Should Nets' Drew Timme been on one of the All-summer league teams?
"Timme was (expletive) amazing at summer league. I thought Timme was the best like offensive big I saw at Summer League. Just point blank," The Athletic's Sam Vecenie said on his "Game Theory" podcast. Vecenie, along with his co-host Bryce Simon of Motor City Hoops, was discussing how Brooklyn's rookies performed in the summer league before getting pleasantly sidetracked while talking about Timme.
"I thought Timmy was (expletive) unbelievable. We have an all summer league team snub in Drew Timme. Drew Timme was so (expletive) good at summer league, guys," Vecenie continued. "Timme had 22 (points), 30, and 24. We'll talk about him tomorrow, but I thought he was so good. I thought him and Flip (Utah Jazz forward Kyle Filipowski), like they were the two guys, and I thought he was like a little bit more efficient than Flip. It was awesome. He was so good."
To Vecenie's point, Timme seemingly performed like one of the best players in Las Vegas when you look at his production that he put up in just three games worth of action. Timme played 30.7 minutes per game and averaged 25.3 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game while shooting 55.4% from the field and 21.4% from behind the three-point line.
Despite what Timme did, he did not make either of the two NBA All-Summer League teams, an action that feels like the league snubbing the former Gonzaga Bulldog. Timme's performance was so convincing that former NBA center Kendrick Perkins posted on X that Timme should be getting real minutes in the NBA for some team if not the Nets. Timme's performance in Sin City could be the start of him having his breakout season in the NBA.
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