Draft NewsSaturday, Jul 11, 2026

The NBA's top picks from the 2026 draft faced off at Las Vegas summer league. How did AJ Dybantsa and Darryn Peterson fare?

The Nets have signed No. 28 overall pick Joshua Jefferson to his rookie scale contract, the team announced today in a press release. The signing of Jefferson’s first NBA contract was postponed because he was involved a trade that wasn’t made official until Friday. The Timberwolves drafted him on behalf of the Nets last month. […]

When the Bucks accepted the Heat‘s trade offer for Giannis Antetokounmpo, reporting at the time indicated that adding 2025 first-round pick Kasparas Jakucionis to a package that already included Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel’el Ware, and draft assets helped push Miami’s bid over the top. Asked this week about whether Jakucionis was a difference-maker […]

Most of the top picks in this year’s draft have looked good in Summer League, but nobody had a better first game than Caleb Wilson, writes Jamal Collier of ESPN. The Bulls forward delivered 35 points and five rebounds in a loss to Memphis Friday night, posting the second-highest point total for a player in […]

The four-team blockbuster trade that saw LaMelo Ball land with Minnesota and Julius Randle head to Brooklyn is now official, according to press releases from the Timberwolves, Hornets, Nets and Bulls. The full breakdown of the trade is as follows: Timberwolves acquire LaMelo Ball, Josh Green, and the draft rights to Isaiah Evans (No. 33 […]

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Cameron Carr has been the early standout for the Los Angeles Lakers in Summer League as he has already shown to be a dynamic scorer. The first-round draft pick was exception in the California Classic and then picked up where he left off against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Lakers’ win to kick off […]

Serbian forward Nikola Kusturica has agreed to a multiyear commitment with UCLA, according to sources cited by ESPN. The 17-year-old is considered one of the top European prospects in his class and an early candidate for the No. 1 pick in the 2028 NBA Draft. Kusturica remains two years away from NBA eligibility. His recruitment featured several shifts over the past month, with Kentucky briefly emerging as the frontrunner before Michigan gained momentum prior to Dusty May's departure for the D...

An impressive debut for the second round pick.