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League in Las Vegas has become more than just basketball. Alongside the games, the Summer League Film Festival showcased 34 film projects by current and former NBA stars.
LAS VEGAS — Rookie Kon Knueppel’s team-high 21 points and a lightning-fast start helped fuel the Charlotte Hornets to a hard-fought 83-78 win over the Sacramento Kings in the NBA 2K26 Summer League championship game at Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas on Sunday night.
League is over. The Hornets won the popular and essential summer league event with an 83-78 victory against the Kings.
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USA TODAY College Sports Wire on MSNFormer Colorado star KJ Simpson wins NBA Summer League title with the Charlotte HornetsFormer Colorado basketball star point guard KJ Simpson wrapped up his second NBA Summer League with a title over a fellow former Buff.
Las Vegas Summer League has become sort of the opposite: Player movement comes to a halt aside from a few restricted free-agency situations playing out, the best young players only take the court for a couple of games (if that), and the entire league unwinds from a long year.
Kon Knueppel, the fourth pick in this year's NBA draft, scored 21 points, and Charlotte held off a Sacramento rally to beat the Kings 83-78 on Sunday for the Hornets' first summer league title.
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Rockets Wire on MSNThe Ringer lists Houston’s Reed Sheppard among summer-league standoutsSecond-year Rockets guard Reed Sheppard wasn’t very efficient at summer league, but he still managed to turn heads, per Michael Pina of The Ringer.
NBA's Las Vegas Summer League is almost in the books. The nearly two-week event has showcased some of the top rookies from the 2025 draft class, second-year players and NBA hopefu