Thunder Win First Game in Las Vegas as Summer League Games Roar On

Thunder win first game in Las Vegas as Summer League games roar on

After going 1-2 in its first three games in Salt Lake City, the Oklahoma City Thunder made its Las Vegas Summer League debut with a 90-81 win over the Brooklyn Nets Thursday afternoon.

OKC advances to 2-0 in Las Vegas Summer League with win over Indiana

All a fan can ask for is for their favorite team’s best players to play well in the NBA Summer League. Considering the Oklahoma City Thunder’s best players are Nikola Topic, Ajay Mitchell and Brooks Barnhizer, its fans should be delighted. In a 104-83 win over the Indiana Pacers, Topic scored seven points with 10 assists, Barnhizer scored 17 points and six steals and Mitchell scored 13 to continue his solid summer league. Chris Youngblood also s…

Thunder rookie commits blunder in Summer League game

Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Erik Reynolds II committed quite a blunder during his Summer League debut on Thursday. The Thunder beat the Brooklyn Nets 90-81 in their Summer League game Thursday at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nev. Reynolds went 1/3 shooting for two points in 12 minutes, but those stats don’t count one other basket he made. Late in the third quarter, Reynolds recovered a jump ball and then shot the ball into the basket. Unf…

Brooklyn Nets rookies compared to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams by NBA coach

A Brooklyn Nets coach compared the Nets’ rookies to NBA champions Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams. The Nets were widely criticized after the draft for taking an NBA record five players in the first round. Not only that, but the majority of those picks were for ball-dominant playmakers with limited shooting ability. One of them has to work out, right? The Nets lost their Summer League opener to the Oklahoma City Thunder 90-81. After th…

Brooklyn Nets lose ugly - even by Summer League standards - Vegas opener to OKC Thunder, 90-81

It was not the rookies who stole the show, but Drew Timme and Tosan Evbuomwan.