I’m not sure how often a second-round pick achieves cult status after a handful of Summer League games, but it certainly happened with Detroit Pistons fans and Luka Garza. The myth of Garza is a witch’s brew of being one of the most dominant players in college for several years, Garza losing a bunch of weight and possessing an intriguing set of skills that combine the strengths of old-school back-to-the-basket bigs and more modern stretch centers with range out to the perimeter.
Oh yeah, and it didn’t hurt that his father pretty expertly used social media to bang the Garza drum.