1. Luka Samanic
It’s hard to deny that Luka Samanic wasn’t the best player for the Jazz across both Summer League outings, even if he did miss two games. For the six games, across two leagues, he had a stat line of 15.00 points, 6.83 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game.
He was a Swish army knife of chaos on offense, and he really did a good job carrying the team when others were going down with injury.
Like with Keyonte George, Samanic played better in Las Vegas than in Salt Lake City, though he did shoot about the same from three in both places (.364 in Salt Lake, .368 in Las Vegas). That said, he did shoot far more in Vegas, shooting nearly double the three-point attempts. A strong sign that he can be an effective volume shooter in the NBA.
He’s the only player on the Summer League squad with a partially-non guaranteed contract, meaning the Jazz could easily cut him if a better option came along that fit their budget, so his showcasing his dynamic and versatile skillset was necessary for him to keep his job with the Jazz long term.
It’s safe to say that not only did Samanic do enough to warrant his contract being kept all season, but he should get some rotation minutes after his summer performances.