Performance during the NBA Summer League is significantly correlated with subsequent performance in the regular season. Economists Brent A. Evans, Chris Clark, and Joshua D. Pitts analyzed data and found that summer league performance, measured in categories like points and assists, forecasts a player's effectiveness as an NBA rookie. Their findings show that players exceeding expectations in summer league statistically outperformed similar rookies in the NBA, emphasizing that summer league performance is relevant for assessing future NBA success.
"Even after controlling for a player's draft position and other relevant factors, we show that performance in summer league is positively correlated with performance for the same player as he competes as a rookie in the NBA regular season."
"Using win share as an overall measure, they found that better production in summer league predicted stronger performance at the NBA level."
"If a player scored more frequently in Summer League than anticipated, that same player generally scored more than otherwise similar players in the NBA."
"The important finding is that Summer League performance does have some bearing on how a player goes on to play at the NBA level."
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