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Victor Wembanyama joins Scott Van Pelt to discuss being drafted at No. 1 by the San Antonio Spurs. (3:29)
With the 2023 NBA draft over, we’re just days away from game action as summer league returns.
Top draft picks like Victor Wembanyama, Scoot Henderson and Brandon Miller are expected to make their NBA debuts with their respective teams, while some lesser known players fight for a regular-season roster spot.
There are three tournaments running through July — the California Classic in Sacramento (July 3 and 5), the Salt Lake City league (July 3, 5 and 6), and the NBA 2K24 league in Las Vegas (July 7-17).
The California Classic features a marquee matchup early on, as Wembanyama’s San Antonio Spurs take on Miller’s Charlotte Hornets on July 3. The Spurs expect Wembanyama to play this summer, but it is not clear how many times he’ll play, or if he’ll play in Sacramento, Las Vegas or both.
If Sacramento is out for the 7-foot-5 phenom, the Spurs will get another crack at the Hornets on July 7 in Las Vegas. Joining the Spurs and Hornets in Sacramento are the Miami Heat, Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Lakers.
In Salt Lake City, the Utah Jazz will showcase their three first-round picks in Taylor Hendricks, Keyonte George and Brice Sensabaugh. Oklahoma City Thunder fans hope to get another look at Chet Holmgren, the 2022 No. 2 pick who injured his ankle in last year’s summer league, which kept him out the entire 2022-23 season. The Memphis Grizzlies and the Philadelphia 76ers round out the teams playing in Utah.
All games will be broadcast between ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and NBA TV. Please see the daily schedule below for game-by-game channels.
Delta Center; Salt Lake City, Utah
(All times EST)
July 3
Memphis vs. Philadelphia, 9 p.m., NBA TV
Oklahoma City vs. Utah, 9 p.m., NBA TV
July 5
Memphis vs. Oklahoma City, 7 p.m., NBA TV
Philadelphia vs. Utah, 9 p.m., NBA TV
July 6
Oklahoma City vs. Philadelphia, 7 p.m., ESPN2
Memphis vs. Utah, 9 p.m., NBA TV
Golden 1 Center; Sacramento, California
(All times EST)
July 3
Miami vs. L.A. Lakers, 6 p.m., ESPN2
San Antonio vs. Charlotte, 8 p.m., ESPN2
Golden State vs. Sacramento, 10 p.m., ESPN2
July 5
Golden State vs. Charlotte 6 p.m., ESPN2
San Antonio vs. L.A. Lakers 8 p.m., ESPN2
Miami vs. Sacramento 10 p.m., ESPN2
Cox Pavilion and Thomas & Mack Center; Las Vegas
(All time EST)
July 7
New Orleans vs. Minnesota, 4:30 p.m., NBA TV
Denver vs. Milwaukee, 5 p.m., ESPNU
Chicago vs. Toronto, 6:30 p.m., NBA TV
Portland vs. Houston, 7 p.m., ESPN
Cleveland vs. Brooklyn, 8:30 p.m., NBA TV
Charlotte vs. San Antonio, 9 p.m., ESPN
Sacramento vs. Atlanta, 10:30 p.m., NBA TV
Golden State vs. L.A. Lakers, 11:00 p.m., ESPN
July 8
Miami vs. Boston, 3 p.m., NBA TV
Dallas vs. Oklahoma City, 3:30 p.m., ESPN2
New York vs. Philadelphia, 5 p.m., NBA TV
Detroit vs. Orlando, 5:30 p.m., ESPN
Memphis vs. Chicago, 7 p.m., NBA TV
Indiana vs. Washington, 8 p.m., ESPN2
Milwaukee vs. Phoenix, 9 p.m., NBA TV
LA Clippers vs. Utah, 10 p.m., ESPN2
July 9
Toronto vs. Cleveland, 3:30 p.m., NBA TV
L.A. Lakers vs. Charlotte, 4 p.m., ESPN2
New York vs. Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m., NBA TV
Detroit vs. Houston, 6 p.m., ESPN2
Boston vs. Washington, 7:30 p.m., NBA TV
San Antonio vs. Portland, 8 p.m., ESPN2
Atlanta vs. Denver, 9:30 p.m., NBA TV
New Orleans vs. Golden State, 10:00 p.m., ESPN2
July 10
Memphis vs. Cleveland, 6 p.m., ESPNews
Phoenix vs. Miami, 6:30 p.m., NBA TV
Philadelphia vs. Dallas, 8 p.m., ESPNU
Indiana vs. Orlando, 8:30 p.m., NBA TV
Minnesota vs. Utah, 10 p.m., ESPNU
Sacramento vs. LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m., NBA TV
July 11
Brooklyn vs. Milwaukee, 6 p.m., ESPNU
Houston vs. Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m., NBA TV
Phoenix vs. New Orleans, 8:00 p.m., ESPN2
Portland vs. Charlotte, 8:30 p.m., NBA TV
Chicago vs. Sacramento, 10:00 p.m., ESPN2
Washington vs. San Antonio, 10:30 p.m., NBA TV
July 12
LA Clippers vs. Memphis, 3:30 p.m., NBA TV
Minnesota vs. Atlanta, 4 p.m., ESPN2
Golden State vs. Dallas, 5:30 p.m., NBA TV
Toronto vs. Detroit, 6 p.m., ESPN2
Oklahoma City vs. Indiana, 7:30 p.m., NBA TV
New York vs. Orlando, 8 p.m., ESPN2
Denver vs. Utah, 9:30 p.m., NBA TV
L.A. Lakers vs. Boston, 10 p.m., ESPN2
July 13
Cleveland vs. Chicago, 3 p.m., ESPN2
Philadelphia vs. Atlanta, 3:30 p.m., NBA TV
Brooklyn vs. Toronto, 5 p.m., ESPN2
Miami vs. Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m., NBA TV
Houston vs. Golden State, 7 p.m., ESPN
Charlotte vs. New Orleans, 7:30 p.m., NBA TV
Portland vs. Orlando, 9 p.m., ESPN2
Minnesota vs. Sacramento, 9:30 p.m., NBA TV
July 14
LA Clippers vs. Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m., NBA TV
Oklahoma City vs. Washington, 5 p.m., ESPNU
Dallas vs. Indiana, 6:30 p.m., NBA TV
Boston vs. New York, 7 p.m., ESPN2
San Antonio vs. Detroit, 8:30 p.m., NBA TV
Miami vs. vs. Denver, 9 p.m., ESPN2
Memphis vs. L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m., NBA TV
Utah vs. Phoenix, 11 p.m., ESPN2
July 15
Quarterfinals
July 16
Semifinals
July 17
Championship
Conor Benn made a successful return to the ring following a 17-month layoff by defeating Rodolfo Orozco via unanimous decision Saturday night in Orlando, Florida, and live on DAZN.
