AMA: 2x NBA All-Star Carlos Boozer will be answering your questions from NBA Summer League in Las Vegas on Monday, July 13 at 9:30 PM ET
If Paul George, Chris Paul, LeBron James and James Harden had ever teamed up, their first and last names on the team sheet would read out their full names.
After Embolo’s red card vs Argentina, should the NBA start punishing flopping this harshly?
2nd highest paid 76er is introduced to teammates at Summer League Vegas
Drake Powell in four Summer League games: 11 PTS, 1-28 FG, 0-14 3PT. He is on pace for worst Summer League performance in NBA history
[Nate Duncan] Gary Trent getting 4/$64 after the year he just had is obvious circumvention and should be punished by the league. This would fall under the provision that there is no possible explanation other than circumvention.
Back in 2000, The NBA punished the Timberwolves and forfeited 5 of their first round picks (2 were later returned), fined them 3.5 million, their owner suspended, and their GM was forced to take a leave of absence after the Wolves were found to have circumvented the cap for Joe Smith.
A Reddit Post From 7 Years Ago Debating: “What point guard would you want to start a franchise with between Trae, Shai, and Ja Morant?”
[2014] Dion Waiters and Tim Hardaway Jr. ridiculous back and forth battle in Rising Stars game
[Vecenie] For two months now, I’ve gotten asked by league sources not connected to the Bucks or Klutch (Trent’s agency) if I’d heard that the Bucks were going to give Gary Trent Jr. something in the ballpark of the full MLE and my response was typically something along the lines of “No way”.
[Charania] Free agent guard Gary Trent Jr. has agreed to a four-year, $64 million deal to stay with the Milwaukee Bucks, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul and agent Lucas Newton tells ESPN.
Heading into the 2026-2027 season SGA is the 39th highest paid player. For the 2027-2028 season he will jump to the 2nd highest paid in the league.
What’s the argument against giving teams an unlimited number of challenges until they get one wrong?
Loud ‘We want Robbie (Avila)’ chants in Las Vegas.
Fans with the famous Wilt Chamberlain photo holding a paper written ‘100’ (points) on it, except his head is replaced with Robbie, and it says ‘Got milk?’ instead of ‘100’.
Ja Morant about what he learned from his new teammates: “They ragebait a lot. They ragebait a lot, for sure.”
Tyler Herro: “If you take away Twitter, I’ve never gotten hate in the city ever. I’ve been in Miami seven years. Every time I go out in public, people ask me for pictures. They’re cool to me. No one’s ever hated on me in the city that I’ve witnessed or been a part of.”
The announcer Brian Sieman tells a story about how there used to be unlimited fouls in Summer League games until Channing Frye had 30 fouls in a 40-minute game one time, so they had to change the rules.
Robbie Avila fans start booing once they realize he isn’t getting subbed in
Imagine the NBA with North Korean rules. It would be crazy.
[Vorkunov] Gary Trent Jr. had one of his worst seasons last year (single-digit PPG for the first time since 2019-20 + his MPG have dipped over 4 straight seasons). DARKO career arc is something. Very curious he gets $64 million guaranteed in an offseason when guaranteed money is hard to get.
Yesterday was the 12-year anniversary of LeBron’s Sports Illustrated essay where he wrote, “I always believed that I’d return to Cleveland and finish my career there.” He has now played longer since writing that than he had before it.
More than 22% of the MIL Bucks 26-27 Salary Cap will be spent on Gary Trent Jr. and waived Dame Lillard
[OC] Hand Picking Stats to Prove De’Aaron Fox is the G.O.A.T.
I am unironically a big fan of the CBA
[Iko] Yahoo Sports learned that both the Heat and Bucks routinely reside at Resorts World during Summer League, and Adebayo shoved Herro in the face before swinging and striking him in the head.
[Highlight] Arthur Kaluma hits the logo 3-pointer off the ball fake to give him 34 points in the game! His 6th triple of the night
[Highlight] Arthur Kaluma scores a team-high 34 points (11⁄16 FG, 6⁄10 3PT) along with 5 rebounds for the Lakers in their 91-70 victory over the Mavericks at Vegas Summer League.
