Flagg's debut headlines the opening night of the NBA's Las Vegas Summer League.
as the No. 1 pick of the 2025 NBA draft, the league announced the first time fans will see him on the court at the next level. No, not his first regular-season game with the Mavs when it counts, but the NBA planned a special Summer League debut for Flagg to kick off the action in Las Vegas this July.
On Thursday, ESPN announced Flagg will compete against Bronny James and the Los Angeles Lakers on the first night of Vegas Summer League. The Mavs and Lakers will kick off a doubleheader, which will see the second and third picks of the draft as the nightcap when Dylan Harper and the San Antonio Spurs go up against V.J. Edgecombe and the Philadelphia 76ers.Vegas Summer League will run from July 10–20 as Flagg headlines along Harper, Edgecombe and the rest of their fellow '25 draftees who heard their names called this week. Even if Flagg doesn't play in each of the Mavs' Summer League games, his debut gets the primetime slot as expected in an intriguing matchup.Blake Silverman is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Before joining SI in November 2024, he covered the WNBA, NBA, G League and college basketball for numerous sites, including Winsidr, SB Nation's Detroit Bad Boys and A10Talk. He graduated from Michigan State University before receiving a master's in sports journalism from St. Bonaventure University. Outside of work, he's probably binging the latest Netflix documentary, at a yoga studio or enjoying everything Detroit sports. A lifelong Michigander, he lives in suburban Detroit with his wife, young son and their personal petting zoo of two cats and a dog.
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