Jonny Flynn and Paul Harris made their NBA summer league debuts Sunday, playing for the Minnesota Timberwovles in the Las Vegas summer league. The T-wolves fell to the Houston Rocket team 79-65, with Flynn contributing 11 points and Harris adding 5 in an up and down debut.
According to reports Flynn started the game with three turnovers, but did settle down. According to Twitter, teammnate Kevin Love was impressed.
David Thorpe, who live "live tweeting" the games was also impressed with Flynn. The Timberwolves blog Canis Hoopus has a complete and detailed write up on the game as well, noting that Jonny's quickness and ability were balanced out by "sometimes putrid shot selection."
For players like Flynn who are guaranteed to be on the roster, summer league results don't really mean much and we should obviously take the results with a grain of salt, as Donte Greene scored 42 in summer league game last year, however for a marginal player like Harris, these games mean a lot. He's not only auditioning for the Timberwolves, but trying to show the rest of the league he had the ability to play at the highest level.
We will keep an eye on their progress and try to pass along updates - it's either that or write about the MLB All-Star game, and something tells me that's not going to happen.
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