rj hunter gave summer league masterclass
already weeks ago Larbrd33 showed through exhaustive data comparison, that at least statistically, it was nothing special.
now people talk about the eye test, his movement, his body, you name it.
IMO all we know for sure is that he is a rookie with a good shot range.
It will take at least a few months into the season to start getting an idea of what his real ceiling is.
I'll just say that his "summer league masterclass" was significantly less impressive than his "college masterclass"...
It just depends how much you really want to depend on a "college masterclass" to determine a player's NBA future. Yes, he was great in College - Through three years of college basketball he averaged 18.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 1.9 steals with 42%/35%/85% shooting. Three years of eye tests and movement and body exams was enough to get him drafted 28th this year behind 27 other rookies. So what does that mean?
Brian Scalabrine's sophomore year at USC he averaged 18 points, 6 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 53%/40%/71% shooting... scal was taken in the same draft range as Hunter (#34)... he too averaged 12 points in Summer league... by all accounts he passed many eye tests... and he had a nice little productive career in the NBA. Perhaps RJ will follow the path Scal paved for him.
Again, RJ spent 3 years outperforming the majority of guys on the College level. Why was is it enlightening to anyone that he managed to play a handful of mediocre games against primarily undrafted semi-pros? It would have been concerning if he wasn't able to show some signs in the summer league. If we're judging him based on his college and summerleague career, so far he projects to be a homeless man's Adam Morrison (Adam was better on both levels).