With the victory, "The Destroyer" has plenty of options for a next fight, with a short turnaround for December being the targeted timeframe.
That being said, DAZN put together this short list of possible opponents for the undefeated junior middleweight, who's also comfortable fighting at 147 and 160 pounds.
Despite Benn coasting to a unanimous decision victory over Orozco on Saturday night, Chris Eubank Jr. wasn't exactly impressed with "The Destroyer's" performance.
Eubank took to his X account and posted yawning and sleeping emojis:
Benn caught wind of Eubank's post and responded:
Plus, December in London sounds like a great fit with both British boxers essentially being on the same schedule, as Eubank just defeated Liam Smith in their rematch earlier this month.
With Jermell Charlo set to fight Canelo Alvarez on Saturday night and Terence Crawford expressing interest in fighting the winner of that bout, Tim Tszyu could be looking at a wait to fight the junior middleweight ruler in Charlo as he has been coveting to do.
Well, such a scenario could create the need for a big-name opponent to be booked against Tszyu and Benn would fit that bill. Both Tszyu (23-0, 17 KOs) and Benn (21-0, 14 KOs) are undefeated and ultra physical in their styles, making their possible in-ring pairing all the more mouthwatering.
It might be a longshot to land, but Benn has called out the winner of the upcoming Terence Crawford-Errol Spence Jr. rematch for a fight.
Complications to making this happen would be the winner moving on to an even bigger fight with more money at stake.
But for whatever it's worth, Benn did tell Fight Hub TV that he's more than willing to come to the United States and fight the Crawford-Spence 2 winner.
Latest Information on D-backs New Schedule Sports Illustrated
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By Brad Snyder at ringside
In a lightweight special feature, 19-year-old southpaw Abdullah Mason (9-0, 8 KOs) impressively knocked out Alex de Oliveira (20-5, 14 KOs) in the second round. Time was 2:18.
Unbeaten junior wlterweight Tiger Johnson (9-0, 5 KOs) defeated Jonathan Montrel (15-2, 10 KOs) by UD (80-72, 80-72, 80-72) over eight rounds.
Dante Benjamin Jr. (7-0, 5 KOs) exploded out of the gate to score a knockdown, then get a stoppage right after his opponent, Mirady Zola got up. The light heavyweight contest ended with the TKO at the 1:56 mark of the first round. The loss drops Zola to (4-3, 1 KO).
Super middleweight DeAndre Ware (16-4-2, 9 KOs) won by six round unanimous decision (58-56, 59-55, 59-55) over Decarlo Perez (19-9-1, 6 KOs).
Rance Ward touched leather to the face of fellow junior middleweight Husam Al Mashhadi, often, over six rounds. Ward appeared fresh and was able to walk Mashhadi down during the six rounds to take the majority decision (57-57, 58-56, 59-55) victory and improve to (8-5-1, 2 KOs). Meanwhile, it’s back to the drawing board for Mashhadi (6-1, 6 KOs), who suffered his first loss.
Junior Middleweight Nicklaus Flaz (11-2, 7 KOs) won a close fight by majority decision (76-76, 78-74, 77-75) over previously unbeaten Jahi Tucker (10-1, 5 KOs). The fight, which went all eight rounds, had moments where both fighters showed some ability to throw combinations.
Junior Lightweight Tyler McCreary (18-2-1, 8KOs) got the hometown crowd excited by landing strong left hooks to the body, left hooks to the head, and a strong right cross to his opponent, Deivi Julio (26-14, 16 KOs). Julio, who fought hard, did not have enough to sway the judges. The judges all saw the fight in favor of McCreary (59-54, 57-56, 57-56).
Why isnt this garbage on TV anywhere??
It’s on ESPN+
de Oliveira was embarrassing. Just stood there smiling and waiting to be hit. The ref literally had to tell him to fight back in round 1.
As boxing fans we’re all used to shocking mismatches… but ESPN take it to a new level.
I will keep an eye on Mason and see what develops for him.
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