Jazz forward/center Kyle Filipowski has officially been named the Summer League Most Valuable Player for 2025, the NBA announced today (via Twitter). Filipowski is also one of five players who earned a spot on the All-Summer League first team. Here are the full All-Summer League teams, per the league (Twitter links): First Team Kyle Filipowski (Jazz) Nique Clifford … [Read more...] about NBA Names Kyle Filipowski Summer League MVP, Announces All-SL Teams
And-Ones: Jokic, DiVincenzo, 2027 Draft, Sheehey
Superstar Nuggets center Nikola Jokic is expected to confirm that he’ll play for the Serbian national team at this summer’s EuroBasket tournament, according to Dorde Matic of Meridian Sport. In fact, the same group that led Serbia to a bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris is expected to be available when EuroBasket 2025 tips off in late August, Matic writes. Jokic also … [Read more...] about And-Ones: Jokic, DiVincenzo, 2027 Draft, Sheehey
Doug McDermott, Kings Agree To One-Year Contract
Veteran sharpshooter Doug McDermott is re-signing with the Kings on a one-year contract, agents Mark Bartelstein and Andy Shiffman tell Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). According to Charania, McDermott will earn $3.6MM in 2025/26, which is the veteran’s minimum for a player with 10-plus years of experience. James Ham of TheKingsBeat.com confirms the news (via … [Read more...] about Doug McDermott, Kings Agree To One-Year Contract
Fischer’s Latest: Nets, Thomas, Giddey, Grimes
Rival NBA executives and agents alike are curious about what the Nets will do with their remaining cap room, writes Jake Fischer of The Stein Line (Substack link). While general manager Sean Marks has aggressively signed restricted free agents to offer sheets in previous offseasons, that has not been the case this summer, Fischer notes. According to Fischer’s sources, Brooklyn … [Read more...] about Fischer’s Latest: Nets, Thomas, Giddey, Grimes
Stein’s Latest: Simmons, CP3, Clippers, Nuggets, Simons, Mavs
After his Stein Line teammate Jake Fischer reported that the Kings and Knicks look like the top candidates to land Ben Simmons, NBA insider Marc Stein suggests within his latest Substack article that at least a couple more clubs are in the mix for the former No. 1 overall pick. According to Stein, Simmons has drawn interest from the Celtics since free agency began and has also … [Read more...] about Stein’s Latest: Simmons, CP3, Clippers, Nuggets, Simons, Mavs