The Indiana Pacers got many negative comments about their first round pick of Miles Plumlee, but he’s showing that he can be a true asset for them. Frank Vogel and the rest of the Pacers’ crew said that Plumlee would be their dirty work guy like Jeff Foster was, but nobody expected Miles to become a scorer for them. So far down in Orlando, he is.
Plumlee is averaging 14 points per game in his first three games as a member of the Pacers. His true bread and butter, rebounding, has been good as well in Summer League. Plumlee won’t give you anything offensively outside of ten feet, but when he gets his touches inside he’s effective. His offensive abilities were shadowed in Duke’s guard-heavy system that relied on the big men to set screens for Austin Rivers and Andre Dawkins. Now, Plumlee has shown he could be threat in the Pacers up-tempo offense.
Miles started off slowly in his first game against Philadelphia, but ever since Vogel and Brian Shaw have shown that they trust Plumlee down low and they keep throwing it down low to him. Plumlee’s athletic ability showed today against Boston when he was dunking left and right on them. Watch these two facials Miles put on Sean Williams and Fab Melo below.
Those are emphatic statements Plumlee has left down in Orlando thus far. The Pacers have two games left in their Summer League against Utah and Brooklyn. We’ll see how Miles and the rest of the players fare. Plumlee has certainly opened my eyes with his performance so far, we’ll see if he can keep it up the rest of the week.
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July 12, 2012
