NBA Summer League, Lakers and Nuggets
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Nae’Qwan Tomlin's impressive Summer League performance might be earning him a spot in the Cavs’ regular-season rotation.
Fears, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft, netted 22 points for the New Orleans Pelicans in Las Vegas. Cody Williams, the 10th overall selection in 2024, also shined with 26 points for the Utah Jazz. Jeremiah Fears ended his Summer League slate on a high with 22 points in a defeat to the Indiana Pacers.
A fter a down year for the 2024 NBA rookie class, during which second-rounder Bronny James was the most anticipated draft pick to play in the NBA summer league in Las Vegas, the excitement was back earlier this month as No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg and other top selections from the touted 2025 class took the court with their new teams.
Former OKC Thunder forward Darius Bazley suffered a "heartbreaking" injury with the Los Angeles Lakers in Las Vegas Summer League.
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While Flagg looked good with the ball in his hands, he looked better playing off it, and that will be more of his role in Dallas where D’Angelo Russell in the short term and Kyrie Irving long term (once healthy), not to mention Anthony Davis, will facilitate the offense most of the time.
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Golden State rookie Taran Armstrong did not play last season, but the rookie still learned a thing or two from Steph Curry and the Warrior vets
When the schedule was announced for the 2025 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, all 30 NBA teams knew the when and where of their first four game
Baltimore native and former Terps basketball star Derik Queen will miss extended time to start his NBA career because of a wrist injury.
Chris Manon led the Warriors with 14 points and nine rebounds, while Toronto’s first-round pick Collin Murray-Boyles led the Raptos with 20 points. Golden State will play a fifth and final Summer League game against the Cavaliers on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.
That bad, bad dude is Nikola Jokic's oldest brother Strahinja, a former professional basketball player in his own right and now a certifiable bad-a** that has been known to throw down, which is even scarier given he also has a background in mixed martial arts.