Syracuse men’s basketball: NBA Summer League update

The first stop on the NBA Summer Leagie schedule was the California Classic which wrapped up last night. Two former Orange were on rosters: William Kyle with the Lakers and Nate Kingz with the Heat.

Kyle saw action in two of the three games playing. After just two points in the opener, he didn’t see action in the Lakers 2nd game. However, in last night’s final game in California, Kyle ended up making an impact with 6 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals in almost 24 minutes of action. He even went 1-1 from the foul line in the Lakers 88-84 win over the Spurs.

Kyle’s Lakers got the better of Maliq Brown and the Spurs last night. Brown started the game and scored 2 points and grabbed 3 rebounds. Maliq has started all 3 of the Spurs’ games so far and is 2-6 from 3. He’ll make the roster due to his defense, but if he wants to earn more minutes he’ll have to be more of a threat to hit open shots.

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Kingz saw his first action last night as he played 12 minutes and went 1-4 from the field, all from 3 as the Heat beat a Warriors squad. We’ll see if he gets a bit more run when things shift to Vegas, but he could be looking at starting his career in the G League and trying to impress another team from there.

Action has also started in Salt Lake City where Buddy Boeheim is playing with the Oklahoma City Thunder. He hasn’t appeared in the first two games for OKC as the Thunder are looking at their draft picks and some returning players early. Buddy’s on a two-way deal through this season with the Thunder.

Summer League games will move to Las Vegas with games beginning on Thursday and we’ll keep an eye on these former Orange.

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Publish date : 2026-07-07 15:00:00

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