Enrique Freeman plays big doing the little things
Added 2024-07-17 12:00:13 +0000 UTCOn the 23-year-old rookie's winning plays
By: Caitlin Cooper I @C2_Cooper
In what was a 98-94 win for the Summer Pacers, Enrique Freeman finished with five points on 2--of-6 shooting. As such, he wasn't as efficient putting the ball in the basket on low-volume as Jarace Walker, who scored 19 on seven shots. He didn't go 8-of-8 at the line like Tristen Newton, and he isn't going to fire away from deep as often as a 4-of-11 shooting Johnny Furphy, but the 23-year-old ball of non-stop energy started at the four, closed at the five, and made a bunch of winning plays in between that explain why he was part of both units at different positions.
For more on the player of the game and how he played big by doing the little things, here are the relevant timestamps -- which also include the play of the game from Jarace Walker. Enjoy!
0:00 - Introductions
1:38 - Impact at the four spot
2:46 - Some players require more shrink when switching than others
4:44 - Attention to detail with weak-hand contests
5:57 - The double-edged sword of switching
8:42 - Potential game-saving stops
9:30 - Jarace Walker's change in approach as the play of the game
13:20 - Thank you and Goodbye!
Comments
Freeman has really impressed so far. When he began playing as a small 5 yesterday, my friends and I took notice even more and were intrigued by that development. Thank you for this detail on him! Really been impressed with Furphy and Freeman given where they were selected in the draft. Newton didn’t seem to have his best shooting game of SL yesterday but he still played winning basketball. Looks like the org selected excellent value again from a challenging draft in which to do it.
naptowndrew
2024-07-17 13:15:36 +0000 UTCFreeman jumped off the screen for me in this game, thanks for highlighting him. That said, I don't know how much more summer league I can watch, it is really rough.
James T Sandberg
2024-07-17 12:35:27 +0000 UTC
