Duke Just Picked Its Best NBA Summer League Player — And It’s Not Cooper Flagg originally appeared on Athlon Sports. While many eyes are on Dallas Mavericks rookie forward Cooper Flagg amid the 2025 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, he's not the only former Duke Blue Devils star attracting attention.

Nique Clifford tallied 19 points to lead the Sacramento Kings to a 94-76 win over the Phoenix Suns in the NBA 2K26 Summer League at Pavilion on Monday evening.

Assessing the impact of the Rockets' decision to bench Reed Sheppard for the remainder of the Summer League after his impressive display.

Knueppel, a 6’6” swingman out of Duke University, put up a meager statistical output in Charlotte’s Summer League opener against Utah. His final line: five points, one rebound, and four assists on 1/8 from the field, was ripe for nitpicking.

Riley Minix drained a buzzer-beating fadeaway to lift the San Antonio Spurs to a 93-91 overtime win over the Utah Jazz in the NBA 2K26 Summer League at Thomas and Mack Center on Monday evening.

The Phoenix Suns will play their third preseason game Monday, July 14, against the Sacramento Kings in the second of a back-to-back.

The Heat responded to an 0-2 start in Las Vegas with a 100-96 win over the Boston Celtics’ summer squad on Monday at the Pavilion on UNLV’s campus. The Heat found itself trailing by four points with 1:53 to play, but closed the game on a 13-5 run to rally for the victory.

After two outings (23.0 points, 4.0 steals per game), the Rockets are shutting down Reed Sheppard for the remainder of the NBA’s 2025 summer league.

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