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And live all throughout free agency, Summer League, and beyond.

All right, so I'm here in Vegas, where it's hot.

I got jeans on and I'm regretting it for Summer League.

And I have thoughts after the first couple of days.

And I know everybody wants to hear about Palo.

I know everybody wants to hear about Jabari. I know everybody wants to hear about Jabari.

And we'll get there. I've got things to say. But I do want to talk about a couple of guys,

a couple of young guys that popped off the page and we weren't really expecting to do so.

And that, I think, is what makes the Summer League special, right? Not just can a star player that's coming into the league is the number one or number two overall pick

or number three overall pick. How can they play? But it's like, how can a guy who was the 22nd

overall pick last year, not this year, but last year, and he gets moved. How does he play?

What about a guy who made it to the second round? How does he play? So I want to talk about two

rookies, well, two young guys, because one's not a rookie really. The most surprising and

impressive Summer League performances of day one to me, which is Detroit and Portland's game in

Orlando, Houston in their

game. So number one is Caleb Houston for me out of Michigan. I was interested to see what he

was going to look like as a second round pick, early second round pick. And oh my God, did Orlando

feel like they got something special really

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