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I only watched the highlights, but Jessup was definitely on the receiving end of some Kings highlights. Felt like he was a step slow and lost his guy on a box-out once, but of course it's hard to judge a guy on just a skewed selection of replays.

The good news is, we scored a W even with two lottery picks sitting out, so obviously that means we're going to crush the CA Classic and be summer league champs!! ;)

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Jessup reminded me of watching smalegic a little bit, not going to lie, not looking lost but looking like hes trying hard but just isn't that good, idk well see

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Mitchel is legit on defense but man if that jumper ain't elite hes not going to make in the league, hes pretty quick but definitely lacks explosiveness at the rim

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Forgot about Jessup. Bad shooting night but you could see the game that exists for him. He does a lot and looks to have good IQ. It would be tough for him to make the roster this year, I think.

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Here's a few impressions about the first game:

Davion Mitchell is a stud. He can create offense at will. FT are a problem. Didn't show much playmaking aside from a very nice bounce pass in the paint in traffic.

Emmanuel Terry. An athletic high revver grabbing 14 boards.

Jeff Dowtin played terrifically. Never heard of him. He impressed me. Finishes very well.

Jordan Schakel is a scorer.

Nick Mayo looks like a player. He is listed at 6'9", but looked bigger. Seems to have a good IQ and nose for the ball.

i was a bit disappointed we didn't get to see our draft picks play. So tomorrow will be extra special and hope the two squads will retain a competitive camaraderie within the team. Do they intend to keep them separated through Summer Leauge or mix and match in Las Vegas?

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3 way trade coming up?

oubre to spurs

paschall and gay to utah

ingles to warriors

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Announcers talked about Mitchell looking poised, which honestly confused me. He looked pretty good, but he plays frantic. Relies on motor and quickness over polish.

implies to me that he may have some growing pains against legit NBA players

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Man, eye test was rough on Jessup. Also, quickly realized why I've never watched summer league. Maybe Moody and Kuminga can add some excitement tomorrow. Unfortunately, I think they're gonna be our only excitement, because the only remaining FA additions are gonna be Iguodala and maybe Chriss.

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Glad the team got practice running their one set... HORNS, cross-screen of elbows, pass to one elbow, look at strong side corner for backcut or handoff, if nothing, pass back to weak side for a pin down. Always very interesting to me what choice the coaches make for the very first Kerrball set to teach players.

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But can we talk about how Jeff Dowtin singlehandedly saved us that game with his instant offense?

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Okay, tomorrow's game is 5pm Pacific, supposedly on ESPN U.

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Not sure why Schakel generated so much more offense than Taylor. Maybe luck, maybe Taylor was a bit passive cutting off-ball...?

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Davion Mitchell: (-5)

23 points 9/18 FGs 2/6 threes 3/6 FTs

3 rebounds (1 off.) 1 assist 3 turnovers 3 steals

Dowtin: (+15)

15 points 7/11 FGs 7/8 FTs

2 rebounds (1 off.) 3 assists 1 turnover

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So I think the only conclusion we can make after tonight is Davion Mitchell looked like a class above everyone else, as expected. And those Donovan Mitchell comparisons are just lazy... Kyle Lowry for sure.

OK, so I started writing that with about 2 min to go in regulation. Mitchell proceeds to miss a couple FTs... gets burned a couple times by Dowtin... a couple TOs. Still looked like a class above but...

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Davion with a cool looking drive with a huge pushoff and then a turnover. Davion is electric, but he has some amount of flop in his game.

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These announcers just looked up and realized the Warriors are about to win. They clearly had no idea during the game lol.

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