Including an early battle of the bigs
Indiana will have three players participating in the NBA summer leagues this year, including a pair of first round draft picks in Romeo Langford (76ers) and Kel’el Ware (Heat).
Jalen Hood-Schifino is still recovering from back surgery, but his former teammate Trayce Jackson-Davis will be in action for the Warriors, hoping to build on a promising rookie season.
Ware and Jackson-Davis will square off against each other tomorrow night, the first night of California Classic Summer League action. You can catch the Heat Warriors game on ESPN Saturday night at 6:30 ET.
Both play again Sunday night, with Ware’s Heat taking on Kings 2(?) at 4:30 ET. Trayce will square off with the Lakers in the following game, which tip at 6:30. Both games will be televised by NBATV.
Monday night will be Romeo’s first game, as the Sixers take on the Thunder at 7 PM in the first game of the Salt Lake City Summer League. He’ll play again Tuesday, this time against the Grizzlies, also at 7 PM. Both games will be televised.
All three former Hoosiers will play on Wednesday, the final night for the two summer leagues. Ware’s game tips first at 7 on ESPN2, then Romeo and the Sixers take on the Jazz at 9, also on ESPN2, before Trayce wraps it up with a 10 PM tip against Kings 2 on NBATV.