Jawai had a bad start in his Summer League debut.

He went 0-5 in 13 minutes and fouled out with only a one point to go with his 4 rebounds and 2 turnovers.

No foul outs in Summer League I don't think

10 fouls i thought this year

Not a good reception for Jawai- ESPN's David Thorpe tweeted the following:

'I'd be excited about the 15 and 14 Lopez has, but Nathan Jawai is not as good as most centers in the pac-10.'

ouch!

Thats a big call based on a game after he's been travelling a lot recently. It can be assumed they have no knowledge of his recent antics v China.

Jakarta, Americans don't put as much focus on international games as they believe the NBA is the pinical of the basketball, which is reasonably justified. Look at Patty's draft position, The 2004 USA team's lack of interest in the Olympics (I mean T-Mac, Shaq etc simply refused to go to training camp because the olympics "were a waste of time" etc.

Until Nate proves himself in the league he will be overlooked. Lets hope he can show some form once he settles in, another point is that would have been his first game in Dal's offense.

yeah from reports, Robin Lopez tore Jawai into shreds.

This is Robin Lopez, NOT Brook.

Rockin Robin had 26 and 15 to Nates 0-5 from the field 1 point foul out

I don't see why anyone's surprised at negative reports on Jawai, realistically he hasn't shown anything during the time he's been there that he's NBA calibre.

So what's going on with the Gortat thing? do Orlando automatically have the rights to him if they match the best offer? Sucks for Gortat but it at least it shows the Magic haven't lost their marbles completely (like I thought they had after the Carter trade).

I dont think anyone is overly suprised just disappointed.

Yes as Gortat was a restricted free agent teams could only sign him to an offer sheet which Orlando have the right to match. How does it suck for him though!? he's still netting $34 million US ovver 5 years!

Gortat and his agent both told the Magic not to match the offer. Gortat will not get many minutes behind Howard, Bass and Lewis at the 4 -5 spot. He would have played a lot more in Dallas.

Will be interesting to see how hard he plays for them now...

Well, report said Gortat wanted to go to Dallas - and despite his paycheck, he's still going to play limited minutes behind Howard.

I think Otis has something up his sleeve with Gortat. He had no business matching that MLE offer. He's now got a frustrated player and pissed off agent on his hands.

Gortat didn't purely want to goto Dallas for money, he also wanted the opportunity to fight with Dampier for a starters position. He'll never get that opportunity at Orlando behind Superman.

For some reason I can see Gortat in a Rockets jersey sometime this season.

Looking back, it is a GREAT thing that Memphis didn't use their 1st round draft pick on Jawai.

Won't make the league after his contract runs out.

To Anon,

If the "NBA is nowhere near the pinacle" then exactly what is the pinacle?

Doesn't the NBA have the best America has to offer and, by enlarge, most of the best of what the rest of the world has to offer?

Europe has certainly caught up with the United States in basketball, but the NBA isn't the Olympics. The NBA recruits players from all over the world and I assume they are, generally speaking, the best the world has to offer.

And if the NBA isn't the pinacle, is it really "nowhere near the pinacle"? Come on...nowhere near? Just how great are you claiming these other leagues around the world are?