The NBA season opens this week with 11 former UNC players on opening night rosters. Among them are four starters, two backups, two players on new teams, and two rookies. Three others who were waived are expected to play in the G League.
Category: NBA
Lakers waive Davis, who likely will play for their G League team
RJ Davis was one of four players the Los Angeles Lakers waived on Saturday, but is expected to join the South Bay Lakers, the team’s G League affiliate.
RJ Davis has productive preseason debut with the Lakers
RJ Davis had a productive preseason debut for the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. In the Lakers’ 103–81 loss to the Phoenix Suns at the Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, Calif., he put up the team’s second-highest point total with 14 points, only surpassed by the 20 points from expected starter Austin Reaves.
Mile High expectations: Nuggets bet on Johnson after big offseason trade
Cameron Johnson isn’t looking back. After a summer trade that sent him from the Brooklyn Nets to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Michael Porter Jr. and a 2032 first-round pick, the 6–8 forward is focused on what’s ahead with a fresh start in the Mile High City and a chance to help them get to the NBA Finals after falling in the Western Conference finals last season.
RJ Davis has best Summer League game with 17 points, three 3-pointers
RJ Davis has had trouble finding his shooting rhythm during the NBA Summer League, until everything clicked on Friday in the last of the Los Angeles Lakers’ eight games.
Ingram has productive perimeter game; Brooks, Garcia shine in Pistons win
Harrison Ingram had his best scoring night in seven NBA Summer League games this year, although in the San Antonio Spurs’ first loss in Las Vegas.
Love posts impressive double-double with 12 rebounds in Blazers win
Caleb Love showed off dazzling moves and a career-best rebounding effort to produce a dynamic double-double in his most impressive game of the NBA Summer League on Tuesday night.
Ingram has huge game with double-double, 6 assists as Spurs win thriller
Harrison Ingram had his best game of the NBA Summer League with a double-double to lead the unbeaten San Antonio Spurs to a thrilling overtime victory Monday night.
Black has best game of Summer League; Nance nearly has double-double
Leaky Black had his best game of the NBA Summer League on Sunday, when Pete Nance flirted with a double-double and Cormac Ryan started and scored in double figures.
Bacot wins battle with Love behind double-double, four blocks as both play well
Both played well in their first meeting since being teammates at Carolina, but Armando Bacot’s double-double led his Memphis Grizzlies to a 96–86 NBA Summer League victory Saturday night over Caleb Love’s Portland Trail Blazers.
Cole Anthony reportedly headed to Milwaukee
Cole Anthony’s time in Memphis will come to a quick end without ever playing for the Grizzlies, as he reportedly is headed to the Milwaukee Bucks.
Love impressive in Summer League debut; Bacot has good all-around game
Caleb Love put on a show in his NBA Summer League debut, and Armando Bacot had his best performance in three games during the second day of action in Las Vegas ahead of playing each other on Saturday night.
Ryan, Nance have big nights in Bucks win; Ingram solid; tough game for Davis
Cormac Ryan and Pete Nance made strong impressions in their 2025 NBA Summer League debuts as the Milwaukee Bucks won their opener in Las Vegas 90–89 on Thursday night.
11 Tar Heels playing in Summer League games in Las Vegas — when and how to watch
After four former Tar Heels got mixed results during preliminary Summer League games in either San Francisco or Salt Lake City, they’ll head to Las Vegas beginning Thursday, along with seven others UNC alums, for the main part of the NBA Summer League.
Knee issue will sideline Powell out of NBA Summer League
Drake Powell’s pro basketball debut will have to wait until this fall. The former Carolina wing reportedly won’t play for the Brooklyn Nets’ Summer League team because of left knee tendinopathy, according to the New York Post.