Wizards Summer League Update

Why should anyone care about the Wizards Summer League? They should care because the future players of the team are there. They should care because it may signify where the Wizards will be going soon. They should care because Bradley Beal is playing his first games with his Wizards teammates.

Anyways Washington is now 1-1 in Summer League Play and they play again @ 10 p.m. tonight. Last night was a success for the Wizards as they neat the Rockets 76-70. However, the Wizards only had 4 players with any chance of playing significant minutes playing in the game. Gotta love summer league basketball.

Let's start with Bradley Beal. He went 4-10 from the floor and 5-10 from the line, finishing with a team high 14 points. I sure would like Beal to pick up those percentages though. 50% from the free throw line is not good, especially from a guy that is supposed to score for us. It is just summer league, so I am not going to go crazy over it, but it needs to come up. One surprising sign is that the Wizards were +18 with Beal in the game. That margin is a very good sign. Beal also had 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

The other guard, Shelvin Mack, had 11 points on 4-9 shooting. Mack is the least likely to get significant minutes out of the 4 sent, but I'd like to see him shoot better as well. The Wizards were +15 with Mack in the game.

FSU alum Chris Singleton is also in summer league action. He had a horrible night and committed 6 fouls. He also went 3-7 shooting. The only positives for Singleton are that he had 10 points and the Wizards were +13 with him in the game. Singleton must play much better.

Jan Vesely was 4-6 with 8 points and the Wizards were +11 with him. Good to see Vesely producing some. Here's hoping he keeps it up.

I will keep you posted on Wizards Summer League action.

-Noland