"I find it very interesting that players get bashed for 'load management' but rookies get shut down during summer league these days ... fascinating huh," Green wrote this week on Threads.

It’s been a remarkable year for basketball prodigy Cooper Flagg, who was selected No. 1 overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Draft this past June.

Ultimately though, the wins and losses of summer league aren’t as important as the individual development and growth of young players such as Moore, Akins and Freemantle.