Dallas Hoops Journal
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LAS VEGAS — Ryan Nembhard shared the floor with Morez Johnson Jr. for the first time Thursday, and what stood out to the Dallas Mavericks‘ second-year point guard wasn’t just the scoring.
“I love him already,” Nembhard said. “He plays so hard on both ends and impacts the game somehow, whether his shot is falling or not. Rebounds, blocked shots, switching one through five, he had some really good floor game getting us into our next actions. I loved watching him last year at Michigan, and it’s been great playing with him today.”
Johnson’s box score, a game-high 27 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 assists in the Mavericks‘ 101-90 Summer League loss to the Golden State Warriors at the Thomas & Mack Center, backs up part of what Nembhard was describing. But Nembhard’s praise centered more on the possessions that don’t show up in a stat line: closing out on shooters, switching across positions, and finishing plays other people started.
The clearest example came with 6:03 left in the second quarter, when Johnson chased down Golden State’s Jack Clark for a highlight-reel block, one of several defensive plays that had him affecting the game independent of whether his own shot was falling.
https://dallashoopsjournal.com/ryan-nemb...ohnson-jr/
LAS VEGAS — Ryan Nembhard shared the floor with Morez Johnson Jr. for the first time Thursday, and what stood out to the Dallas Mavericks‘ second-year point guard wasn’t just the scoring.
“I love him already,” Nembhard said. “He plays so hard on both ends and impacts the game somehow, whether his shot is falling or not. Rebounds, blocked shots, switching one through five, he had some really good floor game getting us into our next actions. I loved watching him last year at Michigan, and it’s been great playing with him today.”
Johnson’s box score, a game-high 27 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 assists in the Mavericks‘ 101-90 Summer League loss to the Golden State Warriors at the Thomas & Mack Center, backs up part of what Nembhard was describing. But Nembhard’s praise centered more on the possessions that don’t show up in a stat line: closing out on shooters, switching across positions, and finishing plays other people started.
The clearest example came with 6:03 left in the second quarter, when Johnson chased down Golden State’s Jack Clark for a highlight-reel block, one of several defensive plays that had him affecting the game independent of whether his own shot was falling.