Aaron Pettway

San Antonio - Malcolm Thomas: - The Spurs have grand designs on Thomas's future, as well they should. He will survive.

N'Diaye barely played in summer league, much to this annoyance of his agent, as Epic Vale started four of the five games at centre instead. The Wizards didn't really need to do this; McGee's place in next year's rotation was (or should have been) already secured, and as a third year player, all his presence in summer league did was minimise the opportunities for N'Diaye. (The third centre on the roster, Aaron Pettway, had 14 fouls in 33 minutes. Not even Josh Lomers had that many.)

Aaron Pettway

In his senior season, aged 26, Aaron Pettway averaged 1.0 points and 1.3 rebounds per game for Oklahoma State. The reason he's such a latecomer to the game is that Pettway spent four years in the military; the obvious downside to that is that he's now 30 years old and in the prime of his playing career with almost nothing to show for it. Pettway has had NBA looks in the past, most notably appearing in training camp with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008. Teams like him for his size, shotblocking and rebounding; last year in the Ukraine, Pettway averaged 10.8 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in only 26 minutes per game. Yet Pettway is also inexperienced, old, without much of an offensive game and extremely foul prone. A good story, but there won't be a documentary made about this.