Cooper Flagg was the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft as anticipated, and the league is not losing any time placing a highlight on him for his first potential look on the courtroom with the Dallas Mavericks.
The NBA launched its 2025 summer league schedule on Friday, and a primetime matchup between the Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers that would pit Flagg in opposition to Bronny James is on faucet for the primary day of the NBA 2K26 Summer League. Flagg and Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said Thursday he’ll play for the Dallas summer season league group and NBA insider Marc Stein confirmed James is slated to play for the Lakers’ summer season league group for the second yr in a row.
If that weren’t sufficient, Flagg’s second summer season league sport with Dallas may very well be in opposition to the San Antonio Spurs and No. 2 overall pick Dylan Harper. The Mavericks’ third sport will likely be in opposition to the Charlotte Hornets, the place Flagg may go in opposition to former Duke teammate and No. 4 total decide Kon Knueppel.
There are 88 summer season league video games on the docket in all throughout July, with 76 scheduled for Las Vegas starting Thursday, July 10 and operating by the 2025 NBA 2K26 championship sport on Sunday, July 20. There are additionally six video games apiece set for smaller occasions in San Francisco and Salt Lake Metropolis previous to that.
Here is a take a look at the entire NBA summer season league schedule, together with how you can watch each sport:
The NBA’s summer season league schedule formally begins on Saturday, July 5 with the beginning of the California Traditional SL in San Francisco and the Salt Lake Metropolis Summer season League in Utah. Each occasions characteristic 4 groups apiece and finish on July 8.
NBA summer season league video games then start in full with the beginning of the NBA 2K26 Summer season League in Las Vegas on Thursday, July 10 by which all 30 groups take part. The championship sport is slated for Sunday, July 20, with a number of video games scheduled at Thomas & Mack Middle and Cox Pavilion day by day in between.
The three occasions that make up the NBA’s summer season league schedule this yr ‒ the California Traditional SL, the Salt Lake Metropolis Summer season League and the extra well-known NBA 2K26 Summer season League ‒ will likely be broadcast nationally by ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and NBA TV. Video games can be stay streamed with ESPN+ and Fubo.
All video games performed at Chase Middle in San Francisco; all instances Japanese
Saturday, July 5
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Tuesday, July 8
All video games performed at Jon M. Huntsman Middle in Salt Lake Metropolis; all instances Japanese
Saturday, July 5
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All video games performed at both Thomas & Mack Middle or Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas; all instances Japanese
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*sport performed at Thomas & Mack Middle^sport performed at Cox Pavilion