SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 Sports) - Despite playing in just three games in the Las Vegas Summer League, Jazz forward Kyle Filipowski was named the Most Valuable Player of the event.
Filipowski is the first Jazz player to win the Summer League MVP award.
"I think I was just trying to show how good of a player I am, how dominant of a player I am," Filipowski said after winning the award. "I didn't think I would be the MVP of the league this summer. I didn't even think about that for for a second."
In the three games he played, Filipowski averaged 29.3 points and 7.7 rebounds per game, while shooting 56 percent from the floor. Filipowski scored 35 points in his final game against the Spurs.
"It's pretty cool," Filipowski said. "I don't even know if I get a trophy or anything, but it's pretty c