The Denver Nuggets defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 106-84 in the NBA 2K26 Summer League at Thomas & Mack Center on Friday.

Fears, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft, netted 22 points for the New Orleans Pelicans in Las Vegas. Cody Williams, the 10th overall selection in 2024, also shined with 26 points for the Utah Jazz. Jeremiah Fears ended his Summer League slate on a high with 22 points in a defeat to the Indiana Pacers.

Former OKC Thunder forward Darius Bazley suffered a "heartbreaking" injury with the Los Angeles Lakers in Las Vegas Summer League.

LAS VEGAS – Mark Armstrong and Judah Mintz combined for 43 points while Philadelphia forced 20 turnovers to fuel the 76ers’ 87-83 comeback win over the Brooklyn Nets in an NBA 2K26 Summer League consolation game at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on Friday.

As we near the end of NBA 2K26 Summer League in Las Vegas, we have some sense of which players drafted outside the lottery may return positive value.

At Duke, Flagg averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists and earned ACC Player of the Year honors while leading the Blue Devils to the Final Four. He also won the Wooden and Naismith Player of the Year awards and was an All-American.

Nae’Qwan Tomlin's impressive Summer League performance might be earning him a spot in the Cavs’ regular-season rotation.

While Flagg looked good with the ball in his hands, he looked better playing off it, and that will be more of his role in Dallas where D’Angelo Russell in the short term and Kyrie Irving long term (once healthy), not to mention Anthony Davis, will facilitate the offense most of the time.

Golden State rookie Taran Armstrong did not play last season, but the rookie still learned a thing or two from Steph Curry and the Warrior vets

Baltimore native and former Terps basketball star Derik Queen will miss extended time to start his NBA career because of a wrist injury.

That bad, bad dude is Nikola Jokic's oldest brother Strahinja, a former professional basketball player in his own right and now a certifiable bad-a** that has been known to throw down, which is even scarier given he also has a background in mixed martial arts.