The NBA Summer League begins astatine 7 p.m. Friday successful San Francisco, and the lawsuit volition springiness teams an accidental to spot their draught picks and supply much chances for playing clip for different younger players. It besides gives players an accidental to get into the league and gain a contract.
San Francisco is 1 of 4 sites for the Summer League alongside Las Vegas, Nevada, Sacramento, California, and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Eight players who finished their assemblage careers with the Arkansas men’s basketball squad person been announced connected Summer League rosters.
Each of the 3 Razorbacks selected successful this year’s NBA Draft — Darius Acuff with the Sacramento Kings, Meleek Thomas with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Trevon Brazile with the Denver Nuggets — volition play successful the Summer League. There is simply a accidental that Acuff lone plays successful the aboriginal games to debar wounded risk, fixed Sacramento utilized the No. 7 prime for him and views him arsenic a franchise cornerstone.
Adou Thiero, who was selected successful the 2nd circular of past year’s draught by the Los Angeles Lakers, is acceptable to play successful the Summer League. Though Thiero was injured and did not play past summer, helium appeared successful 25 games and averaged 1.9 points and 1.1 rebounds for the Lakers this season.
Johnell Davis was an undrafted escaped cause pursuing his lone play successful Fayetteville and played for the G League’s Osceola Magic past season. He is acceptable to play for the Orlando Magic’s Summer League squad this summer.
Davis volition beryllium Summer League teammates with Ricky Council and Au’Diese Toney, who played this past play with the G League’s Rio Grande Valley Vipers and Noblesville Boom, respectively.
Jonas Aidoo volition play successful the Summer League for the Utah Jazz. He played for the Greensboro Swarm successful the G League this past season, wherever helium was a contributor for the G League champions.
The Charlotte Hornets won the 2025 NBA Summer League rubric and followed it with a productive regular play for a young roster. Charlotte finished successful ninth spot successful the Eastern Conference and fell to the Magic successful the Play-In Tournament for the playoffs.
Kon Knueppel, who was a first-round draught prime retired of Duke and finished 2nd spot successful the Rookie of the Year ballot to Blue Devils teammate Cooper Flagg of the Dallas Mavericks, won Summer League MVP.
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