Erik Reynolds II just wanted to make a good first impression.<\/p>\n
St. Joe\u2019s all-time leading scorer is one of countless 22-year-olds trying to turn a Summer League invite into an NBA contract. That\u2019s the beauty \u2014 and tension \u2014 of the NBA Summer League<\/a>. It\u2019s as much a proving ground as it is a pressure cooker, where everyone\u2019s trying to prove the same thing at the same time.<\/p>\n For fans hoping to spot the next project the Oklahoma City Thunder\u2019s development staff might snag, this night delivered something else. Reynolds, nerves getting the better of him, accidentally scored on his own basket with under four minutes left in the third quarter.<\/p>\n To make matters worse, Brooklyn head coach Jordi Fern\u00e1ndez was right in the middle of an interview with Marc Kestecher and Seth Greenberg when it happened. Summer League blunders aren\u2019t exactly rare, and Shaqtin\u2019 a Fool moments don\u2019t pop up every game, but this one felt all the more magnified thanks to live commentary from the opposing bench.<\/p>\n \u201cErik Reynolds scored about 2,400 points in college at St. Joe\u2019s, and he just scored his first two points for the Nets,\u201d Greenberg said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe appreciate that,\u201d Fernandez deadpanned.<\/p>\n Thunder guard Erik Reynolds forgot which way his team was going during Summer League.<\/p>\n \u201cErik Reynolds scored about 2,400 points in college at St. Joe\u2019s and he just scored his first two points for the Nets.\u201d<\/p>\n Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez: \u201cWe appreciate that.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/cylyy5UUkV<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) July 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Most Summer League teams are run by assistants or G League staffers. Fern\u00e1ndez isn\u2019t that. He\u2019s an actual NBA head coach, fresh off his first season at the helm in Brooklyn. So instead of quietly observing, he was talking through the Nets\u2019 player development process with ESPN\u2019s broadcast crew.<\/p>\n Fern\u00e1ndez spending time on the mic isn\u2019t like a manager being mic\u2019d up during a spring training game. This was different. He can\u2019t make substitutions or pitching changes while talking to ESPN\u2019s announcers<\/a>. We\u2019ll leave that to New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza.<\/p>\n But what we can leave Fern\u00e1ndez to do is to break down Brooklyn\u2019s record five first-round picks while Reynolds fights for a spot on the defending champs.<\/p>\n Reynolds shouldn\u2019t be defined by one awkward sequence. He played four seasons at Saint Joseph\u2019s (2021\u201325) and left as the program\u2019s all-time leading scorer. He racked up 2,175 points, hit 350 threes, and shot nearly 87% from the line. As a senior, he averaged 16.4 points per game on 41.1% shooting. He\u2019s earned this shot.<\/p>\n Now, he\u2019s trying to earn the next one.<\/p>\n \t