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| D.J. Kennedy photo from nba.com/heat |
D.J. Kennedy did what he wanted offensively in the Miami HEAT's 1st Vegas Summer League game after struggling with his shooting and scoring in Orlando.
This article uses the Estimated Wins Produced statistic created by sports economist David Berri. Average players increase a team's chance of winning 10% by producing 0.100 Estimated Wins per 40 minutes (Est.WP40) because an average NBA team produces a 0.500 winning percentage. See the HEAT Produced Page for more information.
Most Productive Players
D.J. Kennedy was the most productive player in the HEAT's 1st game of the Vegas Summer League against the Raptors. The swingman from St. John's increased the HEAT's chance of winning by 44% with 16 points, 78% shooting efficiency and 5 rebounds in 27 minutes. After his big game against the Raptors, Kennedy is the 2nd most productive HEAT player this summer behind Ian Clark.
Kennedy recovered from tearing his ACL in 2011 to become a 2013 D-League All-Star with an all-around game that helped him produce a triple-double to get his D-League team to the Finals and score a game-high 27 points to win the championship. His performance for the HEAT in the Orlando Summer League was above average in rebounds and assists but below average in scoring and shooting efficiency. He found his offense in his 1st Vegas game. He'll be an interesting prospect for the HEAT if he can maintain it.
| PLAYER | GP | MIN | Est.WP40 | Est.WP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Clark | 5 | 140.3 | 0.228 | 0.801 |
| D. Kennedy | 5 | 107.1 | 0.219 | 0.588 |
| J. Ennis | 5 | 121.2 | 0.178 | 0.540 |
| E. Griffin | 5 | 90.5 | 0.172 | 0.389 |
| C. Jackson | 4 | 89.1 | 0.167 | 0.372 |
| J. Varnado | 5 | 127.2 | 0.094 | 0.299 |
| A. Marshall | 1 | 19.0 | 0.591 | 0.281 |
| D. Stephens | 4 | 50.7 | 0.217 | 0.275 |
| J. Nunnally | 4 | 73.1 | 0.127 | 0.231 |
| M. Dunigan | 5 | 93.6 | 0.089 | 0.208 |
| D. James | 1 | 17.5 | 0.336 | 0.147 |
| S. Hopson | 3 | 66.2 | 0.076 | 0.125 |
| J. Carmichael | 2 | 21.3 | 0.171 | 0.091 |
| J. Hagins | 1 | 4.8 | -0.708 | -0.085 |
| D. Dedmon | 3 | 35.6 | -0.125 | -0.111 |
| M. Kabongo | 4 | 65.0 | -0.077 | -0.126 |
| T. Taylor | 1 | 15.8 | -0.320 | -0.127 |
| V. Council | 4 | 62.5 | -0.194 | -0.303 |
Kennedy recovered from tearing his ACL in 2011 to become a 2013 D-League All-Star with an all-around game that helped him produce a triple-double to get his D-League team to the Finals and score a game-high 27 points to win the championship. His performance for the HEAT in the Orlando Summer League was above average in rebounds and assists but below average in scoring and shooting efficiency. He found his offense in his 1st Vegas game. He'll be an interesting prospect for the HEAT if he can maintain it.
James Nunnally was the 2nd most productive player in the HEAT's 1st game of the Vegas Summer League. The swingman from UC Santa Barbara increased the HEAT's chance of winning by 29% with 16 points, 5-6 shooting from the floor and 2-3 shooting from the 3-point line.
You let nunny get that rock you gon get this wooooooork!
— James Nunnally (@AllorNunn21) July 12, 2013
Players To Watch
Here's how the other players to watch highlighted in the Summer League Preview produced in the HEAT's 1st Vegas Summer League game:
- Jonas Valanciunas dominated the game's highlights with 4 dunks and 23 points but 5 turnovers and 4 fouls in 26 minutes reduced his impact on the game to that of an average player with 0.106 est.WP40.
- James Ennis had his 2nd straight unproductive summer league game. He decreased the HEAT chance of winning by 3% with just 7 points, 33% shooting, 4 turnovers and 4 fouls in 22 minutes for -0.059 est.WP40. Five games in 7 days may be catching up to him. Will be interesting to see if he can find a second wind in Vegas.
- Dwight Buycks (guard from Marquette) was supposed to play for the HEAT against the Raptors in Vegas but Raptors GM Masai Ujiri signed him to play with the Raptors before the Orlando Summer League was over.
- Ian Clark (guard from Belmont) played his worst game of the summer with just 1 point and 4 missed shots in 11 minutes for the Golden State Warriors. He produced a -7.3 Win Score per 40 minutes (WS40) in his 6th game in 7 days. For comparison's sake, the average guard in the HEAT's Vegas Summer League against the Raptors produced a -5.5 WS40 and that was the worst guard play the HEAT have seen this summer.
- Michael Dunigan (center from Oregon) increased the HEAT chance of winning by 11% with 10 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 4 fouls in 19 minutes.
- Myck Kabongo (guard from Texas) decreased the HEAT chance of winning by 6% with just 2 points, 0-1 shooting from the floor, 2-6 shooting from the free throw line, 2 assists, 4 turnovers, 0 steals and 3 fouls.
- Anthony Marshall (guard from UNLV) increased the HEAT chance of winning by 28% with 7 points, 83% shooting efficiency, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 turnovers, 2 steals and 2 fouls.
- Tony Taylor (guard from George Washington) decreased the HEAT chance of winning by 13% with 3 points, 1-4 shooting, 1 assist, 3 turnovers, 0 steals and 4 fouls. Taylor didn't look like he could shoot after he air-balled a 3 and passed up a wide-open 3 to dribble in for a midrange jumper. Any point guard that can't shoot doesn't bring much value to the HEAT.
- Jarvis Varnado decreased the HEAT chance of winning by 2% with 13 points, 40% shooting, 5 rebounds, 3 turnovers, 4 blocks, 1 steal and 4 fouls in 22 minutes against Valanciunas.
The spreadsheet below lists the production for all players in the HEAT's 1st game of the Vegas Summer League.
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