The NBA Summer League is winding down, and South Carolina has four former players on rosters as the action heads toward the consolation games and playoffs in Las Vegas, which run from July 17-19.
Three of those Gamecocks are rookies from last season’s team. The fourth, Collin Murray-Boyles, is already in his second year in the league after averaging 8.5 points and 5.0 rebounds last season for Toronto. Murray-Boyles was listed on the Raptors’ roster but never got into a game.
Meechie Johnson is with the Miami Heat, Kobe Knox is on the Atlanta Hawks roster and Mike Sharavjamts is with the Orlando Magic.
Johnson had a mixed run through summer play. He sat out Miami’s first two games, then logged a little more than 16 minutes in the third and finished 2-for-3 from the floor for five points.
One of those makes was a three-pointer, and he also chipped in two rebounds and six assists. He posted the team’s best plus/minus in that win over Golden State at plus-18.
Once the Heat reached Las Vegas, Johnson picked up a rebound, an assist and a steal in 1:52 in the opener there. His next outing was rougher: in just under 11 minutes against Orlando, he went 1-for-4, scored two points, added one rebound and two turnovers, and finished with a team-worst minus-21 in a five-point loss. He did not play in the following game, then returned for 9:07 in the final group-stage contest, making his only shot for two points while adding two rebounds and a turnover.
Knox got his first run in Salt Lake City, where he appeared in one of Atlanta’s three games and played 12 minutes against Memphis. He hit 3-of-4 shots for six points, with one rebound and one assist.
In Las Vegas, Knox sat out the Hawks’ first two games before getting 12:31 against Boston on July 13. He knocked down the only three-pointer he attempted and finished with three rebounds, two blocks and one assist.
In Atlanta’s final group game, he played 16:36 and had the best plus/minus on the roster at minus-1 during a 32-point loss. Knox went 1-for-5 from the field, scored two points, missed all three free throws, and added three rebounds and a block.
Sharavjamts did not see the floor for Orlando. The Magic carried a very full 20-man roster and played no games before Las Vegas, and Sharavjamts was held out of all four games there.
He is the first player from Mongolia to sign with an NBA Summer League team. There was also an article about him on GMA Network, which covers Philippine news.
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