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Highly Touted Selby Searching For A Shot..
While the most productive teams obviously win the games, earn the accolades and take home the awards, the prospect for greatness is often more alluring. By definition, the unknown produces more intrigue than the known. (The interest in the Miami Heat, for example, should take a dramatic tumble now that they have won their title and the sideshow has essentially been packed up. Rather than playing the villain role they were cast into since The Decision, the Heat will only be a really good team. Oh, how boring.)
That's the working theory behind the success of Las Vegas Summer League, at least from a business perspective. It's why a large poster featuring Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Jeremy Lin and the like looms over the court at Cox Pavilion. Come see the stars of tomorrow, the advertisements beckon.
But while promise is indeed what fills the seats and draws the eyeballs, it's the redemption and the struggle that often lies at the heart of most players' tales here. Sure, you can catch a glimpse of Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. And yeah, you can see if Bradley Beal is as good a shooter as advertised. But most players come from the D-League or abroad or the ranks of the undrafted, from the fringes of the league, in search of having that Lin-like performance and latching on with an NBA team.
Or you can fit both. Which is where you can currently find Josh Selby.
Daily Dime - ESPN
While the most productive teams obviously win the games, earn the accolades and take home the awards, the prospect for greatness is often more alluring. By definition, the unknown produces more intrigue than the known. (The interest in the Miami Heat, for example, should take a dramatic tumble now that they have won their title and the sideshow has essentially been packed up. Rather than playing the villain role they were cast into since The Decision, the Heat will only be a really good team. Oh, how boring.)
That's the working theory behind the success of Las Vegas Summer League, at least from a business perspective. It's why a large poster featuring Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Jeremy Lin and the like looms over the court at Cox Pavilion. Come see the stars of tomorrow, the advertisements beckon.
But while promise is indeed what fills the seats and draws the eyeballs, it's the redemption and the struggle that often lies at the heart of most players' tales here. Sure, you can catch a glimpse of Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. And yeah, you can see if Bradley Beal is as good a shooter as advertised. But most players come from the D-League or abroad or the ranks of the undrafted, from the fringes of the league, in search of having that Lin-like performance and latching on with an NBA team.
Or you can fit both. Which is where you can currently find Josh Selby.
Daily Dime - ESPN
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