[Game Thread] Memphis Grizzlies vs. Golden State Warriors - 2026 NBA Las Vegas Summer League Championship Game. Boozer vs. Yaxel.
REPORT: LeBron James does NOT care about holding up the NBA’s 2026-27 schedule, & he will make the league wait as long as he needs to decide on his free-agency decision, according to Brian Windhorst of ESPN.
Gilbert Arenas reads a comment on his live saying he isn’t a top 10 point guard all time
[Patrick Beverley] Rumor has it LeBron makes his decision today
How basketball was played in the 1930s
Trae Young: “I know angles. I know how to score from every level. I feel I’m just smarter than 95% of the league. If I was blessed enough to be 6’8” the world would look at me even more different. That was God humbling me. He made me 6’2” and I’m still able to do what I do at a high level.”
[Woike] Jonathan Kuminga momentum has “stalled” with sides far apart on terms and Lakers not motivated to put significant draft capital into sign-and-trades. Cavs are also connected to Kuminga. Lakers still monitoring market for big men.
In 2014, LeBron James praised UConn guard Shabazz Napier and advocated for the Heat to draft him. The Heat traded up to do so, but LeBron left for Cleveland anyway. Napier averaged 5ppg in one season with Miami before being salary dumped to Orlando
[Martinez] Thunder GM Sam Presti on the Dort trade: “This was a financial decision. The impression I have been given is that the savings generated this summer, and from being out of the tax the last several years, will be re-allocated to future teams.”
Cam Boozer on why he played eight games of summer league: “It’s why I love the game—for games like this, where it’s high-intensity, it’s back-and-forth, and you’re competing against great players.”
Jordan Clarkson got kicked out of a club after attempting to de-escalate a fight between Travis Scott and another clubgoer.
Caron Butler shared a story about protecting Giannis from a shooting incident
[Stein] “I’m told that the Lakers were emboldened to go to such lengths to acquire Kessler in large part because they acquired Luka Doncic on such favorable terms. The trade assets preserved in that heist, helped nudge them to a place where they believed they could withstand spending big on Kessler”
How Every NBA Team Could Realistically Win the 2027 NBA Championship
[Quick] The difference in opinion is widening between the Blazers and the city of Portland as the NBA team’s new ownership looks for public funding to renovate the arena. A fanbase waits and worries, wondering whether the business of basketball will lead to no NBA basketball in Portland in 2031.
Since 2016, there have been 10 teams that have produced 5+ different All-Stars. The Utah Jazz are the only ones to have not made the NBA Finals from that group.
[Highlight] Tony Allen continues to play lockdown defense even in retirement after Rashad McCants makes a baffling claim.
Tim Hardaway Jr. on almost dunking on LeBron: “Man if I was like 3 years younger.” LeBron: “What if I was three years younger though?”
Yaxel on double-digit comeback against the Grizzlies: “Man, their butts got tight. They puckered up, you know what I mean? Some of us are built for the moment and some aren’t.”
[Charania] BREAKING: The Oklahoma City Thunder trading All-Defensive wing Lu Dort to the Atlanta Hawks in a three-team deal that sends three second-round picks to OKC, former No. 1 pick Zaccharie Risacher to the Dallas Mavericks and Ryan Nembhard to Atlanta, sources tell ESPN.
Wemby Has Been Spotted At The World Cup Finals
Kyrie waves off Morris and tells him to guard Middleton in the corner so Kyrie can guard MVP Giannis 1 on 1
[All-Access] On the Court with the Summer League Champion Warriors as Yaxel Lendeborg wins the NBA Summer League Championship MVP.
[OC] Does being named Trey mean you can shoot threes?
THE GOLDEN STATES WARRIORS IS THE 2026 SUMMER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
[5 Year Anniversary] Giannis LEGENDARY 50 PTS & 5 BLKS in MASTERFUL Close Out Performance 🤯
What is the NBA equivalent moral victory of Belgium scoring the only goal against Spain in the entire world cup?
Yaxel Lendeborg leads the Warriors to win the summer league with a double double: 21 PTS (9⁄18 FG), 10 REB, 2 AST, 2 STL, +7
There’s only 1 year in NBA history where 2 players from the same team were both top 3 in mvp voting
Former NBA player criticizes Hawks selection of Zaccharie Risacher with the #1 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft
Best True Shooting Percentages (TS%) in NBA History
[Gozlan] There are zero teams projected to be in the second apron this season.
This would be the first time it’s happened since the second apron has been implemented.
As far as peaks since 2020 where does Joel Embiid(2021-2024) rank?
A zoom in on the 2026 NBA Las Vegas Summer League Trophy and the Championship Rings, who spin inside their boxes.
Scottie Pippen - 1994 All-star game MVP
Draymond Green on his role if LeBron joins the Warriors: “The offense would be ran around Bron, I’d become PJ Tucker. Greatest corner 3pt shooter ever.”
[OC] Which U.S. President could field the best NBA team (based on players that were drafted during his time in office?)
Yaxel Lendeborg recieves receives a trophy for being the MVP of the 2026 Summer League Championship game!
Including an interview with Yaxel.
The Warriors players start getting their championship rings.
Montrezl Harrell breaks BIG3 single-game scoring record with 42-point outing
What’s the most dominant season that somehow gets overlooked today?
If every franchise could bring back one player in his prime, which team improves the most—not the best player, just the biggest improvement?
“I don’t know. I really don’t,” Riley said when asked what he expects James to decide in free agency this summer […] And so I’m not calling [agent Rich Paul] every day and bugging him. He’ll make a decision.”
[Stein] Progress has been modest to this point in negotiations between the Pistons and Duren, according to sources briefed on the discussions. Sources say that the Pistons also continue to brush aside any sign-and-trade scenarios and have consistently described re-signing Duren as the top priority.
Thunder’s Rotation after losing Isaiah, Dort,Wiggins. Starters: SGA, Cason, J Dub, Chet, Hartenstein. Bench: Ajay, McCain,Caruso, Kenrich, Jaylin, Aday, Stirtz.
The Golden State Warriors receive the 2026 NBA Las Vegas Summer League Championship Trophy
Dallas’s forward depth now: Cooper Flagg, PJ Washington, Morez Johnson Jr., Zacharie Risacher, Santi Aldama, Naji Marshall, Klay Thompson, and Caleb Martin.
The last time that Spain won the World Cup, LeBron James joined the Miami Heat. Is the 2nd time a charm?
Bronny James top bins at Fanatics Fest 🔥
Risacher is the second player in the top 10 of the 2024 draft and the first in the top 5 to be traded