#2. Hasheem Thabeet is terrible. He is not just raw. He is not just unpolished. He is flat out atrocious. I came into the league fully expecting to see some hang-ups in his offensive game, but to make up for some of the offensive difficulties on the defensive side of the ball; he didn't. In the first five possessions I witnessed the Spurs Ian Mahimi attack Thabeet to the tune of 8pts on 4-5 shooting; Thabeet also had 2 fouls in that 2 minute stretch. I left after that, but checked the box score the next morning only to find that he had something in the ballpark of 10 fouls 7pts in like 28 minutes. The drafting of Thabeet second overall is just one of the many reasons why Chris Wallace is the best GM in basketball.
#3. Sam Cassell is going to be twice as entertaining as a coach than he was as a player.
This video first gave me some sort of inkling of how amazing he could be as a coach, but that was only a glimmer compared to his summer league coaching performance. After witnessing Sam; yell at his players for no apparent reason, make incredibly strange noises while being nothing more than E.T.-esque cheerleader, and jump around on the sidelines more than he did for the Celtics 07-08 Championship season I am sold. I am sold on the idea that, hands down, if hired he would automatically become the most entertaining coach in the NBA.
#4. This is the only setting that the Warriors/Don Nelson's quirky 100% offense 0% defense strategy will actually work. Every year his summer league team is the talk of the town. Plus! every year they have a player go bezerk and stand head and shoulders above the competition whether it be Marco Bellineli, Anthony Randolph, or Anthony Morrow only to fade away by training camp.
#5. The Phoenix Suns fielding a summer league team not of future NBA, but brothers of future NBA stars with crappy hair cuts (i.e. Taylor Griffin and Robin Lopez.) (Kevin Durant's older brother played for the Thunder in the summer league but Steve Kerr didn't think his hair cut was up to snuff, so the Suns failed to sign him.)
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