NBA Summer League Articles - Page 5

There was a strong reaction to the Portland Trail Blazers’ decision to select Yang Hansen with the 16th overall pick of the 2025 NBA Draft. Yang was projected by many to be selected in the second round, around the 40s range, but the Blazers shocked the world by selecting him around 30 selections earlier than […]

Alijah Martin created an incredible highlight during his NBA Summer League debut in Friday’s matchup between the Toronto Raptors and Chicago Bulls. Martin made his debut after the Raptors selected him 39th overall in the second round of the 2025 NBA Draft. He ended an marvelous collegiate career where he made two Final Four appearances […]

Friday was only the second day of NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, but there were already a few highlight worthy plays including a smooth windmill dunk from Matas Buzelis of the Chicago Bulls. The highlight reel plays continued at summer league with Washington Wizards rookie point guard Tre Johnson trying to get his own […]

Over the past couple of seasons, the Chicago Bulls have been a team that can’t quite seem to pick a direction in terms of whether they want to tank or make the playoffs. They’ve been a team stuck in the play-in. But the Bulls have some intriguing young players on the team such as Matas […]

The Detroit Pistons jumped off to an impressive start in the NBA Summer League by defeating the New York Knicks 104-86. Second-year forward Ron Holland stole the show with an outstanding performance to lead the Pistons to victory. Holland was engaged on both ends of the floor, finishing with 28 points and 11 rebounds. He […]

For the first time since being selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2024 NBA Draft, Ajay Mitchell and first-round pick Nikola Topic are competing alongside one another amid Summer League. After a 90-81 win against the Brooklyn Nets, Mitchell gave his initial impressions of sharing the floor with the Thunder’s 12th overall pick. […]

Despite spending most of the 2024-2025 college basketball season as a top-10 prospect, Kasparas Jakucionis fell to No. 20 in the 2025 NBA Draft. Though he looked shaky in the ensuing California Classic, the Miami Heat’s prized rookie showed out in the first half of the team’s NBA Las Vegas Summer League opener. After shooting […]

LAS VEGAS — Miles Kelly played a significant role in the Dallas Mavericks’ 87-85 Summer League victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night. Kelly scored 17 points and added four rebounds to go along with two assists and a steal. He was quite efficient, shooting 6-12 from the field and 3-8 from beyond […]

LAS VEGAS — Josh Broghamer is coaching the Dallas Mavericks’ Summer League team. Broghamer has received the opportunity to learn from Mavs’ regular season head coach Jason Kidd in recent seasons. Following Friday’s Summer League practice, Broghamer revealed Kidd’s message for Summer League. Mavericks Summer League head coach Josh Broghamer on Jason Kidd’s message for […]

The Orlando Magic dropped their NBA 2K26 Las Vegas Summer League opener in a narrow 84-81 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Thursday. Despite the outcome, rookie guard Jase Richardson delivered a promising debut and spoke candidly afterward about the challenges of adjusting to the professional game. Richardson, the No. 25 overall pick in the […]

With a few games under his belt, Oklahoma City Thunder prospect Nikola Topic is adapting to an NBA regimen, including back-to-back games, which is something he’s getting used to. Topic’s summer league debut with the Thunder started in Utah before heading over to Las Vegas for Thursday’s matchup against the Brooklyn Nets. Nikola turned in […]

With the Miami Heat going through NBA Summer League play, the head coach of the developmental team, Eric Glass, shares a few aspects with Erik Spoelstra. Tasked with improving Heat rookie Kasparas Jakucionis and other young, up-and-coming stars, Glass speaks about his uncanny resemblance to Spoelstra that goes beyond coaching ability and similar first names. […]

The pressure is on Dallas Mavericks No. 1 draft pick Cooper Flagg to perform at the highest level. On Thursday, fans got a glimpse of his potential in his NBA Summer League debut against the Los Angeles Lakers. Flagg finished the game with 10 points, six rebounds, four assists, and three steals as the Mavericks […]

The Brooklyn Nets appeared to have drafted their point guard of the future when they took Egor Demin with the No. 8 pick last month. However, the subsequent selections of point guards Nolan Traore and Ben Saraf left many draft observers scratching their heads. The group made its NBA Summer League debut on Thursday, a […]

As New Orleans Pelicans rookie Derik Queen wants redemption after what he considered to be a down performance, one who thought relatively the same was NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor. With Queen selected by the Pelicans in the 2025 NBA Draft with the 13th overall pick, his Summer League debut on Friday in the 98-91 loss […]

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Ajay Mitchell is having quite the summer. In his NBA Summer League debut, he scored 24 points and dished out six assists even as the Thunder lost 92-80 to the Memphis Grizzlies. In the next game, he scored 16 points as the Thunder defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 89-78. So one would […]

With Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg making his Summer League debut, it was no doubt a frustrating one for the No. 1 overall pick, who shot five of 21 from the field. While Flagg himself would be brutally honest about the Mavericks’ debut, the Summer League head coach took a more positive spin on the […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder picked up where they left off last season after winning their first assignment in the NBA Summer League on Thursday. The defending champions defeated the Brooklyn Nets, 90-81, behind the trio of Ajay Mitchell, Nikola Topic, and Chris Youngblood. Drew Timme, meanwhile, was a bright spot for the Nets, finishing with […]

In one of the most highly anticipated NBA Summer League games in recent memory, the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 87-85 on Thursday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. The matchup featured the much-hyped debut of No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg and a determined Bronny James, son of […]

