Sorry for the delay in summarizing my 3-day excursion to Summer League, in which I will list things out by team, for easier reading. There's also my analysis of DJ Strawberry and Dominic McGuire (links are below in the Phoenix and Washington sections, respectively).

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While compiling the notes for the New York Knicks for my forthcoming Summer League team-by-team summary, I noticed that the tidbits I had on the Knicks were all kind of quirky. Adidas grassroots power player Darren "Mats" Matsubara once told me that the NBA is like a circus. We got to talking because I run one of the bigger Asian American recreational leagues in the nation (I've also run Women's Leagues and Open Leagues). At the time, he told me that it is inevitable that we will see an American-born Asian in the NBA someday, because the NBA "is like a circus".

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I still have a man-crush on Dominic McGuire. Curiously, he's listed at 6'9" and last year's program had him listed at 6'8". I still think he's more 6'7-and-a-half with a long wingspan. So I wouldn't say he's a 4 so much as a 3, although he can cover 4s. Plus, on offense he plays more like a 3.

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While doing a team-by-team summary of Summer League, I realized that what I had written on DJ Strawberry was getting a little lengthy. So here's my analysis on him. In short, I think the backup and/or potential heir to Steve Nash is still a huge question mark for Phoenix.

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OK, so we've talked in general about some of Anthony Randolph's strengths and how it may portend an interesting Mully-ball era that could be the successor to Nellie-ball. After watching today's Warrior Summer League finale against the Raptors, which incidentally was without Brandan Wright ("B-Wright") due to a leg injury, let's add a few addendums for Randolph and Marco Bellinelli...

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Last night I got a good look at Warriors draft pick Anthony Randolph up close. To cut to the chase, pop quiz: make a list of people 6'10" or with 7-foot wingspans who can handle the rock coast-to-coast, including between the legs and behind-the-back? And I mean under duress and looking like he can naturally do it. Like truly take someone to the hole off the dribble.

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So now you've heard about the big eye-openers in Jerryd Bayless and my disagreement about Arron Afflalo. Here are the rest of my notes from Thursday, sprinkled in with some other tidbits I found...

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Four hours after watching a very informative Detroit/Dallas matchup here on Day 7 of the 2008 NBA Summer League, I read on my cellphone TrueHoop's latest installment. Complete with renowned expert David Thorpe's support, Detroit guard Arron Afflalo is, unfortunately, given a big thumbs up...

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I wanted to write a game-by-game account of scouting notes from today (Thursday 7/17), but stop the presses. I just got back from Day 7 of the 2008 NBA Summer League in Vegas and, as a Warrior victim of the Baron Davis departure, there is no question we should all be envious of our fellow Western mates, the Portland Trailblazers. Today, I saw one man dominate his offense and display pretty impressive fundamental defensive skills. My friends, drop what you are doing. His name is Jerryd Bayless and *gulp*, he's only 19 years old (he'll be 20 on August 20th).

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Poor Man's Commish here, back in Sin City again for the NBA Summer League. Last year, I ranted and raved about Marco Bellinelli in the infamous Belinelli! Belinelli! Belinelli! post. It was actually a sort of unfinished post, too. I didn't really get a chance to go through my notes and give you all my scouting "reports".

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