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Mike Shearer's avatar

To your point, summer league shooting percetnages have virtually no correlation to regular-season numbers.

Activity rates, however, like assists, 3PA, and rebounds, do:

https://thef5.substack.com/p/summer-league-stats-you-can-trust

And in that regard, Hugo's summer has looked somewhat promising!

Adam Taylor's avatar

This is awesome! Adding to my reading list for tomorrow, and totally agree, activity / hustle / effort plays (whatever you wanna categorise them as) are truly translatable

Susan Kinney's avatar

I absolutely agree! I can't wait to watch the next 2 games with this new perspective! Thanks!

Dr. Barry Gelston's avatar

Great points. Thanks.

Adam Taylor's avatar

Thank you. Just trying out some different approaches. I’ll be honest, I sat down to write about Cenac’s game last night, and somehow, I ended up taking this road instead, lol

Dr. Barry Gelston's avatar

What you wrote answers why people shouldn't just unknowingly dismiss the highs and lows and summer league as a mysterious hand wave.