Ochai Agbaji was the lone bright spot in Cleveland’s loss to the Hornets on Wednesday, scoring 24 points on 7-of-13 shooting (6-of-6 FTs) to go with three rebounds, one assist, three steals, four 3-pointers and no turnovers in 29 minutes.
The lottery pick struggled on Sunday but looked worlds better this evening, putting together his best Summer League performance by a hefty margin. Besides the swipes and treys, Agbaji didn’t add a ton else to his stat line in Wednesday’s loss, but that was more or less the story for him with his only notable stats from his final year at Kansas being his rebounds (5.1 per game) and made triples (2.6 per game). So far, it doesn’t look like his game is all too fantasy-friendly, but things can change in no time if he earns the trust of head coach J.B. Bickerstaff and gets playing time in his rookie season, but he’s no more than a watch-list guy when fantasy drafts roll around. The only other players on Cleveland’s side to reach double digits in the scoring column were Cameron Young (11 points) and Amauri Hardy (10 points), which wouldn’t have happened without garbage time, while Isaiah Mobley grabbed 11 rebounds and swatted two shots in a start but shot just 3-of-11 from the floor.
