Buycks Ranks as 4th Best Big East Player in Summer League

Dwight Buycks was the 4th best Big East player in Summer League based on a ratings system that basically mirrors the one I used to rate all Marquette player in The Ultimate Hoops Guide: Marquette University. Only the Georgetown duo of Otto Porter and Hollis Thompson, as well as Creighton's Doug McDermott ranked higher.

Using Buycks as an example, the formula is based on game averages of 19.7 points + 2.3 rebounds +4.3 assists + (2 X 0.7 steals) + (2 X 0 blocked shots) - 12.6 points allowed - 7.3 shots missed = 7.75 rating. That is the 65th best ranking of the 359 players who played in at least three games.

The number that should jump out at everyone on this list is the 4.3 assists, which gives him the 18th best assists average in Summer League. I had an NBA Assistant GM tell me two years ago that most thought Dwight could score at the NBA-level, the key was if he could learn to get assists.

NBA ROSTER PLAYERS NOT IN SUMMER LEAGUE (14): Dwayne Wade, Wesley Mathews, Jae Crowder, Jimmy Butler and Steve Novak give Marquette five players on NBA rosters NOT on this list, the most of any Big East team. Georgetown 3 (Henry Sims, Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert), Villanova 2 (Kyle Lowry, Randy Foye), Butler (Gordon Hayward), Creighton (Kyle Korver), Seton Hall (Samuel Dalembert), St. John’s (Maurice Harkless) and Xavier (David West) round out the 14 roster players not in Summer League.

Buycks gives Marquette six players on current rosters, while Porter and Thompson give Georgetown five. Based purely on these ratings, the next best chances to add to those numbers are further down the list. Georgetown's Chris Wright ranks 132nd, followed by Marquette's Trent Lockett (147th), Vander Blue (192nd after a great outing Saturday), Davante Gardner (201st), Jamil Wilson (209th after pulling out a Summer League quarterfinal win with an incredible assist and rejection in the closing seconds of overtime periods).

Rnk	Player	Top 3	Team	Rating	Pts	Reb	Ast	StlX2	BlockX2	Pts All	FG Miss
	Average Top 359 players			3.65	7.9	3.5	1.3	0.7	0.4	7.7	3.6
1	Glen Rice Jr	Georgia Tech	WAS	21.13	25.2	7.6	2.4	1.8	0.6	11.7	7.2
2	Justin Hamilton	LSU	MIA	17.96	18.0	7.0	2.0	0.7	3.0	12.1	4.3
3	Nerlens Noel	Kentucky	PHI	17.88	13.7	5.7	1.7	2.3	3.0	9.8	4.0
		Big East
28	Otto Porter	Georgetown	WAS	10.27	19.6	6.0	1.8	0.6	0.4	11.5	7.6
30	Doug McDermott	Creighton	CHI	10.04	18.0	4.0	2.8	0.0	0.8	10.4	6.0
49	Hollis Thompson	Georgetown	PHI	9.04	13.0	8.0	3.3	1.3	0.5	10.9	8.0
65	Dwight Buycks	Marquette	TOR	7.75	19.7	2.3	4.3	0.7	0.0	12.6	7.3
88	Ricky Ledo	Providence	DAL	6.02	15.4	3.8	4.4	1.4	0.0	10.8	9.6
113	Vernon Macklin	St. John's	ORL	4.85	5.4	3.6	0.0	0.6	1.2	5.9	1.8
132	Chris Wright	Georgetown	MIL	4.17	7.6	4.2	0.4	0.2	1.4	8.2	3.0
147	Trent Lockett	Marquette	DLS	3.43	11.8	4.7	1.7	1.7	0.2	13.1	5.5
157	Bryce Cotton	Providence	SAS	3.21	8.8	2.7	2.8	0.5	0.0	8.4	3.7
186	Justin Brownlee	St. John's	CHA	2.61	10.0	3.0	0.7	1.2	0.5	9.3	5.2
191	DJ Kennedy	St. John's	MIN	2.54	4.8	4.0	1.8	0.3	0.0	7.2	1.5
192	Vander Blue	Marquette	SAS	2.53	7.4	1.8	1.4	1.0	0.0	6.3	3.8
201	Davante Gardner	Marquette	CHI	2.31	3.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.0
202	Kenny Frease	Xavier	MIL	2.22	3.7	2.0	0.3	0.7	0.3	5.1	0.7
209	Jamil Wilson	Marquette	WAS	2.02	7.8	3.8	1.0	0.2	0.4	8.0	3.8
219	Maalik Wayns	Villanova	WAS	1.83	5.0	5.0	4.7	0.7	0.0	9.6	4.7
245	Mouphtaou Yarou	Villanova	PHI	1.20	1.8	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	2.3	0.8
278	DaJuan Summers	Georgetown	BKN	0.67	10.4	4.0	0.6	0.6	0.2	9.7	6.2
338	Fuquan Edwin	Seton Hall	OKC	-1.58	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.2	2.0

Dwight, Jamil, putting up above average numbers to start Summer League

Dwight Buycks and Jamil Wilson will post above average Summer League ratings in a post I have going up on www.breitbart.com today. I have a simple rating system for Summer League Play - basically the NBA Efficiency Rating only we do not have easy access to turnovers or missed free throws.

There are 302 players in Summer League who have played at least 18 minutes so far - so obviously just getting started for most - but the average player has a 0.50 rating for one net contribution for every two minutes played. I listed the top 10 and then the wort few players so far. Mason Plumlee and Bernard James are the only two averaging more than one per minute, and Cleveland may want to worry a little about UVa's Joe Harris first outing after he moved so fast up the draft board.

Most importantly, Buycks is in the top third of all Summer League players (0.60 rating) after leading the Raptors with 21 points in a loss. Meanwhile Jamil Wilson's 16 points on only five missed shots in 37 minutes helps give him a slightly above average 0.54. I confess I cannot find any accounts of Jamil's play, so I am purely relying on the stats posted - so will go back on the Scoop to read up on news, but wanted to at least post this.

Rnk	Summer League >18'	Team	Rating	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	Miss	Min
1	Mason Plumlee	BKN	1.06	54	14	5	5	2	6	70
2	Bernard James	DAL	1.05	36	17	1	4	5	5	55
3	Will Cherry	CLE	0.97	28	10	5	1	-	6	39
4	Trey Thompkins	LAL	0.97	25	6	1	2	-	4	31
5	Quincy Miller	DEN	0.97	49	12	6	2	4	13	62
6	Rudy Gobert	UTA	0.92	11	9	1	1	2	1	25
7	Cory Jefferson	BKN	0.91	56	34	1	7	8	9	107
8	Glen Rice Jr.	WAS	0.89	42	10	4	4	1	12	55
9	Nerlens Noel	PHI	0.89	41	17	5	7	9	12	76
10	Arinze Onuaku	IND	0.88	32	30	6	2	4	6	77
93	Dwight Buycks	TOR	0.60	35	4	9	1	-	16	55
127	Jamil Wilson	WAS	0.54	16	5	2	1	1	5	37
285	Alec Brown	PHX	0.17	7	4	1	-	4	11	29
298	Joe Harris	CLE	0.05	4	-	-	-	1	4	22
299	Dennis Horner	MIN	0.04	-	3	-	-	-	2	25
300	Jerome Jordan	LAL	-	-	3	-	1	2	6	24
301	Jerome Dyson	CHA	(0.03)	4	4	2	-	-	11	37
302	Scott Wood	LAL	(0.04)	2	2	-	1	-	6	24

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