NBA Summer League 2026

[Goldstar88]

Not a great first half for Reed Jr. 4pts/4rebs 1-6 from the field.

[Goldstar88]

Lendeborg for Golden State is looking good. Nice shooting stroke. Looks like he can play both Forward positions.

[Who]

Barry Jackson: Heat summer league coach Wayne Ellington told us in the postgame briefing just now that Conwell's most NBA ready skill is his shooting: "He's got a natural shooting ability and that's something you can't teach." He said Conwell handled better than he expected. 21 points & several nice passes tonight, as he played both on and off the ball.

Sounds interesting. 6-4 guard they took early in 2nd round. I was shocked to see he played for 4 different colleges in 4 years though. South Florida to Indiana State to Xavier to Louisville.

I wonder if he can be a Jodie Meeks type player for the Miami Heet. Meeks from Kentucky with the 41st pick. Conwell from Louisville with the 36th pick. Meeks went red hot his junior year though lifting his scoring from 15ppg to 27ppg. Conwell was 18.8ppg as a senior.

[Goldstar88]

Darryn Peterson is a scoring machine. 11-21 from the field, 4-7 from 3pt. He had 28pts in 27 mins.

[Who]

Darryn Peterson is a scoring machine. 11-21 from the field, 4-7 from 3pt. He had 28pts in 27 mins.

ESPN put up his highlights for those interested to see

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUx3NoMBsKI

[Goldstar88]

Acuff Jr reminds me of Keyonte George when he first came into the league. Just a tad shorter and not quite as quick. He is going to be a good player.

[Goldstar88]

Watched the Memphis/OKC replay on Prime. Cam Boozer looks like a SF out there. High BBIQ, but very average athletically. He finished with 15pts/4rebs/4ast in 24 mins. I?m sure he will be a solid player, but I don?t see a star.

Mara looked average. He really is not a good rebounder. Was getting pushed around. He finished with 10pts/3rebs/4ast in 22mins.

[ozgod]

Darryn Peterson is a scoring machine. 11-21 from the field, 4-7 from 3pt. He had 28pts in 27 mins.

And he was a -1 for the game, compared to Ace Bailey who scored 10 pts and was a +10?Darryn?s 8 turnovers to 2 assists might?ve had something to do with it 

I think he decided early he was going to shoot it every time he got the ball, probably determined to prove that he deserved to go number one

[Who]

Dave McMenamin

LAL improves to 1-1 at the California Classic summer league with Sunday's 93-91 sudden-death OT win vs MIA. Another strong showing for rookie Cameron Carr: 26 pts on 7-for-16 shooting (4-for-9 from 3), 8 reb in 33 mins. Thiero 13 pts, 3 stl. Ma?on 12 pts, 3 ast, 2 stl.

I am keeping an eye out for Cameron Carr. Legler was a big fan.

His debut was

In his unofficial NBA debut, the first-round draft pick flashed the type of three-point shooting that could turn him into a valuable player for the Lakers, scoring 19 points on seven-for-15 shooting with five made three-pointers in their 104-72 summer league loss to the Golden State Warriors on Friday night.

ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla estimated that Carr could be the best athlete out of the entire draft class.

His 7-foot wingspan was the best among guards at the NBA combine, and his 38-inch standing vertical and 10.46-second lane agility test ranked first for his position.

The length and athleticism make Carr the type of rookie who could make an immediate impact on defense, Lakers summer league coach Ty Abbott said.

"He's got an ability to read the game," Abbott said. "He's not out there and completely lost. He kind of understands, and if he does make a mistake, he recognizes it pretty early. ... So for him, it'll just be about probably adding some strength, maybe some weight, and then just getting the reps. ... You just got to go out there and do it. There's no better way to learn how to guard good players than to guard good players."

Sounds encouraging.

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I was interested about Chris Manon when I heard he won the G-League defensive player of the year. I was wondering if he would step up the Lakers main team. I looked at his stats and he is a guard who struggles to make jump-shots. So he will probably stay where he is. Too much of a one-way player.