Because, if he could be more solid and avoid self-inflicted errors, the rebounding and floor spacing would ensure a positive contribution more often than not when he touches the floor. Those are the ones that make you wary of Smith’s chances of earning a rotation spot on a contender next year. The bright spots of energy and shooting were there, and so too were the handful of possessions where his inexperience showed, the type of possessions you’d hope were mostly out of a young player’s system after one NBA season. It was another low-efficiency night for Smith, shooting 7-of-19 (36.8%), but you want to see guys be aggressive in Vegas, so don’t get too up in arms about his 65 points on 63 shot attempts through four games.Īgainst Portland, this was more of the up-and-down performance we saw from Smith in the first two games. 10 overall pick recorded his fourth straight double-double on Saturday with 17 points and 12 rebounds. The most known commodity, Jalen Smith, has certainly had his activity level from his two years at Maryland translate to Summer League play. If there’s anyone to nominate from this Summer League squad for the Suns’ other two-way contract alongside guard Ty-Shon Alexander, it’s those two. There’s an NBA player somewhere in both Alexander and Frazier. Along with that shooting skill, Frazier’s got some real quickness to his game and he uses that well to get to the basket and also moves around like an intelligent defender. He had eight points in the first quarter on Saturday and finished with 14. That was surprising given he earned a two-way contract from the Houston Rockets in 2019-20, and came out of Florida in 2015 as a lights-out shooter.įrazier scored eight points in that final frame against the Denver Nuggets and has, assumingly, looked more like himself since. Up to that point through 11 quarters, Frazier was starting but hardly noticeable out there. It was nice to see guard Michael Frazier II build off a fourth quarter in Thursday’s win that seemed to get him back in rhythm. Alexander’s got a good nose for the ball on both ends, and with the ball-handlers seeing the floor better as the Suns’ system starts to seep in, that’s where Alexander can get touches. The 24-year-old undersized 5 who was on a two-way during the Miami Heat’s run to the NBA Finals in 2020 had 14 points, nine rebounds, a steal and two blocks.
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