NBA SUMMER LEAGUE: Bobby Ray Parks Makes His Mark.

Bobby Ray Parks is finally logging in significant minutes and making nice contributions to the suddenly potent Mavs summer league team.

In his first three games, Parks looked liked he was struggling to adjust to the NBA style and pace. He actually had more fouls (3) and more turnovers (2) than points (1) or rebounds (1).

Against the Lakers, Parks seemed to settle down. Playing 15 minutes, he scored 3 points and had 1 rebound to go with 1 steal. More importantly, he had no turnovers.

And then, against the D-League selection, he finally started to look like the Bobby Ray Parks Filipino fans were familiar with. In 21 minutes of play, he scored 10 points, had 5 rebounds, 4 steals and again, no turnovers. Not  a bad performance at all.

NBA SUMMER LEAGUE: Bobby Ray Parks Takes HIs Shot

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It's been a long journey for Bobby Ray Parks and the end of the road is still nowhere in sight.

As of this writing, Parks had already played in his second Summer League, finally scoring a point and grabbing 1 rebound in almost 8 minutes of gametime.

Still, it was a big improvement over his first Summer League game, when he looked jittery en route to a 1 foul, 1 turnover game in just 3 minutes of play.

Of course, these stats don't really tell the entire story. Bobby Ray Parks is by no means a bust, if that word can be used on an undrafted rookie with lots of room to grow.