Starring at NBA summer league isn’t easy.
The rosters are quickly assembled, and the play style can be chaotic. And if a player is too dominant, they’ll get shut down ahead of any recognized coronation.
That doesn’t mean an All-NBA Summer League hopeful must log every second of action, but a couple games might not cut it. All 10 selections from last season made at least three appearances on the summer circuit, which could hurt current candidates like Will Riley, AJ Dybantsa, Morez Johnson Jr. and Joan Beringer here, since their body of work might wind up too narrow for consideration.
As for the players who will meet our completely arbitrary cutoff, let’s fill up the two All-NBA Summer League with 10 summer standouts.
