The Raptors closed out Summer League with a victory on Sunday, giving them a 4-1 record, but the tournament's real value lies in what players showcase — not the wins and losses. By OrenWeisfeld:
closed out Las Vegas Summer League with a win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday afternoon, giving them a 4-1 record in the tournament.
The second-year guard averaged a team-high 16.3 points per game in a team-high 29.2 minutes per game, successfully balancing his own aggressive scoring with the ability to get his teammates involved, a difficult skill for every point guard making the leap to the pros to master. Most importantly, Banton clearly improved two of his biggest swing skills since the last time we saw him, showcasing a more controlled handle and a more confident three-point shot.
Unfortunately, Banton coughed up the ball way too many times in Summer League, making some questionable decisions for someone with his level of experience. Some of his 4.8 turnovers per game are par for the course for him, a risky playmaker by nature, and some were due to his teammates not being ready for the unique passes Banton makes.
However, Koloko will need to learn not to jump at everything, because his swings and misses often put his team in a poor position to rebound the ball, as he averaged just 4.2 rebounds per game. Koloko can out-jump opposing bigs, but he’ll need to put on more weight and improve his conditioning to box them out over the course of a game. He also picked up far too many fouls as a result of getting beat out for positioning.
Jeff Dowtin, pictured while playing for Rhode Island in 2018, celebrates his 3-point shot during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Saint Joseph's in the semifinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament. On the opposite end of the spectrum, someone who Raptors fans didn’t know what to expect from was 25-year-old point guard Jeff Dowtin, who broke out as arguably the best and definitely the most steady Raptor there.
Overall, Dowtin played with three NBA teams and three G League teams over the course of 2021-22, putting up efficient and steady numbers throughout, which is an incredibly difficult thing to do given all the uncertainty and change he was dealing with. He continued to prove that he is an NBA-calibre player in Summer League, filling a role as a steady backup point guard.
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