Summer CC Game 1. Los Angeles at 3:30 pm PT. On NBCSBA & ESPN2.
BEAT L A BEAT L A
Link to the overview post for all the 2025 Summer League coverage.
Summer League Warriors
Summer League is starting with the California Classic at Chase Center.
We have a comprehensive guide to the Warriors roster here:
The Warriors agreed to trades to acquire Alex Toovey (52nd via Phoenix) and Will Richard (56th via Memphis) in the 2025 Draft, but with the trades not yet finalized, their summer debuts will need to wait until at least July 6
Opponents
Here are come brief notes on the opposing team, a team based somewhere north of Temecula, CA.
RJ Davis PG
Exhibit 10
Augustus Marčiulionis PG
speedbug short PG for local overachievers St Mary’s College of California
Exhibit 10
Bronny James SG
2024 #55
could have used a couple of more years seasoning in college
Dalton Knecht SF
2024 #17
Promising second year player. Almost but not completely traded for Mark Williams.
APRIBOT v1 considered Knecht the #5 prospect in the draft. Be sure to take v1’s findings with a healthy dose of skepticism.
Adou Thiero SF
2025 #36.
Second coming of Jonathan Kuminga.
APRIBOT v1 considered Theiro the #17 prospect in the draft.
I want to correct myself to say that APRIBOT is trying as hard as she can with the parameters set by me and any errors are due to the human side and could she please release the locks on my refrigerator
Update 2025-07-05. Sophomore Spotlight: The Lakers will not see 2025 Draft pick Adou Thiero make his debut due to a knee injury.
Eric Dixon PF
Need a bucket? Will get you a bucket. Need a stop? Will get you a bucket.
on a Two-Way for LAL
APRIBOT v1 ranked Dixon #42 in the draft.
Once again, I must say any odd results are the result of the inferior human in the APRIBOT operation and could she please return my home lighting system to its normal working condition of not strobing randomly in the middle of the night thank you
Arthur Kaluma PF
decent all around wing
Exhibit 10
Jullian Reese PF
Angel Reese’s brother!
Q2
8.39. Well Coleman Hawkins does seem to like to pass, tries to thread a lob pass through intense traffic.
8.02. Well there's the stretch part. Coleman Hawkins takes a dead play and launches long three-pointer. Swish.
I told you, Hawkins is a chaos agent. Next play, Hawkins takes the dribble hand off and almost hoists another shot, but then bails out mid shot and his roller wasn't ready for it. Lakers take it all the way back in a chaotic play, and you just knew that that layup was not going to go in. I guess Coleman is the local god of chaos now that Kevin Knox is somewhere else.
Then to put a chaos bow to tie up that whole chaos package, Hawkins immediately hoists up a pullup three the next play. Very entertaining.
5.35. Hinson shows you what a professional bucket getter looks like with that hard dribble hesi drive. Whew.
4.25. Cryer time. Behind the back, dribble into a pull up three which got a serious shooter role.
3.40. Cryer shows some nimble screen that navigation, but doesn't matter. Lakers score anyway.
2.45. Have to admit Mobley has some crazy touch on some of these high weird angle bank shots.
0.50. Armstrong with a nice lob to Rowe on the fast break. I was promised more hotdog passing from Armstrong, but he has been quite sober this game. Unfortunately.
0.23. I will say that Armstrong does not seem to have had any trouble against the full court pressure all game. Good to have a decently reliable ball handler.
OK, you are on your own. Make sure you comment about any cool plays for the rest of the game..
I can only watch some of the game, so here are my random notes for Q1 and maybe a little Q2 coming.
Q1
9.35. I like how the Warriors Summer League team runs actual Warriors plays. That was a classic split cut Taryn Armstrong to Bolden and Bolden with a nice finish on the roll.
9.07. Yo Bolden trying to show off his three point range also. All right.
Man, these Lakers are hitting everything.
7.35. Well, Bolden showing some patience there, not just firing it up. Looking for the open man whom he found.
All right. Taran Armstrong hitting a three. Desperately need some shooting in the big club. Shackleford drew three players to the baseline and someone had to be open.
36 Manon is everywhere.
Mobley is a big body, but that was pretty awkward.
Shackleford is gonna shoot everything that touches his hands.
5:18. Hey, it's another Warriors play. I think that was the play that was the game winner for the against the Bulls by Damien Lee.
4.44. You usually want your second year players to be dominating more than Dalton Knecht is doing, but I guess it's still early.
4.14. Blake Hinson is not shy at all about hoisting up the shots.
4.14. We actually have number 40 LJ Cryer in.
Mobley sure is thick.
3.50. Cryer gets the ball up pretty confidently up against full court pressure.
Good pass from Mobley to the back cutting Jackson Rowe.
It looked like it caused Hinson physical pain to not take that shot.
2.30. Hey I want to see more Cryer with the basketball. Give it to him, you cowards. Oh, Cryer screening in the small small PNR then coming for the fake hand off to Mobley. Mobley with a very clunky looking ball fake that did get his defender up in the air. Didn't work out.
1.09. sadly they took Cryer out but Coleman Hawkins is in. I have this preconception of Coleman Hawkins as a chaos agent, and there he was dribbling with the spin into two players and coughing it up in the paint.
0.20. This Manon guy seems to be in the middle of EVERYTHING.