Richard Jefferson's EPIC rant on the NBA Summer League | NBA Today 

& espn wonders why nobody cares about em

@@besmarter7951 yet you are here watching their videos

@@lebeautifuljames4681 it's deeper than that. It's like ESPN is trying make it look like Richard Jefferson is voicing an extreme opinion, when in fact, most people would agree with him. 🤷

You can rant by stating the obvious!!!

@@rayray9776 It wasn't a rant. Speak or shout at length in a WILD, impassioned way. Nothing "wild" about sitting down and explaining a position that needs no explanation.

No Perk

He bs alot too

Not usually the biggest RJ fan. He was spitting all facts here tho.

RJ a savage, too.

Is this a joke? 😂

We was the last month of the season

@@ckq only in Houston lmao

Green absolutely should be playing. Besides the last month of the season, his rookie year was pretty underwhelming

This is why youre not a gm. Why risk Green getting injured. A future star the org is spending millions on just to play some meaningless exhibition games. Makes perfect sense from a business stand point to have 0% risk of injury to your core players

@@kingsnationbaby4852 its how you finish not how you start. You got the wrong perspective. Jalen showed his superstar potential and that should make every REAL NBA fan excited. The fact that he danced with the Lakers and Grizzlies and took over games versus league stars. They were tanking ofcourse they dont wanna win games. Hence the 3rd pick

Jaylen Brown too

Yep, and you see the guys like Ingram and Brown make leaps and bounds because of that dedication. It does make a difference when you immerse yourself in the year-round court work.

Jaylen Brown, Victor Oladipo, D'Angelo Russell

It’s not really up to them it’s up to the team

He was trash as a rookie...he needed summer league... Jalen Suggs definitely would be out there!

Giannis played in 1 summer league and there was no summer league prior to the year the bucks won due to covid. I agree summer league can be beneficial but don’t spread false information

Mf said 4😹

I totally agree!!! And the other point I would make is if injuries happen I would have wanted you to be on the court getting chemistry together so well be able to stay afloat instead of im just sitting out just because...

Lol Giannis definitely didn’t play in 4 summer leagues

@@donnel234 he played in all 4 summer leagues. last season he did was only 3 games.

real talk, I'll add that he was very underrated defender and shooter.

RJ had Super Bunnies

Around 20 ppg mark for a good 4/5 years

RJ was nasty and a good player. There is a reason why he was on Lebron's team that won a NBA title in Cleveland.

He did it to me in a pick up game. His package his pretty heavy and bouncy.

Well said

Who's talking down on them? Everyone is trying to get on their good graces, for insight and props from players and their agents. That's how you get these divas demanding shyt. RJ is one of the very few holding them accountable here.

Krispy How unoriginal can you be?

@@WaGwan-n6x Shaq on most Centers today

Pat Bev up next

Jordan Poole played summer league for one year though. His rookie year. I think you meant the “G league”.

Facts 💯

@@shadbreezy94 the NBA is boring I’m from California and I was waiting let me repeat waiting to watch the Fiziev / Dos Anjos MMA fight on Saturday July 9th and the freaking summer league preemptively stopped it from happening ON TIME

Gotta love the warriors letting Kuminga and Moody participate in summer league even after winning a 💍.

heat suck

Yup, for the most part the Heat do it right. That was how we got Strus to be what he was to us last season. He was ready a year ago but played the summer league and by the end of the reg season he was a starter.

GSW number one in league in player development, kuminga, moody, wise will play vegas summer league and then g-league...

I’m very happy that James wiseman went to the summer league. I hope his hard work pays off

They didn’t play in the playoffs, so it makes sense they’re getting reps in now lol

@@solodolo_mma3971 true but they played a lot during the season and some kids wouldnt want to play in the SL because they wont a championship already.

But they not main players on there teams, he’s talking bout the top picks the Cade Cunninghams jalen greens jalen Suggs mobleys etc it’s no excuse why they shouldn’t be playing they not superstars and it’s only there 2nd yr!!!!

@@rjjaxx9135 ……. Which is exactly my point……

Cade’s been practicing with them every day. Jaylen is chilling in Paris.

@@arthursese6068 Practice and Playing are two totally different things.

​@@MMALifestyle1972 yup can't replicate game reps.

@@CamPerry Facts

@@MMALifestyle1972 Why on earth would any team risk it franchise star of the future for meaningless game. If you are practicing with the team you are building team chemistry, you can play in games when they have meaning. Pistons are doing the right thing with CADE and it other young star S Bey.

CADE is practicing with the summer league team just not playing in games, so he is speaking half facts.

Fax cap

@@dbuck2862 then he's not talking about cade🤷🏿‍♂️

@@dbuck2862 show me with a time stamp a statement that RJ made which changes because of what you just said

@@lobsters12111 and ​ @[HB] at 01:03 he stated just because you are a top pick and all rookie team doesn't mean you should not be out on the floor in summer league playing.. he said nothing about just practicing. The Detroit pistons has 3-4 players that are top picks and on the all rookie team, and two of them are not playing in summer league CADE and BEY. at 0:32 he said a lot of these team cuddle these players, he didn't was making a general statement about a lot of players and should have said names if he was not talking about CADE or Bey from the Detroit piston. If you make a general statement it is interpreted as you are speaking on the players that was top picks and made the all rookie teams which the pistons have a few of them. So 🤷🏿‍♂️ if you do not know what the heck he is talking about or who it is his job as a sport journalist to name who he is speaking about when making general statement. Last he said player are sitting court side (which CADE and BEY) was sitting at the pistons games where he made this comment. SO who the HECK DO YOU THINK HE IS TALKING ABOUT he talking about a most of the all rookie players and top picks that didn't play in summer league...

