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Summer League hit different less than a month after going to the Finals. It feels like just yesterday that the Knicks walked off with the trophy in the Frost
Bank Arena, and personally, I’m still nursing my wounds a bit. I mean that I loved that the Spurs made it that far, but I’m not happy that they played so poorly in the Finals, meeting a much more poised and experienced team and learning some hard lessons along the way.
Now the Silver and Black is in Las Vegas, where the draft picks get to get a little bit of experience in the Spurs system and play something that almost looks like basketball for a couple of weeks. The Spurs have four games scheduled, and will play at least one more game once the teams who make it into the championship tournament are chosen. The winners of the semifinals will play an additional game for the Summer League championship, which comes with some nice swag and a little bit of money, which is kind of a big deal for the G-League players who form the bulk of most team’s Summer League rosters. Other than that, it’s kind of a hard watch for fans to see Summer League basketball, because these squads are mostly guys who aren’t quite good enough to make an NBA roster who have been playing together for a few days. Mostly you’ll want to watch the draft choices to see if they can impress and hope for an unknown to catch on and have a great week that impresses an NBA organization enough to give them a training camp invite or even a roster spot, like David Jones Garcia last summer.
The Spurs will play again on Saturday at 5:00PM against the Knicks, which would be a revenge game except for the fact that Carter Bryant will be the only player who saw any action in the Finals who might play for the Spurs. Additional games will be played on Sunday at 8:00PM against the Bucks and Wednesday at 8:30 against the Jazz. Also, there will be a consolation/playoff game next weekend. Frankly, if you watch all of the games, you’re probably a real sicko. Welcome sickos!
Game Prediction:
Carter Bryant scores 20 in the first half and leaves the arena to catch a plane back to San Antonio at halftime, because Corliss Williams has seen enough.
San Antonio Spurs vs Atlanta Hawks (Las Vegas Summer League)
July 9, 2026 | 3:30 PM CT
Streaming: ESPN
TV: ESPN2
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