The most anticipated on-court event on the summer basketball calendar begins Thursday as the Las Vegas Summer League gets started with a seven-game slate. The headlining matchup of the multi-week event from Sin City will feature No.

Former Rutgers University Scarlet Knights combo guard Dylan Harper, the first of the San Antonio Spurs' two lottery picks in the 2025 NBA draft, sat out what would have been his Las Vegas Summer League debut Thursday — an eventual 111-70 blowout of the Philadelphia 76ers — with a groin injury.

The best of them was French point guard Nolan Traore, who looked like a guy who has played against men before (he played professionally in France last year) and was comfortable, finishing with 13 points on 3-of-5 shooting and getting to the line six times. It was a promising start.

Nate Williams and Reed Sheppard are the only players on the Rockets' roster playing in summer league. Williams isn't sweating his non-guaranteed contract.

No. 3 pick V.J. Edgecombe and No. 2 pick Dylan Harper expected to face off at Thomas & Mack Center at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Basketball is anything but out for summer for the New York Knicks. With a new head coach and a couple of veterans added to their ledgers, the Knicks are set to

Hugo Gonzalez turned some heads in Las Vegas this weekend with a strong debut for the Celtics in their Summer League opening matchup against the Grizzlies. It was unclear whether Gonzalez would suit up and play for Boston in Summer League after the team drafted him at No.

Cooper Flagg, the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, will be back in action as the Mavericks take on the Spurs Saturday. How to watch the action.