NBA Las Vegas Summer League is over. The Charlotte Hornets defeated the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night in the final game from Sin City to claim their first Vegas Summer League title. Among the many standouts in the event,

Usually, the NBA champion has little to look forward to in the Summer League. With low draft picks, they spent the two-week extravaganza rewatching playoff highlights on their way to the Larry O'Brien trophy.

On Tuesday, the NBA announced that Kings center Isaac Jones was named to the NBA 2K26 All-Summer League Second Team while rookie guard Nique Clifford made the All-Summer League First Team. This is an incredible honor for both players and it was also well-deserved as both players showed off their talents in Las Vegas.

The number of rooks spotlighted for each team will vary. Every first-round pick who suited up will receive a grade. Second-rounders will be prioritized for teams without a top-30 selection. For squads without any drafted rookies whatsoever, we'll default to the newbie who is either most intriguing, played the most or both.

As you can see, how well players — rookies specifically — shoot the ball in Vegas and how well they shoot it on the big stage just don’t have a strong correlation. One of Egor Dëmin’s 3-point makes at Summer League hit the back of the rim,

With Reed Sheppard, Kennedy Chandler, Kevon Harris, and Adonis Arms in featured roles, Houston’s run at the NBA’s 2025 summer league is now complete.

Charlotte’s lottery pick Kon Knueppel led the Hornets to a 6-0 record and the NBA 2K26 Summer League championship in Vegas.

The Phoenix Suns concluded their fifth and final game in NBA Summer League play with a 111-87 victory on July 19 over the Portland Trail Blazers at Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas. The Suns (2-3) snapped a three-game skid in beating the Blazers (3-2).