Ah, the summer. A time for youths to run free, to learn and grow. In the NBA, it’s time to obsess over the play of rookies and young players at the NBA Summer League. But for every breakout performance by someone like Lonzo Ball or Kyle Kuzma in Las Vegas, there are mistakes. Especially, it seems, in Utah.
That’s right—Summer League bloopers are here, and they are great. Perfectly overlaid with Will Smith’s Summertime, the video is a cavalcade of botched breakaways, players dribbling off their own feet, and plenty of airballs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2jhnx6TC8A
The best sequence is between the Jazz and Phoenix Suns, which starts at the 47 second mark. Two turnovers and a travel in just a few seconds! It’s all incredibly chef fingers. I love it so much I made a GIF of it so I can cherish it forever.
https://gph.is/2tO7NE8
Maybe the best six seconds in Summer League history.
The video also includes a long sequence of bloopers from the New York Knicks Chasson Randle, who had lots of trouble in the Orlando Magic Summer League. Poor guy.
The video confirms once again that basketball is very hard, and few people should ever try to play it. The risk for humiliation is simply too high.
