On Friday, the NBA announced the game schedules for the 2025 NBA Summer League, which will feature all 30 NBA teams and take place from July 10 to 20 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Airing on ESPN platforms).
Summer League will tip off on Thursday, July 10, with seven games, including an ESPN doubleheader that features the Las Vegas debuts of the top three picks in this year’s NBA Draft.
In ESPN’s first game, No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg and the Dallas Mavericks will take on the Los Angeles Lakers (8 p.m. ET).
In the second game, No. 2 pick Dylan Harper and the San Antonio Spurs will meet No. 3 pick VJ Edgecombe and the Philadelphia 76ers (10 p.m. ET).
Earlier on the first day, the NBA Summer League 2025 will begin with No. 7 pick Jeremiah Fears and No. 13 pick Derik Queen leading the New Orleans Pelicans against No. 17 pick Joan Beringer and the Minnesota Timberwolves (3:30 p.m. ET) in the first game of ESPN2’s doubleheader. In the second game, No. 8 pick Egor Demin and the Brooklyn Nets will open their Las Vegas schedule against the Oklahoma City Thunder (5:30 p.m. ET).
On Friday, July 11, ESPN’s doubleheader will highlight No. 4 pick Kon Knueppel and the Charlotte Hornets squaring off against No. 5 pick Ace Bailey and the Utah Jazz (7 p.m. ET), followed by No. 6 pick Tre Johnson and the Washington Wizards playing the Phoenix Suns (9 p.m. ET). The second game could be the potential Summer League debut for No. 10 pick Khaman Maluach, whose draft rights are being acquired by the Suns from the Houston Rockets as part of a trade to be finalized later.
Also on July 11, NBA TV will televise more potential Las Vegas debuts for 2025 NBA Draft lottery selections as No. 11 pick Cedric Coward and the Memphis Grizzlies take on the Boston Celtics (4 p.m. ET), and No. 9 pick Collin Murray-Boyles and the Toronto Raptors meet No. 12 pick Noa Essengue and the Chicago Bulls (8 p.m. ET).
The next day (Saturday, July 12), top two picks Flagg and Harper are scheduled to go head-to-head when Dallas plays San Antonio on ESPN (4 p.m. ET). Nos. 3 and 4 picks Edgecombe and Knueppel could also face each other on July 12 in 76ers vs. Hornets on ESPN2 (6:30 p.m. ET).
Each team will play at least five games at the Summer League, withthe first four scheduled from July 10-17. After each team’s first four games, the top four teams will advance to participate in the playoffs, beginning with a semifinal doubleheader on Saturday, July 19, at 4 p.m. ET and 6 p.m. ET on ESPN.
The two winning teams from the semifinal games will meet in the championship game on Sunday, July 20, at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN.
The 26 teams that do not advance to the four-team playoff will play a fifth game on either Friday, July 18, July 19, or July 20.
