NBA Summer League | Mavs end off 4-1

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Mavs mention in John Hollinger’s way under the radar summer league guys

Mike Miles Jr., Dallas

I always hesitate to get too excited when a small, shoot-first guard has a strong summer league; I’ve seen this movie too many times before.

In Miles’s case, however, there is a reason to make a notable exception: He’s only 20, he went undrafted, and he still cooked. Miles did this while struggling from the 3-point line, but he was so good inside the arc (63.0 percent on 2s, with a high free-throw rate) that it didn’t matter much. Miles repeatedly used his strong frame to either burrow to the rim or get into pull-ups, and he wasn’t just playing bully ball — he managed an assist every five minutes and only had nine turnovers for the summer.

Miles went undrafted because of questions about his shooting and his alligator arms (measuring with just a 6-0 1/2 wingspan at the combine), but his summer showed he may succeed anyway. Dallas signed Miles to a two-way after the draft, and his immediate path to minutes seems blocked by a similar player (Jaden Hardy), but he’s another one to track through the G League as the year goes on.