The 2025 NBA Summer League kicks off on Thursday night in Las Vegas with an exciting matchup between Dallas Mavericks rookie Cooper Flagg and Bronny James of the Los Angeles Lakers. Flagg and James are just two of the intriguing players and storylines to watch in this year’s tournament of the league’s best young prospects. Let’s talk about five of those storylines to watch over the next couple of weeks. Honestly, just everything about him is the storyline. Flagg was the most anticipated prospect in the 2025 NBA Draft and landed in Dallas where he is going to have an opportunity to help reshape the organization following last season’s fiasco that saw the team shockingly trade away Luka Doncic. Given all of that, he is the player everybody is going to want to see, especially as the Mavericks toy with the idea of playing him at point guard. As head coach Jason Kidd put it, he wants to see how comfortable Flagg can be running the show. This is going to be a good — and fascinating — test for him. While FlaggRead More
Five intriguing NBA Summer League storylines to watch