Cooper Flagg has been the talk of the Dallas Mavericks since the night they selected him with the first overall pick. On Thursday, the anticipation finally turned into action when he made his Summer League debut against Bronny James and the Los Angeles Lakers. The crowd inside the Thomas & Mack Center was electric before […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have had success in recent seasons signing undrafted players to two-way contracts and  developing them into solid NBA rotation players. Two of the team’s most notable undrafted two-way players are Austin Reaves and Alex Caruso. Caruso has become a championship role player while Reaves is on the verge of borderline All-Star […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are under as much pressure as anyone this offseason, because if they fail to make marked progress in the Eastern Conference, Giannis Antetokounmpo could request a trade. Ergo, the organization must work feverishly to identify players who can aid its potential rise. Pricey free agents like Myles Turner are not the only […]

LAS VEGAS — Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Los Angeles Lakers by a final score of 87-85 to begin their Summer League on Thursday night. Flagg played fairly well, scoring 10 points to go along with six rebounds, four assists and three steals. He only shot 5-21 from the field and 0-5 […]

Just imagine if the San Antonio Spurs added another young player with a long wingspan, athleticism, and rim-protecting abilities to pair with their unicorn star Victor Wembanyama. Oh, yeah, that’s right. That’s exactly what the Spurs have done. The Spurs landed the rookie they were targeting after drafting Carter Bryant as the 14th overall pick […]

Kyrie Irving had nothing but positive things to say about Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks’ 87-85 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night. It marked Flagg’s debut in the Summer League in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Mavericks picked him first overall in the 2025 NBA Draft, viewing him as an incredible talent […]

Cooper Flagg didn’t disappoint in his much anticipated NBA Summer League debut. But he wasn’t the most dominating performer either inside the Thomas and Mack Center. That title belonged to a unheralded Mavericks player. One who grabbed the spotlight and handled the scoring load for Dallas. Bronny James of the Los Angeles Lakers helped headline […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will take the court for their opening game in Las Vegas for NBA Summer League on Thursday in a hyped-up matchup against No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks. The team finished 2-1 at the California Classic this past week, and as the Lakers summer league entry prepares for […]

LAS VEGAS — Cooper Flagg made his unofficial NBA debut on Thursday in a Summer League game featuring Flagg’s Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Lakers. Flagg ended up finishing the game with 10 points, four rebounds and two assists while shooting 5-21 from the field and 0-5 from beyond the arc, however, there is […]

Jason Kidd must wait until Nov. 1 to officially coach Cooper Flagg. But the Dallas Mavericks head coach got a glimpse of his prized first overall pick in Las Vegas. Kidd observed from the Thomas and Mack Center stands for Flagg’s NBA Summer League debut. The top pick entered a heavily hyped summer league battle […]

A showdown between Bronny James and Cooper Flagg is one for the future. One that commenced on Thursday in Salt Lake City as the Los Angeles Lakers took on the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Summer League.  Throughout the contest, flashes of what is expected this season shone through. Both James and Flagg went at […]

The opening of NBA Summer League in Las Vegas was set to start with a bang with a highly anticipated matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks. The game was being billed as a matchup between Bronny James and No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg. And as soon as the game began, Bronny James […]

Cooper Flagg wasted no time in attacking the rim in his NBA Summer League debut. Delivering an all-out sprint before throwing it down for the Dallas Mavericks. The top pick of the NBA Draft walked into the Thomas and Mack Center as the main attraction. Flagg even received an honest claim from one summer league […]

The Dallas Mavericks get their first real look at Cooper Flagg in their first summer league game. He and the Mavericks take on Bronny James and the Los Angeles Lakers in one of NBA Summer League’s marquee games. With tickets for Dallas’ first game in Las Vegas going for hundreds of dollars, the stars are […]

Nobody can take away the fact that the Oklahoma City Thunder are the NBA Champions. But for newcomer Erik Reynolds II, there’s one moment he would like to take away.  On Thursday, the 6’2 guard from St. Joseph’s University made quite the impression during an NBA Summer League game against the Brooklyn Nets. He scored […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves may have uncovered their next defensive star. On Thursday night, rookie Joan Beringer made an unforgettable NBA Summer League debut, tying the all-time record with seven blocks in a single game during the annual showcase. The No. 17 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft flashed elite timing, instincts, and athleticism—quickly cementing […]

While the headlines focus on the Miami Heat trading for Norman Powell from the Los Angeles Clippers, the team is currently going through the Summer League, led by their young players. Besides Heat rookie Kasparas Jakucionis working through some tough outings, others are looking to improve, such as Pelle Larsson and Keshad Johnson. Along with […]

As Rudy Gobert nears the end of his athletic prime, the Minnesota Timberwolves might already have another future Defensive Player of the Year on their roster. If his 2025 NBA Summer League performances are any indication, Timberwolves rookie Joan Beringer is ready to anchor the paint. Beringer started the game at center and immediately showed […]

Throughout this offseason, San Antonio Spurs fans have been buzzing after the 2025 NBA Draft. Just weeks ago, the Spurs took Rutgers star guard Dylan Harper with the No. 2 pick, a prospect drawing comparisons to Cade Cunningham and James Harden. Pairing Harper next to superstar big man Victor Wembanyama could be the future makings […]

After turning in a 28-10 double-double for the ages during his Utah Summer League debut, VJ Edgecombe has been unfortunately absent from action for the Philadelphia 76ers, leaving fans with a bummer summer waiting for his electrifying return. Unfortunately, those fans will have to wait at least one more game for that to happen, as […]