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rules, schedule, rosters

NBA Summer League new rules and schedule

From The Athletic:

The California and Salt Lake City circuits introduce two trial runs to the summer league.

All foul shooters take a single free throw, with that one shot worth the number of attempts it replaces, until the final two minutes of a game. To spell that out:

• The free throw is worth one point after a technical foul or an and-1.

• It’s worth two after a standard shooting foul.

• It’s worth three after a 3-point attempt.

There are also “connected basketballs,” which use embedded sensors to collect data for future refereeing. They’re meant to get more accurate whistles for rulings like out-of-bounds calls.

ALL TIMES BELOW ARE EASTERN.

Friday, July 3

• Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs, 8 p.m. at Chase Center | ESPN, NBA TV, NBA League Pass, Prime Video

• Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors (Gold), 10:30 p.m. at Chase Center | ESPNU, NBA TV, NBA League Pass, Prime Video

Saturday, July 4

• Milwaukee Bucks vs. Golden State Warriors (Blue), 3 p.m. at Golden 1 Center | ESPN+, NBA TV, NBA League Pass, Prime Video

• Brooklyn Nets vs. Sacramento Kings, 5 p.m. at Golden 1 Center | ESPN+, NBA TV, NBA League Pass, Prime Video

Sunday, July 5

• Brooklyn Nets vs. Milwaukee Bucks, 3 p.m. at Golden 1 Center | ESPN+, NBA TV, NBA League Pass, Prime Video

• Miami Heat vs. Los Angeles Lakers, 4:30 p.m. at Chase Center | ESPN, NBA League Pass, Prime Video

• Golden State Warriors (Blue) vs. Sacramento Kings, 5 p.m. at Golden 1 Center | ESPN+, NBA TV, NBA League Pass, Prime Video

• San Antonio Spurs vs. Golden State Warriors (Gold), 7 p.m. at Chase Center | ESPN+, NBA TV, NBA League Pass, Prime Video

Monday, July 6

• Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs, 7:30 p.m. at Chase Center | ESPNU, NBA League Pass, Prime Video

• Golden State Warriors (Blue) vs. Brooklyn Nets, 8 p.m. at Golden 1 Center | ESPN+, NBA TV, NBA League Pass, Prime Video

• Miami Heat vs. Golden State Warriors (Gold), 10 p.m. at Chase Center | ESPN+, NBA TV, NBA League Pass, Prime Video

• Milwaukee Bucks vs. Sacramento Kings, 10 p.m. at Golden 1 Center | ESPNU, NBA League Pass, Prime Video

Rosters

The team with most of the players you’ve heard of is the Gold team, which will be playing at Chase. This includes last year’s additions of my irrational good feelings guy Will Richard, LJ Cryer, Malevy Leons, Chance McMillian (whom we barely got to see last year due to injury) and the 2026 draft picks (All-NBA Quote Man Yaxel Lendeborg and LaJae Jones).

For the truly obsessive, Blue has some interesting players too. My guy Conrado Pascual as a comprehensive review of all the players who had press availability:

• Yaxel Lendeborg

• Lajae Jones

• Will Richard

• LJ Cryer

• Malevy Leons

• Graham Ike

• Nick Boyd

• Chance McMillian

• Steve Settle III