The shortest offseason in sports belongs to the NBA, as things move very quickly following the end of the season. The Oklahoma City Thunder just won the NBA Finals, with the draft taking place just three days later.

After Derik Queen's Summer League debut for the Pelicans, analyst Kevin O'Connor many red flags from the outing.

"Joan was incredible," head coach Kevin Hanson said.

The Timberwolves’ Summer League team next plays at 9 p.m. Saturday against Denver in Las Vegas. Timberwolves television play-by-play man Michael Grady will be one of Amazon’s primary broadcasters when the station begins airing nationally-televised NBA games this fall, the streaming service announced Thursday.

The New Orleans Pelicans made headlines this 2025 NBA Draft when they drafted big man Derik Queen out of Maryland.

KOC shares his observations from day 1 of NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. Then, Jason Timpf from Hoops Tonight and Daman Rangoola from Stratechery join to discuss the state of basketball in Los Angeles.

The best of them was French point guard Nolan Traore, who looked like a guy who has played against men before (he played professionally in France last year) and was comfortable, finishing with 13 points on 3-of-5 shooting and getting to the line six times. It was a promising start.

Dalton Knecht’s promising Summer League performance for the Lakers was cut short by a sudden injury during their latest clash.

The Minnesota Timberwolves have finished playing their first 2025 NBA Summer League game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday. Minnesota won the game

Three of the top 17 picks in the 2025 NBA draft made their NBA Summer League debuts on Thursday to kick off the slate of games in Las Vegas.