LAS VEGAS — Rookie Kon Knueppel’s team-high 21 points and a lightning-fast start helped fuel the Charlotte Hornets to a hard-fought 83-78 win over the Sacramento Kings in the NBA 2K26 Summer League championship game at Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas on Sunday night.

League in Las Vegas has become more than just basketball. Alongside the games, the Summer League Film Festival showcased 34 film projects by current and former NBA stars.

League is over. The Hornets won the popular and essential summer league event with an 83-78 victory against the Kings.

Former Colorado basketball star point guard KJ Simpson wrapped up his second NBA Summer League with a title over a fellow former Buff.

Flagg, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, impressed early, erupting for 31 points in his second showing after a poor performance during his first game in the Summer League. Following his superb performance, the Mavericks opted to rest him for the rest of the Summer League.

Las Vegas Summer League has become sort of the opposite: Player movement comes to a halt aside from a few restricted free-agency situations playing out, the best young players only take the court for a couple of games (if that), and the entire league unwinds from a long year.

Second-year Rockets guard Reed Sheppard wasn’t very efficient at summer league, but he still managed to turn heads, per Michael Pina of The Ringer.

The Los Angeles Lakers can't get a first-round pick in trade talks for former Tennessee Volunteers basketball star Dalton Knecht after a disastrous Summer League showing.