07-13-2025, 08:57 AM
You have to be impressed with Cooper. I hope they sit him out the remainder of summer league. I would love to see more of him, but I think I have seen enough. I have been more impressed with his handle than I was expecting. They got away from him iniating the offense yesterday as the game went on. He looks poised and doesn't make many mistakes. With that being said, I think it is going to take time before he can effectively run a team (not in the Doncic level). I think he is going to be asked to make decisions in half court sets often. I think he can do that well now. Not without some failure but where you have pre-determined reads mostly. He is a pretty skilled passer.
In some cases handling the ball in summer league is more challenging than a regular season game. With that being said, if I am another team I am forcing the ball out of our guards hands and trying to make Cooper, PJ, Klay bring the ball up to get organized. I think this will lead to a lot of uneven offense play where you don't get good possessions. It is going to take time, but I feel he is going to be thrown into the fire either by design or teams forcing this style.
In some cases handling the ball in summer league is more challenging than a regular season game. With that being said, if I am another team I am forcing the ball out of our guards hands and trying to make Cooper, PJ, Klay bring the ball up to get organized. I think this will lead to a lot of uneven offense play where you don't get good possessions. It is going to take time, but I feel he is going to be thrown into the fire either by design or teams forcing this style.