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Clemente Almanza

Mark Daigneault reveals who will coach Summer League for OKC Thunder

The Oklahoma City Thunder are days away from embarking into summer league. They will play at least seven games spanned over two weeks in Salt Lake City and Las Vegas from July 8-19.

This will be the first time the Thunder see rookies Dillon Jones and Ajay Mitchell suit up for them. Nikola Topic will be out for the event as he recovers from a partially torn ACL. The 18-year-old will miss all of next season.

Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault revealed after OKC’s rookie introductory presser that the two summer leagues will have two head coaches.

Kam Woods — the G League’s OKC Blue head coach — will coach the three Utah games. Daniel Dixon — a Blue assistant — will coach the four-plus Las Vegas games.

This shouldn’t be a shocker as the Thunder have previously used the two-head coach strategy in recent years. It gives multiple coaches a taste to man the sidelines.

Other summer league news includes that Cason Wallace is unlikely to participate in this year’s event. Chet Holmgren will also be in town to be in the summer league practices for OKC.

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