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With Wembanyama, other top picks out, NBA Summer League spotlight is for the taking – Cache Valley Daily

Miami Heat center Orlando Robinson, center front, makes a basket as Boston Celtics guard Jay Scrubb (29) tries to keep him from the net during an NBA Summer League basketball game Saturday, July 8, 2023, in Las Vegas. (Madeline Carter/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP) Rookie phenom Victor Wembanyama and many of the highest 2023 draft picks are out for the rest of the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, but several other players are worth watching. Utah Jazz guard Keyonte George, this year’s No. 16 overall pick from Baylor, is second in the league with 29.5 points and third with 8.5 assists per game. He opened with 33 points and 10 assists on July 8 in a victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. In Monday’s win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, he scored 26 points on 9-for-15 shooting and had seven assists. He’s firing 12.5 3-pointers per game and has made 44% of them. Others who are off to hot starts: — Houston Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. is leading the league with 35.5 ppg, although he might be among the players who will be held out of play the rest of the summer. — Sam Merrill, who turned a 10-day contract into

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