NBA Summer League | July 9th-16th

[hakeemfaan]

For me it's still gonna be whether Morez over Yaxel was the right pick. I know Morez is 3 and a half years younger, so has more room to develop, but Yaxel just has a fantastically well rounded skillset that's really good regardless of his age. He can basically do everything well on both sides of the ball. Think Morez will be a beast of a player, but so much of his offensive development remains a question mark.

I mentioned in the GS game thread how Yaxel was the most impressive player on the floor despite Rez’ 27 points. I didn’t pay much attention to him pre draft because of his age but I can’t get over how skilled and tall he is. We are talking about Rez playing the 5 and Yaxel is just as tall and similar wingspan as well. 

I was a huge Pip fan and this guy reminds me so much of Pip. 

At the same time let’s not forget that Yaxel went to college for 6 years as opposed to one or two for most of these others. I am not saying that means they will be better than him because Yaxel is clearly so skilled.  However think of Morez with 4 more years of college experience and how much more of a polished version of himself he would be.