great rookie years. Guys who had below average rookie production should at least get a little better from rookie to 2nd year, where Kira regressed. PatBev actually made Kira look like an 8th grader last year when taking the ball up the court

It’s dumb to say Jared Harper is better or more valuable, so I dont agree with that part of this thread, but there will always be options better than Kira popping up IMO

If I could choose a son, it would be Alpheren Sengun.

Just giving Harper his props and saying he’s arguably better today than the worst 2-3 players on our roster. Temple as well.

He knows how to play basketball. His only limitation is literally size. But he is skilled and crafty. He’s like a better offense and less defense version of Jose. I’ll shut my trap about him for the rest of the SL though. I just would not be shocked if he played a role on our team this year if we can continue to stash him and we have some injuries.

Wish we would’ve drafted Saddiq Bey. Don’t know how he fell so hard. Pistons had to tell him to find another hobby and take a small break from basketball. Guy is committed and been training in high altitude mountains.

I literally see nothing in Harper that makes me think he's any good.

He's a ball hog number 1.

The dude made TWO fricking shots and you got people claiming he's close to Jose lol.

Most of his points have been on FTs that have come on wild out of control drives where some no name bum fouls him.

He's not getting those calls in the NBA for starters and no NBA player would play defense as bad as these clowns.

He literally is just flailing around like a midget Harden.

He's NOT good.