ESPN Insider's In & Out of NBA Summer League - Eddie Griffin mention

Some good words on Eddie Griffin. In fact Griffin seems to be one of the best players in summer league competition so far which is very cool!
Nachbar is also mentioned below.

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From ESPN INSIDER.
The summer league is now in full swing and Drew Gooden is quickly proving that Jerry West knows what he's talking about. He's been unstoppable in L.A.. But to put that in context, so have the Warriors. And, not to re-open the whole East Coast-West Coast thing again, but have you noticed the boxscores coming out of L.A. and Orlando? In L.A., where all of the Western Conference teams play, we've already had a 149-126 game, and a 137-112 scoring fest. Back East it's been ugly. The Heat and Pistons put us through a 63-55 affair and the Magic and Pistons gave us a 65-57 stinker. To top things off, the Hornets managed to score only 50 points Saturday.

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Drew Gooden, Grizzlies
He may be the lone bullet in the Grizzlies' summer league gun, but he's been absolutely lethal. Gooden has been, by far, the most impressive of this year's rookies. He's averaging 22.6 points and 10 rebounds per game through the Grizzlies' first five games at the L.A. Summer Pro League. His best game so far was against the Mavs, when he racked up 36 points and 14 rebounds on 12 of 16 shooting from the field.

The Warriors
If only the summer league lasted all season. Jason Richardson (22 ppg), Troy Murphy (22.6 ppg, 6 rpg), Gilbert Arenas (18 ppg, 7 apg), ZhiZhi Wang (15 ppg) and Mike Dunleavy (14.6 ppg, 6.7 rpg) have all shined at times and give you a great glimpse into the future of the team. The key for the Warriors will be the development of Arenas into a point guard. Right now he's averaging a 2:1 assist-to-turnover ratio, which isn't too bad. If he can improve his ball handling and decision making, he may earn himself a starting job. Both Jiri Welsch and Steve Logan, the two point guards the Warriors drafted this year, aren't faring nearly as well.

Amare Stoudemire and Alton Ford, Suns
They have a combined one year of college experience between them, but Ford and Stoudemire have the makings of the young, athletic rock solid power forwards the Suns have pined for since the departure of Antonio McDyess. While Ford (15 ppg, 7.4 rpg) showed signs of promise toward the end of last season, the Suns' coaching staff has been impressed with his improvement over the summer. And everyone's been blown away by Stoudemire's work ethic and ability to pick things. One GM who has a team in L.A. told Insider that Stoudemire (14.6 ppg, 5.4 rpg), with enough playing time, will be able to put up solid numbers this year -- a rarity for kids who jump into the league straight from high school.

Eddie Griffin, Rockets
In just three games Griffin has shown that incredible inside-outside game that has the Rockets drooling. He's averaging 22.6 ppg, 10 rpg and 2 bpg and is shooting a sizzling 75 percent from behind the three-point arc. It's still early but Griffin may yet turn out to be the best player in the draft class of 2001.

Jerome Moiso, Hornets
This is Moiso's final chance to show anything, a pulse, a smidgen of basketball talent, and he's making the most of it. After two incredibly lackluster seasons in Boston and Charlotte, Moiso has been much more aggressive and has been the best player in the Orlando Pro Summer League. He's averaged 13.4 ppg, 8.6 rpg and 2.4 bpg.

Jaren Jackson, Mavs
Jackson is trying to revive his career after a successful stint with the Spurs a few years back. He may be old, but he's shown the Mavs he still can shoot the ball. So far, he's been averaging 18 ppg and is in the best shape of the last three years.


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Steven Hunter and Rashard Griffith, Magic
John Gabriel better start hitting the phones. Hunter had an injury to partly blame for his problems. Griffith looked listless and out of shape. With Patrick Ewing and Horace Grant both seriously contemplating retirement, the Magic have a major problem in the middle. To put it in perspective, ultra raw second-round pick Olumide Oyedeji thoroughly outplayed both of them. Rookie Ryan Humphrey looks like he could play some minutes at power forward, but there is no one to who can make a difference in the middle right now.

Bostjan Nachbar, Rockets
It wasn't Nacbar's fault, and the injury, a hernia, wasn't considered serious, but the No. 15 pick in the draft got the Rockets off to a terrible start. After the Rockets suffered massive injuries to most of their team last summer, no one in Houston likes the omen of a first-round pick coming up lame. His injury also prohibited the Rockets from getting a great look at a guy they thought might be able to contribute behind Glen Rice right away.

Kirk Haston, Hornets
Hornets VP Bob Bass ripped into Haston Saturday after he turned in another lackluster performance. "We found out a lot, and some of it was negative," Bass told the Times Picayune. "We came down here to look at Moiso and Haston. Moiso had a lot better camp than Kirk. Hopefully Kirk learned something from it. But he's not aggressive enough." Haston ended the Orlando league averaging 11.4 ppg and 6.2 rpg.

Freddie Jones, Pacers
His numbers weren't terrible (14 ppg, 3 apg) but his shooting was atrocious. Jones shot just 36 percent from the field during the summer league and connected on only 6 of 17 from beyond the arc. The Pacers say fatigue and a lingering shoulder injury were to blame.
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Chris