Eugene Omoruyi chases down Reed for the block and then hits the fading J in the lane.
Omoruyi showing so much today already for the Mavs. pic.twitter.com/1hnjzoQmrM
— Aram Cannuscio (@AC__Hoops) August 9, 2021
While all the attention went to Chris Duarte going in the first round of the NBA draft, and rightly so, it’s easy to forget that Eugene Omoruyi is also a budding NBA talent.
Forget no more.
Playing for the Dallas Mavericks summer league team, Omoruyi is definitely showing out, especially in the sequence above. Never giving up on a possession, something he obviously learned in Dana Altman’s system, Omoruyi ran down Philadelphia’s Paul Reed and pinned a would-be shot off the glass.
But the former Duck wasn’t satisfied.
Omoruyi ran back down the floor and managed to hit a fade-away jumper in the middle of the lane. Although the Mavs went down to the tune of a 95-73 score, Omoruyi poured in 16 points and brought down six rebounds.