Detroit Pistons: 3 questions for the 2nd Summer League game

Can Killian Hayes dominate?

Most of the chatter after the first Summer League game revolved around Killian Hayes, who many fans accused of not being aggressive enough when looking for his shot.

Hayes finished the game with just seven points on four shot attempts, though he did add four assists and three rebounds.

I thought a little too much was made of this, as Hayes only really passed up one shot by my count, and was really just taking what the defense was giving him. He also played a lot of his minutes with Saben Lee for some reason, who was dribbling the life out of the ball on the perimeter.

Hayes had a couple of really nice looks early on, a cross court bullet to Livers in the corner and a lob to Duren where he just threw it up and let the big man go get it, a highlight we are going to see a lot of this year.

But Hayes is a Summer League veteran at this point and you expect him to dominate at this stage even though he is still somehow only 20-years-old. I can see both sides of the “Killian was too passive” debate, but he can end it tonight by being more aggressive and dominating.

That means getting to the rim and finishing, not hesitating on 3-point shots and looking to score in transition as well as set up teammates.

This is a “prove it” year for Hayes, who has competition now for minutes, so I would love to see him have a big game and look like the best player on the floor.