Winners emerged from two competitive semifinals Sunday to earn their spots in Monday’s NBA Summer League title game at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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Amid the NBA Summer League and WNBA All-Star Game, 40 top youth basketball players, including Centennial’s Nation Williams, participated in the Jr. NBA Showcase.
Golden State’s Lester Quinones and Milwaukee’s Chris Livingston shined in defeat, and the Final Four of the NBA Summer League is locked in for Sunday.
Former Liberty High star Julian Strawther became the seventh Las Vegas native to be an NBA first-round draft pick, selected by the NBA champion Denver Nuggets.
Denver forward Hunter Tyson had a nearly perfect shooting first half as he led the Nuggets to a blowout win in an NBA Finals rematch against the Miami Heat.
Brandon Miller has played in the most Summer League games (five) of any of the top five picks in this year’s draft, and he is seeing the benefits of that extra time.
After playing in three games in the Summer League and two at the California Classic, the Charlotte Hornets decided they have seen enough of Brandon Miller.
In the their second NBA Summer Leagues, David Duke Jr. and Trevor Hudgins made the most of their opportunities for Brooklyn and Houston, respectively.
Dallas Mavericks guard Jaden Hardy, a former Coronado standout, was one of the shining stars on the second day of the NBA Summer League.
Victor Wembanyama, touted as the best NBA prospect since LeBron James, makes his Summer League debut Friday with the San Antonio Spurs.
From No. 1 overall pick Paolo Banchero to a return to normalcy, here are 10 things that stood out in the NBA Summer League, which concluded Sunday at UNLV.
Jaden Hardy fell to the second round of the draft, but the guard averaged 15 points in the NBA Summer League for the Dallas Mavericks, who are excited about his potential.
Many former Division I basketball players head overseas to continue their basketball journeys. Some are getting their first taste of summer league this year in hopes of making the NBA.
As part of the NBA’s initiative to shed a light on HBCUs, it hosted a showcase of 30 HBCU alum to play in front of scouts during NBA Summer League.
NBA Summer League is not just for players to prove themselves as NBA talent, but the league’s newly hired G League referees are getting that same opportunity.