Summer Madness

So the two are can't miss. That is a consensus. No one is going to argue any differently even if the two struggled a bit in their summer league openers against rookies and un-proven guys trying to make it. No one is going to argue even if they both had their first shots swatted by the one and only, yes Cleveland fans, our very own 8th pick in the 2001 Draft (the guy drafted 6 years ago and who is still playing in the summer leagues...yeah that one), DeSagana Diop. Now we here at the search know as well as anyone that one or two games in the summer means nothing in the grand scheme of things. All it shows is that it is absolutely an incredible jump going from college to the pros. These guys are both going to be good, but they struggled in their first couple games against borderline NBA talent. The fact that someone like LeBron James came into the league at 18 after being checked by 6'2" white guys from Tallmadge in High School and did what he did and has done is amazing. We watched Durant for a while last night as he struggled to a 4-19 shooting night with Renaldo Balkman pushing him around. Durant's lack of physical strength was excessively apparent in the fourth quarter when he was being guarded by the 6'4" Rodrick Wilmont out of Indiana, and Durant could not get any type of position on the block, despite his 6 inch advantage. Now the strength will come. It will come with an NBA workout regiment and frankly it will come when the kid hits puberty and grows into his body. But the game last night showed that no matter how "can't miss" you are, there are a lot of adjustments that must be made to be successful in the association. But I guess that is why they play in the summer.