It’s difficult to draw a correlation between NBA Summer League stats and future fantasy potential; just because it’s difficult doesn’t mean that it isn’t a worthwhile endeavor. While players like Anthony Randolph (2009 – 26.8 ppg, 8.5 rpg, 2.2 spg, 3.0 bpg) barely provide fantasy value once the “real” games start, a second round pick like Marcus Thornton (2009 – 20.7 ppg, 3.3 rpg, 2.3 spg) can demonstrate his future potential to fantasy owners that are willing to do their research. Thornton was a late round / undrafted free agent in many fantasy leagues during the 2009-10 basketball season, but was owned in 90+ percent of leagues by the time the fantasy playoffs rolled around. Here’s the hook… you don’t have to do the research, because I’m going to do it for you. Be sure to check back daily.
Notable Summer League Players:
Summer League Las Vegas 2008: Kevin Love, Ramon Sessions, Jerryd Bayless, DJ Augustin, JJ Hickson, and Eric Gordon.
Summer League Las Vegas 2009: Eric Gordon, Blake Griffin, Tyreke Evans, Brandon Jennings DeMar DeRozen, and Darren Collison.
Summer League Orlando 2010 (Year 1): Jrue Holiday, James Harden, Paul George, and Gerald Henderson
Summer League Las Vegas 2010: John Wall, DeMar DeRozen, JaVale McGee, Marcus Thornton, Ty Lawson, and Jordan Crawford.
Summer League Orlando 2012: Lance Stephenson, Alec Burks, MarShon Brooks, Enes Kanter, Jared Sullinger, Brandon Knight, and Austin Daye.
07/14/12
While it’s unlikely that Tony Wroten (PG / MEM) will climb higher than second on the depth chart this season, it looks like he could contribute off the bench with the likely departure of OJ Mayo: 19 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, and 4 turnovers.
If the Kings didn’t have a loaded front court, Thomas Robinson (PF / SAC) would be a mid / late round draft pick in October. With Jason Thompson, Chuck Hayes, Tyreke Evans, and James Johnson all needing minutes it’s unlikely that Robinson will be anything other than a potential free agent pickup during the season: 14 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, and 3 turnovers.
Harrison Barnes (SF / GSW) should start for the Warriors this season (especially with the departure of Dorell Wright). Barnes has had two solid games in as many days and has the potential to be a mid round pick in redraft leagues: 13 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals, and 2 turnovers.
ALL STATS:
| Team | Player | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | T0s | FANT PTS |
| MEM | Tony Wroten | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 31 |
| SAC | Josh Akognon | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
| SAC | Thomas Robinson | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
| HOU | Jeremy Lamb | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| GSW | Charles Jenkins | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 26 |
| GSW | Klay Thompson | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 24 |
| GSW | Harrison Barnes | 13 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
| DEN | Kenneth Faried | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 22 |
| DEN | Jordan Hamilton | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| WAS | Bradley Beal | 14 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| MEM | Josh Selby | 20 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| NYK | Artsiom Parakhouski | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| LAL | Robert Sacre | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| HOU | Terrence Jones | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 |
| NYK | Wesley Witherspoon | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| GSW | Festus Ezeli | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| SAC | Tony Mitchell | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| MEM | Matt Janning | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| LAL | Darius Morris | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| SAC | Jimmer Fredette | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| LAL | Darius Johnson-Odom | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| GSW | Draymond Green | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| LAL | Andrew Goudelock | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| DEN | Evan Fournier | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| DEN | Derwin Kitchen | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| WAS | Garrett Siler | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| MEM | Mitchell Watt | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| WAS | Jan Vesely | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| WAS | Steven Gray | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| GSW | Joe Ragland | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| LAL | Lawrence Hill | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| LAL | Christian Eyenga | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| LAL | Chinemelu Elonu | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| WAS | Chris Singleton | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| WAS | Shelvin Mack | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| NYK | James White | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| DEN | Quincy Miller | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| WAS | Jeff Brooks | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| MEM | Jeremy Pargo | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| WAS | Tomas Satoransky | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| NYK | Chris Copeland | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| NYK | Jeremiah Rivers | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| MEM | Deon Thompson | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| GSW | Justin Burrell | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| HOU | Zoran Dragic | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| MEM | Courtney Sims | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| NYK | Chris Smith | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| NYK | Kyle Goldcamp | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| NYK | Mychel Thompson | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| SAC | Darnell Jackson | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| SAC | James Nunnally | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| HOU | Marcus Morris | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| MEM | Jerome Randle | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| HOU | Diamon Simposon | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| MEM | Terrance Henry | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| SAC | Hassan Whiteside | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| SAC | Jarred Jones | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| DEN | Gani Lawal | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| HOU | Courtney Fortson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| WAS | Shavlik Randolph | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| MEM | Adrian Banks | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| NYK | Ahmad Nivins | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| NYK | Terrance Withers | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| DEN | Izzet Turkyilmaz | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| SAC | Alex Young | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| SAC | Lazeric Jones | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| GSW | Frank Robinson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| DEN | Solomon Alabi | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| LAL | Ater Majok | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| LAL | Greg Somogyi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| HOU | Royce White | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| HOU | Scott Machado | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| NYK | Walker Russell Jr. | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| DEN | Josh Carter | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| HOU | Josh Harrelson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GSW | Kent Bazemore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| DEN | Jorge Gutierrez | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| LAL | Toure Murry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| SAC | Yancy Gates | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| HOU | Donatas Motiejunas | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| WAS | Mike Scott | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| NYK | Mustapha Farrakhan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| DEN | Demonte Harper | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| HOU | Greg Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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