I'm hearing people talking up Nikola Topic, the man who hasn't played a single NBA game, as a potential Sixth Man Of The Year candidate and that caught me completely off guard, so I had to research him more.

Los Angeles is always a 'happening' place. Especially with LeBron, Luka, Harden, Kawhi and now Bradley Beal. I'm fascinated what this season looks like for both the Lakers and Clippers.

Paige Bueckers. She just moves differently out there. Her art form. Her mid range. Her personality off the court - does everyone, even opposition members like her? It sure feels that way.

Yes I know Kobe Bufkin but do I REALLY know Kobe Bufkin? No, so as part of a different kind of episode I dived into who Kobe is and his situation in the league right now.

Injuries, 3PT shooting, an aggressive Summer League - they are some talking points.

Let me know if you enjoyed this kind of Case Study episode.

Damian Lillard is wired differently then most superstars. Loyalty, even to a fault, and I respect it so much. He's back with the Trail Blazers and Chris Paul is back as a Clipper as well. I talk about the two separate homecomings and why I am a fan of both.

I'm here in Las Vegas witnessing the beauty of the Summer League with all that it is so I wanted to talk about my favourite moments, plays, players... all of it, so far as we are 4 days into the 11 day tournament.

Everyone expected Paige to be a stud from the word go but an All-Star in year one? That's impressive. Also I can't help myself, I'm diving into the Angel Reese conversation and giving her some love plus, my favourite underrated rookie... Sonia Citron.

As a Utah fan I am stoked. Ace Bailey could be anything, Walter Clayton Jr. seems like a stud already. Job well done Jazz.

There's only one technical winner and that is the Thunder but what Indiana did deserves a mountain of respect. Nobody thought they'd do this and to see how it ended with Haliburton's injury was tough to watch.

We’re in the middle of the Finals now. Teams are starting to not like each other, we’re tied at 2-2, call it a tie game and we’re heading to the fourth. These are the 3 things that stand out to me about games 1 through 4.