He took the team strength coach to Paris with him lol

jalen was putting up 25 a game end of last season he doesn’t need it rn no need risking injury to ur franchise player. idk why cade is gonna play this offseason

@@v2huhroon On an elite 42% from the field. You right he doesn't need summer league. He gonna shoot bricks regardless

Yea, he was sitting courtside last night at the game.

@@v2huhroon your the problem

Another surgery looking bust potential

Bigger Q for me as a Magic fan is where is Bol Bol? If he's injured still why did we give him a contract otherwise guy has played like 350 minutes in 3 seasons.

confidence is key. sure physical ability is important but if you dont believe you can do something, you are less likely to. you could have lebron james who has 0 confidence in himself and he wouldnt even shoot. i could shoot a full court shot and sure i wont make it but maybe 1/1000 i will because i have confidence.

F*** YES

This guy know sum Rj said he need more reps too ✊🏽💯 respect it MAGIC STAND UP

frl, and I completly agree with RJ here. Im lowkey frustrated that Jalen Suggs isnt out there playing with them

@@nelsondendomo6687 didn’t suggs have a minor surgery

Then they would go to a another team that allows them to get cocky. Why work harder when you can make boatloads of money easier. These "player" coaches and owners have become weak, masquerading as "player friendly" in an attempt to being an attractive destination over the competition. As a result, they get divas like kyrie and Simmons and cripple their organization.

i think giddey is the highest pick to be playing

NBA players are the biggest divas forsure

....queen diva k Y R i E

Divas have always run the League

The front office knows what they are doing😊

True look at what the warriors are doing. These young players need to play more in order to develop more.

Well duh they got drafted to the worst teams.

Yeah but not because their teams nagged them to - they were tough MFers.

summer league, not preseason. he aint asking for vets to play he talking about the youngins that should be wanting to ball and improve as much as possible

or...hear me out, do exactly what rj said as in build chemistry and work on something your weak in against hungry competition.

Depends on the team. The raptors sidelined Barnes for the summer league to let their other young players shine. They have 4 other players in development and raptors want to see how much they progress with out the main players, kinda like a test.

sophomores should still play

Not on a rookie contract lmao

@@godsandmonstars that’s my point 😂😂 they want the big contracts so why risk injury in summer league???

Not all of them tho

Especially when most of these teams did not even play in the playoffs XD if they really love basketball they should be willing and excited to play in any competition available. Look at luka. Hes already playing for his country after the play offs. These young players need to be motivated and greedy to play better. Some of these top picks act like they prove themselves already lol They should be ashamed watching when they are healthy to play.

But like Richard said, that falls on the organization as well.

@@williefaulker Adam Silver **

Bruh you can't ve scared too hoop!!!.. Plus its NBA regulated its not like he hooping at ya local YMCA

@@qkellz931 I don't think the Op was saying the Cooper's themself are scared to get hurt ( cade , Jalen) , he's saying that fans and Richard are saying this but would be criticizing these organizations if a jalen, or a cade or whoever else got hurt

@@williefaulker man u gotta hoop bruh injuries gone come it's all part of the game

@@qkellz931 just think about why a lot of players don’t play in preseason or they only play half the games, they are truly meaningless games and if somebody gets hurt that’s literally the worst thing that could happen.

yup...a lot of ball players now treat hooping like it's secondary, as they are trying to create a "brand" which includes shoe deals commercials social media and all of this BS that has nothing to do with basketball. super entitled when they havent heard it.

Thats not a problem. Thats good for the NBA. Especially in Covid era whrre its hard to get jobs. It shows the NBA is growing so much the players are able to earn dream jobs and that goes across the orgs and basketball world itself, creating more jobs. In todays social media era they do become celebrities. Its inevitable. Its all about switching your perspective bro

@@iambarryallen no, BRO. It is all about the fact that you get diminished returns when people make too much money. They stop worrying about their craft or their responsibility to the game and only concern themselves with themselves, thinking they are bigger than the game. Your perspective is that of a young entitled person. grow up

@@noitallmanaz well said.

It's also on the Organizations, they don't think it's worth the potential injury on an 200 million dollar asset. Because they could have the head coach and General Manager meet with 2nd yr players and insist them to run wit the summer squad. Some of these guys are teenagers; they still need guidance.

That's a good point, then people will be criticizing the organizations for letting these players play. It's somewhat of a tough situation

What, there aren't even any injuries in summer league. They only play 20 minutes. You can get hurt training the same way you can get hurt in a summer league game. Just more excuses for arguably the weakest generation of basketball players ever

​@@williefaulker it's not a tough situation. you can't beat game reps. they could just as easily get hurt in practice.

@@CamPerry yeah you can still get hurt but let's be honest the summer meeting doesn't hold any significance in terms of getting to the playoffs ( specifically for houston /detroit, they're rebuilding ) but a regular season game does potentially,. Even if the teams aren't going to the playoffs they need to see who can play with who when it really counts rotations and all of that type of stuff