Head of NBPA: “We are not fans of the second apron. We should have done a better job of fighting back against the second apron. In the future, we will do a better job of fighting back. We’re seeing it decimate teams. We see that as a problem for our members, but also for the fans and for the game.”
[Joshua Robbins] The Wizards envision Trae Young playing off ball to allow AJ Dybantsa and Kyshawn George to handle guard duties.
Kevin Love is Furious About NBA Second Apron Situation Around OKC: “You’re telling me OKC can’t keep these 3 together because of these aprons? That’s bullshit. Sam Presti the greatest, all these things he’s done are handcuffed because of these fucking aprons?”
[Highlight] William Kyle III fires off a kamehameha
[Highlight] The referee Simone Jelks explains mic’d up Kobe Bufkin when it is a foul. Including a replay of the play.
Ja Morant says his “bad guy” image is a misconception: “I’ve done what I’ve done in the past, but it’s been addressed and handled already. I don’t see why years later that’s still the topic when nothing’s happened since.”
JA Morant Calls His New Blazers Teammates Rage Baiters: “They ragebait a lot. They ragebait a lot for sure… Deni (Avjida) definitely number 1, but he for sure like ragebait people to try to make you respond, or get you mad, so when we have to play or something… You have an edge already”
Reporter asks Ja Morant: “Were you offered #12 (jersey)?”
Ja Morant: “Uh yeah, at first, but then, you know, with talks through, the org had other plans for it, so I honored it.”
Gary Trent Jr was in the 9th percentile of impact this year, according to advanced metric EPM
How many NBA bigs were both elite lob threats and great post scorers?
[Highlights] Arthur Kaluma full highlights vs. Dallas Mavericks (91-70 W) - Las Vegas Summer League:
34 Points on 11⁄16 FG (68.8%), 6⁄10 from 3 (60.0%), 3⁄3 FT, 5 Rebounds, 5 TOV, 2 PF, and a +/- of +13 in 30:29 minutes played.
[Weiss] Incoming NBPA executive director David Kelly: “[The CBA] should not put a player in a position where he has to carry the burden in order to keep a team together. A system that does that, we have a problem.”
[Scotto] The Milwaukee Bucks and Gary Trent Jr. have agreed to a four-year, $64 million deal, league sources confirm. The deal is fully guaranteed with no options, I’m told. Klutch Sports Group CEO Rich Paul and agent Lucas Newton worked with Bucks officials on the deal.
[Highlight] Arthur Kaluma hits his 5th triple to give him 31 points
[Highlight] Yuki Kawamura hits the step back 3 over Dante Maddox Jr. to get the crowd buzzing (with a replay).
Jay Huff is doing a sort of an air guitar celebration
[Highlights] Yuki Kawamura full FOOTAGE vs. Philadelphia 76ers last night (100-93 L in OT) - Las Vegas Summer League:
12 Points on 2⁄4 FG, 1⁄2 from 3, 4⁄5 FT (80.0%), 3 Rebounds, 3 Assists (2 TOV), 2 PF, and a +/- of +4 in 19:01 minutes played off the bench
[Highlight] The Rockets go for the Hack-A-Sharp tactic against 7’5” Jamarion Sharp in the 4th quarter, who is less than 50% from the line for his career. Sharp does well. The game ends with 61 fouls (in 40 minutes) - 31 for the Rockets, 30 for the Raptors.
[Lowlight] -“Kawamura, he is feeling it.”
Kawamura with a flashy pass that does not reach target
Francisco Elson on Kevin Garnett: “That’s a cheap shot by a low-class type player. You don’t do that. That’s gay on his part. I told him that he was gay, too, for touching me in my private parts.”
[Highlight] Adou Thiero with the alley-oop dunk off a lob by Chris Mañon, and then he takes the charge from John Poulakidas at the other end (with replays)
“There have been two significant salary cap circumvention controversies in the NHL and the NBA before. Neither of those incidents involved a trade, changing the dynamic of any possible punishment doled out by the NBA or another professional sports league faced with a similar situation.”
Will the penalties for the Clippers be as harsh as the Timberwolves were in 2000?