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The NBA summer league is an annual opportunity for fans to get a glimpse of the latest NBA draft class in action. This year the NBA 2K25 Summer League will be played in Las Vegas from July 12 to July 22. There will also be two shorter exhibition gatherings in Sacramento and Salt Lake City.
This year Bronny James Jr. and the Los Angeles Lakers will play in the California Classic with the Miami Heat, Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors before joining the rest of the league in Las Vegas. James Jr. is already being prominently featured in promotional materials for summer league.
Lakers guard Bronny James is front and center on NBA Summer League ads in Las Vegas pic.twitter.com/gQYa9grDJW
— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) July 5, 2024
James Jr., the 55th pick in the 2024 NBA draft, signed a four-year, $7.9 million deal earlier this week. That sounds outrageous when you compare it to something like Nikola Jokic's rookie deal, but seems much more reasonable when Klutch negotiated the same deal for the Phoenix Suns 2024 second-round pick, Oso Ighodaro.
For better or worse, James Jr. is the player everyone is most interested in seeing. While fans of other teams are excited to see their top picks perform, the son of LeBron James will be the player to draw the most interest from casual fans. In so much as casual fans would watch NBA summer league.
Los Angeles Lakers Summer League Roster
James Jr. will be joined by the Lakers first round pick Dalton Knecht and a number of other players with little to no professional experience.
