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The Lakers win by their opponents, the 9+8 center is reserved, and the No. 7 pick is obviously abnormal this year

9:54pm, 13 July 2025【Basketball】

The summer league actually has no pressure on most teams. It is purely training rookies, and checking the situation of marginal people to see if they can find a gap on Taobao. Although the Lakers beat the Pelicans, they are called "Rankans" because neither side performed particularly well, and the Pelicans are too far from the bottom line.

So the Lakers won in the end, but public opinion believed that it was based on the opponent's set off. Judging from the Pelicans' lineup, center Yves Missy is definitely the biggest card, but he seems to have reservations. You should know that last season, the Pelicans were full of injuries and the center position was short of people. Yves Missy simply started and averaged 9.1 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.3 blocks per game in the regular season. As a rookie player, this performance is already quite good. But in the summer league, Yves Missy's performance was not that outstanding. In this game, he made 3 of 6 shots, scored 7 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks, which seemed to be for those marginal players, while Yves Missy was more sluggish.

As the No. 7 pick in the first round of this year, Jamia Pheles performed significantly abnormally. He made 5 of 21 shots and scored only 15 points and 2 rebounds. As a guard, Jamia Pheles did not assist and made 3 turnovers and 6 fouls, which seemed too eye-catching. You should know that at the University of Oklahoma last season, Jamia Philes averaged 17.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.6 steals per game, and was also selected as the All-Rookie Team in the League. The Pelicans' operations are conservative this summer, and their main gains are the draft. Combined with Jamia Philes' pick, he is naturally highly expected, but it is bound to be difficult to satisfy the answer in this game. Of course, they are rookies after all, and many players will find it difficult to adapt to at the beginning, so give him more time and patience.

In addition, in the Pelicans lineup, many players participated in the summer league, such as Lesno Quinones, who once played for the Warriors and the 76ers. He joined the Pelicans last season and averaged 8.6 points and 2.6 assists per game. But everyone needs to grab the ball in the summer league, so he only scored 9 points and 5 rebounds, and made 5 fouls. This year's first round pick Derek Quinn scored 12 points and 13 rebounds in this game, but seven fouls were really exaggerated. Trae Alexander played in the Development League last season and represented the Pelicans in the Summer United this year, but he only performed 3 points and 2 rebounds in this game.