On a recent episode of the Game Theory podcast, The Athletic’s NBA draft guru, Sam Vecenie, shared a glowing review of Jabari Smith Jr.’s defensive contributions at summer league for the Houston Rockets.
As part of the episode, Vecenie and fellow draft analyst Adam Spinella ran down the summer contributions of each of the top prospects from the first round of the 2022 NBA draft. For the Rockets, this meant a focus on Smith, who was selected at No. 3 overall in the first round.
Here’s part of Vecenie and Spinella’s exchange regarding Smith and the Rockets, who went 2-3 over their five games in Las Vegas:
