The NBA Summer League is a summer destination, where players come to improve and work on their skills from their rookie season or look to make a name for themselves in hopes of joining a NBA roster. When it comes to Philadelphia 76ers forward Christian Wood, the latter of the two statements can be applied to him. Wood is with the Sixers for a second straight summer league, after the team signed him as an undrafted free agent out of UNLV last summer.
He is an athletic and lanky big man, who could be listed as a stretch four or five, depending on the team. His 6-foot-10 and 216-pound frame helps him on both sides of the ball. Unlike his fellow teammates in Jahlil Okafor and Nerlens Noel, Wood can get out in transition and has an offensive game, which is improving every time he touches …show more content…
But he's been playing like this for the entire basketball season with the 87ers of the NBA D-League. In 32 games with the 87ers, Wood averaged 17.3 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 28.8 minutes per game. He also shot an outstanding 52.9 percent from the field and 70.7 percent from the free throw line.
Despite what some may say about the D-League, it was beneficial to Wood and we are seeing it pay off right now in the Utah Summer League. Earlier, I had mentioned that Wood has worked on extending his range, as he did that with the Sevens.
Matter of fact, Wood had two monster games this past season posting a stat line of 45 points and 14 rebounds against the Canton Charge on February 28 and then against the Fort Wayne Mad Ants on March 18, scoring 40 points and grabbing 13 rebounds.
Wood's 45-point performance against Canton was quite impressive as he was allowed to do whatever he wanted too in the post and continuously killed the Charge off the pick and roll. Also in that game, he shot 66.7 percent from three-point range, including a step back three-pointer in the face of a Canton
He is an athletic and lanky big man, who could be listed as a stretch four or five, depending on the team. His 6-foot-10 and 216-pound frame helps him on both sides of the ball. Unlike his fellow teammates in Jahlil Okafor and Nerlens Noel, Wood can get out in transition and has an offensive game, which is improving every time he touches …show more content…
But he's been playing like this for the entire basketball season with the 87ers of the NBA D-League. In 32 games with the 87ers, Wood averaged 17.3 points, 9.4 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 28.8 minutes per game. He also shot an outstanding 52.9 percent from the field and 70.7 percent from the free throw line.
Despite what some may say about the D-League, it was beneficial to Wood and we are seeing it pay off right now in the Utah Summer League. Earlier, I had mentioned that Wood has worked on extending his range, as he did that with the Sevens.
Matter of fact, Wood had two monster games this past season posting a stat line of 45 points and 14 rebounds against the Canton Charge on February 28 and then against the Fort Wayne Mad Ants on March 18, scoring 40 points and grabbing 13 rebounds.
Wood's 45-point performance against Canton was quite impressive as he was allowed to do whatever he wanted too in the post and continuously killed the Charge off the pick and roll. Also in that game, he shot 66.7 percent from three-point range, including a step back three-pointer in the face of a Canton