Seth Lundy continues strong Summer League streak in Hawks' win
Former Penn State forward Seth Lundy produced his best performance of NBA Summer League action Thursday night. Finishing with team highs in points (16) and rebounds (8), the second-round draft pick propelled the Atlanta Hawks to a 99-98 win over the Philadelphia 76ers.
On the night, Lundy dropped another four 3-pointers off the bench. He hit 4-of-11 from deep and connected on 6-of-15 shots from the floor. Lundy also notched four assists and a block. All accomplished in just 27 minutes of action, Lundy’s +/- was tops for the Hawks at +12.
The effort was Lundy’s fourth for the NBA Summer League with the Hawks. To date, he’s averaged 17.2 minutes coming off the bench, notching 10.3 points per outing. He’s hit 37.9 percent of his shots from beyond the arc with 38.9 percent from the floor. Lundy has also averaged 5.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.3 blocks.
“The confidence is at an all-time high right now,” Lundy told reporters before leaving for Las Vegas last week. “Honestly, I want to win. I’m going out there with the mindset of winning. I’m sure everybody else is too. We really feel like we got a chance to go down there and win. We got the guys to go do it, so why not?”
Seth Lundy makes NBA mark
Lundy has helped deliver those results through his performances. The Hawks improved to 3-1 for the summer with the win on Thursday night. Their only loss came to the Sacramento Kings on the first night of the Las Vegas Summer League session. In the time since, they’ve topped the Denver Nuggets on Sunday and the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday.
To get there, Lundy and the Hawks moved on quickly from the June 30 NBA Draft, where he was selected with the 46th overall pick in the second round. From there, they moved into workouts and, beginning on Friday, July 7, the start of summer league action in Las Vegas.
Recounting the transition back into full-team work with the Hawks, Lundy acknowledged the elements entailed.
“You can do as many workouts as you want and drills as you want, but it’s different when you’re playing up and down, actually guarding each other. So doing that really helped us to get a feel for our team and what we’re going to do in summer league,” he told reporters. “It’s just picking up on the new things that we’re learning. I would say that’s the hardest challenge, honestly.
“At the end of the day, it’s basketball, but they’re concepts and stuff like that, they have different names for it so it’s just picking up on everything in a short period of time.”
With their 3-1 record, the Hawks are poised to potentially reach the NBA Summer League playoffs, which begin on Saturday.
