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LAS VEGAS, NV — Morez was on everyone’s mind who made the trek from the DFW area to the desert for the first weekend of NBA Summer League play.
It was our first chance to see Morez Johnson Jr., the Dallas Mavericks’ first-round draft pick, play against some NBA-level talent, while surrounded by some far-fringe NBA talent.
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Some of us were convinced on draft night that the Mavericks had reached for Johnson at the No. 9 overall pick. Others, notably including my MMB colleague David Sanchez, who went on the Vegas trip with us, were immediately sold on Johnson’s fit and worth at No. 9, especially in light of the fact that none of the top guards fell that far.
Should the Mavericks have stayed with the more popular logic of “best guard available” with Arizona’s Brayden Burries widely projected as Dallas’ pick and still on the board at No. 9? Or will Johnson, the exact prototype of a Masai Ujiri draft pick, prove out as the better selection? Time will tell, and the irrationality of fandom means it’s never too early to start drawing conclusions.
Six of us, including Mavs Moneyball’s fearless leader Kirk Henderson, participated in our own Basketball Dessert Storm this season. As I write on Sunday afternoon, Kirk and our resident gambling aficionado Tyler Edsel are all that is left of us on The Strip. Truly the sickest of sickos.
Here are some general thoughts on the weekend, with the disclaimer that although we had tickets to Day 3, when the Mavericks played their second game against theLos Angeles Lakers, most of us sat that day out. There was just too much to gamble on, with a pair of World Cup quarterfinals, what ended up being a mere popcorn fart of a fight night at UFC 329, where both the main event and co-main event ended in 1:09 or less, and the ponies. Oh, those most majestic of hooved professional athletes running at tracks all across this great land, delivered live to stream to any interested in placing an honest wager on not just who’s the fastest, but who can get going fast the fastest.
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Most of us were posted up at the Westgate Sportsbook all day Saturday, while our resident Mavericks…
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