Tip-In Points Newsy Notes: Thornton Fears A Boo-Boo
Marcus Thornton, NO Out for the final three summer league games after bruising his left shin against the Heat on Sunday. Considering the Heat have one guy under contract, you’d think Thornton would have been able to avoid running into him. That’s like two cars colliding in the middle of the desert. This injury doesn’t seem to be too serious. I’d say about as serious as the summer league itself. It’s like a handful of fraternity fellas who try and throw a wine and cheese party for a change. They set it up, invite their friends, wear ties, but as soon as someone changes the “Wine and Cheese Party” playlist to the “I’m on a Boat, MOFo” playlist, the ties come off and everybody’s playing Flip Cup with Franzia.
Darren Collison, NO And speaking of collisions, if you type that word real fast, you’ll probably misspell it as “collison,” which, although incorrect, can come in handy as a segue to discuss Darren Collison news. Ready? Let’s try it. Darren Collison will also miss the remainder of summer league so he can take classes at UCLA and finish up his bachelor’s degree.
John Wall, WAS Scored 18 points to go with 10 assists and five steals in his second summer league game. He also hasn’t missed a free throw in an NBA uniform (19-for-19) … yet. You see what I did there? I went and got pessimistic for no reason.
Zydrunas Ilgauskas, MIA I believe “salt in the wound” directly translates to “Going to Miami” in Lithuanian.
Jordan Farmar, NJ Backing up Devin Harris instead of Derek Fisher. What’s the difference? Staring at Snookie instead of Dyan Cannon whilst sitting on the bench. Meh. It’s like comparing apples and orange-colored people.
Hedo Turkoglu, PHO Will take his slightly above-average scoring skills Phoenix, where his success – like the success of a puppy being trained to pee in the yard – will be measured solely on how he does outside. He’s not a spot-shooter, but the Suns are going to need him to be. They’ll at least need Turk to not hold the ball for 15 seconds looking to create a shot. Phoenix probably has a better chance of training him to pee in public.
Quentin Richardson, ORL Q is hopping Florida teams in an effort to replace J.J. Redick’s spot-shooting along with Matt Barnes’ size and rotation off the bench. If the Magic don’t actually end up ridding themselves of Redick or Barnes, look for a broom handle to be snapped in half and tossed into an empty room along with all three men, where they’ll stay until one of them is dead.
DeMarcus Cousins, SAC 14/10 Double-double in his first summer league game. Me and my cousins and you and your Cousins/ I can feel it comin’.
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