Ja’Kobi Gillespie stands out for San Antonio Spurs in NBA Summer League
By Ethan Stone
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Former Tennessee guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie posted another strong Summer League outing Monday night for the San Antonio Spurs, even despite a loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Competing in the California Classic, Gillespie dropped a team-high 19 points with 6 assists, 2 steals and just 2 turnovers across 31 minutes of action. The Greeneville, Tennessee native was an efficient 7-14 from the field and 5-9 from 3-point range. Monday night’s performance is an improvement from his first game of Summer League, where he dropped a solid 8 assists with 10 points on 3-17 shooting.
Check out some highlights from Gillespie below:
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It’s Summer League and still very, very early, but it isn’t hard to see the NBA upside in Gillespie. He doesn’t look frazzled. Gillespie gave up just 3 turnovers with 5 steals across his first 60 minutes of action, showed improvement across the board from Game 1 to Game 2 and absolutely let it fly on Monday night with five 3-pointers — perhaps the reason he was brought to SAS in the first place.
The former Vol will be back in action on Thursday at the start of the Vegas Summer League.
Ethan Stone is a Saturday Down South News Editor and an advocate for the return of the Seattle Supersonics.
