Lonnie Walker improves in second NBA summer league game
Miami basketball alum Lonnie Walker was much better in his second summer league game. Walker returned after having the last two days off.
The Spurs rested Lonnie Walker in the second game in Salt Lake City on Tuesday night. The entire NBA Summer league was off on Wednesday for Independence Day.
With two days of rest, Lonnie Walker bounced back well. The 18th pick in the June NBA draft scored 14 points on five of 12 from the floor and two of four on three-point attempts. Walker also contributed three rebounds, two assists and a steal.
One of Lonnie Walker’s Spurs Summer League teammates is also a Miami basketball alum. Trey McKinney-Jones made his 2018 summer league debut on Thursday night. On 17 minutes McKinney-Jones scored four points on one of three from the floor and two of two from the free throw line. He added a steal and an assist.
McKinney-Jones played with the Fort Wayne Mad Ants last season. They are the Indiana Pacers G-League affiliate. Both Miami alums helped the Spurs to a 94-87 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in Salt Lake City.
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San Antonio is off tomorrow. They will resume summer league play in Las Vegas on Saturday. San Antonio plays the Indiana Pacers at 3:30 ET on ESPN2. Three other Miami basketball alums will make their summer league debuts on Friday.
Rion Brown who played at Miami from 2010-2014 was a late addition to the two-time defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors Summer League team. After not playing in their opener on Monday night, Brown received 14 minutes of playing time on Tuesday against the Sacramento Kings.
He scored five points, had four rebounds, one assist, one steal and one block. He was 1-4 from the floor, 0-2 on three-point attempts and 3-3 from the line. The Warriors defeated the Kings 71-54.
Brown started at small forward and played 22 minutes in Golden State’s 77-71 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night. He scored four points, had one rebound, three assists, two steals and two blocks.
Davon Reed and Kamari Murphy who last played for the Hurricanes in 2017 are in their second year playing in Las Vegas. Reed plays for the Phoenix Suns and Murphy for the Brooklyn Nets. Brooklyn plays Orlando on NBA TV at 5 ET and Phoenix plays Dallas at 9:30 pm ET on ESPN.
Reed will get his first chance to play with the top pick in this year’s NBA Draft, DeAndre Ayton from Arizona. The Suns have a quick turnaround. They next play Saturday against Sacramento at 7:30 ET, also on ESPN. Brooklyn also plays on Saturday. They tip off at 5:00 PM ET against Orlando.
Bruce Brown will make his professional debut on Friday with the Detroit Pistons. Brown was selected in the second round, 42nd overall. The Pistons also acquired guard Khyri Thomas in the draft. Thomas played collegiately at Creighton. Detroit plays Milwaukee at 7 PM ET on Friday night.
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The Pistons second game is on Saturday night at 9:00 PM ET on NBA TV. Games will be played through Tuesday. Each team plays three games before the tournament starts. That will commence later next week.