After Sunday night’s final, the 2026 edition of NBA Summer League in Las Vegas is over and done with. It was an entertaining stretch of exhibition basketball in the desert featuring stars both young and old shining under the hot Nevada sun. We should all savor it, as it’s the last dose of anything resembling NBA basketball until the new season starts in the fall.
This year’s Summer League garnered some extra attention due to the lauded 2026 draft class that took the floor for the first time as professionals. After all the months of debate surrounding top prospects like AJ Dybantsa and Cameron Boozer, it was gratifying to see them in action against one another and the rest of the NBA hopefuls that dot Summer League rosters—particularly because all those top prospects played quite well.
