The rookie center impressed again as Portland improved to 2-1 in summer league play. Rayan Rupert led all scorers with 24 points.

Fellow Aussie Lachy Olbrich, the Illawarra Hawks NBL champion selected with pick No.55 in this year’s draft, had the best seat in the house to the nasty dunk, trailing behind Furphy as he yammed it on his teammate’s noggin’.

Joining him is Nikola Đurišić (Djurisic), the second-year guard/wing who spent the majority of last season with the College Park Skyhawks after suffering a left foot fracture in last year’s summer league. Asa Newell, this year’s first-round pick, and brother of Jalen Johnson, Kobe Johnson, also make the roster.

Washington Wizards' second overall pick from the 2024 NBA Draft Alex Sarr set an NBA Summer League record led by his defensive dominance.

It's just one Summer League game, and Yang Hansen still has a long way to go to prove he can hang in an NBA rotation — let alone live up to the starry-eyed expectations of some Trail Blazers fans — but his Summer League debut went as well as could be hoped.

After an underwhelming start to summer league, Ware was far more aggressive, active and engaged, hitting a hook shot on Miami’s first possession en route to an 11-point first quarter that also included an alley-oop dunk (from Javonte Cooke), a three-pointer, two blocks and a steal.

The 21-year-old Đurišić played 32 games with the College Park Skyhawks in the 2024-25 G League season and averaged 10.5 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.5 assists. He was the No. 43 overall pick in the 2024 NBA draft, and the Hawks acquired his rights in June 2024 in a three-way trade with Miami and Houston.

Despite Mazzulla's comment, Walsh acknowledged that getting a second technical foul so quickly after the first was a "dumb decision." The post Joe Mazzulla had a humorous reaction to Jordan Walsh’s Summer League ejection appeared first on Boston.

Anthony Edwards showed up to watch the Timberwolves at Cox Pavilion, leading to an amusing exchange about the Nuggets.

NBA Summer League is underway and there's a sizable Australian and Kiwi contingent set to compete. Here are all the players, and what the state of play is regarding those who have the best shot at finding a spot on NBA rosters.