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The number of rooks spotlighted for each team will vary. Every first-round pick who suited up will receive a grade. Second-rounders will be prioritized for teams without a top-30 selection. For squads without any drafted rookies whatsoever, we'll default to the newbie who is either most intriguing, played the most or both.
You almost couldn’t turn on a summer league game without coming across a former state college basketball player, as UConn and Yale combined to have 10 former players competing in Las Vegas.
Here are some takeaways from Philadelphia 76ers big man Dominick Barlow in his brief appearance in the summer league.
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Rockets Wire on MSN2025 NBA summer league: Final Houston Rockets statistics in Las VegasWith Reed Sheppard, Kennedy Chandler, Kevon Harris, and Adonis Arms in featured roles, Houston’s run at the NBA’s 2025 summer league is now complete.
Still without tangible hope for a team of its own, Las Vegas bid one of its annual farewells to the NBA on Sunday as the Charlotte Hornets beat the Sacramento Kings for the Summer League title. It was the seventh straight year that all 30 teams played in Las Vegas,
Although the Magic lost all five summer league exhibitions they played in Las Vegas, coach Ameer Bahhur still had plenty to like from what he saw throughout the team’s 10 days out west. In fact, Orlando lost to three of the four teams that reached the tournament semifinals — two of which it fell to by a combined 6 points (Raptors and Kings).
The Warriors had, arguably, the least-heralded Summer League roster. Second-year center Quinten Post did not play, and there were no ballyhooed prospects on a roster populated by NBA hopefuls, benchwarmers and future all-stars in Puerto Rico’s Baloncesto Superior Nacional.
The bracket is set for the NBA's Las Vegas Summer League playoffs. The four-team tournament begins with the semifinals on Saturday and ends with the championship game on Sunday. Among the competitors is the second-seeded OKC Thunder.
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.
Here are some thoughts on the Philadelphia 76ers following their summer league finale win over the Brooklyn Nets in Las Vegas.
Despite not being drafted as an Oklahoma State Cowboy, Javon Small will always be remembered and recognized for his efforts in Stillwater. The former Cowboys guard recently finished up his first NBA Summer League mini-camp after being drafted to the Memphis Grizzlies this past June.
Now that summer league is concluding and the NBA officially begins its dark period, the stars from Las Vegas must be acknowledged because some unexpected players made big splashes.