Henry Ellenson led the Summer League Pistons in assists. Bruce Brown led them in rebounds.
Somewhere in there is a lesson of Summer League. It means different things to different players. For rookies, it’s getting their feet wet and learning what the NBA is all about – from two-a-day practices, to being at the appointed spot on time to morning shootarounds to getting a cram course on organizational terminology and tenets, it’s an instant immersion to see how the new guys respond.
For the many players brought in to fill out the roster and allow for complete teams that enable a setting to approximate the NBA, it’s a jobs fair before the probing eyes of all 30 NBA teams and a smorgasbord of scouts for international teams across several continents.