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Kelly Oubre Jr.'s summer league debut promising
SCOTT CHASEN
@SChasenKU
"It's only Summer League. It doesn't matter."
If you try to make a point about any of the players featured in one of the NBA summer leagues, that's often the response you're met with: "It doesn't matter."
Well, for Kelly Oubre Jr., Saturday's game against the Phoenix Suns did matter, and it did show us something.
Oubre's first test was a daunting one, as he matched up with Suns guard Archie Goodwin, who has already gone through two years of
NBA competition. Goodwin was
drafted at just 18 years old, but that doesn't mean he's not an NBA-quality athlete. Instead, it's just the opposite.
At 20 years old, Goodwin has more NBA experience than most players his age, and he's made a couple of highlight reels along the way.
However, Oubre was more than up to the task.
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Early on, he used his defensive ability and length to lock Goodwin down, which led to several steals and transition opportunities. Oubre's ability to step up and guard a smaller, quicker, more experienced player was certainly a sight to see and may
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Freshman forward Kelly Oubre Jr. goes up strong with the ball during the first half of the Jayhawks' Big 12 Championship matchup against Iowa State on March 14.