CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CAROLINA SPORTS LIVE) — After the Charlotte Hornets introduced their new draft picks Friday, the team revealed its Summer League schedule.
The NBA 2K26 Summer League 2025, will take place July 10-20 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas.
The Hornets open group play on July 11 against the Utah Jazz before facing the 76ers, Mavericks and Spurs. The Mavericks game will be a reunion of three Duke players selected this week; Cooper Flagg by Dallas, and Kon Knueppel and Sion James by Charlotte.
Each team will play at least five games, including four games from July 10-18. After each team’s first four games, the top four teams will advance to participate in the playoffs, beginning with a semifinal doubleheader on Saturday, July 19. The two winning teams from the semifinal games will meet in the championship game on Sunday, July 20.
The four playoff teams will be determined by winning percentage in each team’s first four games. The 26 teams that do not advance to the four-team playoff will play a fifth game on either Saturday, July 19 or Sunday, July 20.
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Summer League teams consist of new draftees, rostered players with limited NBA experience and free agents looking to make a league roster.
Below is Charlotte’s schedule (all times Eastern):
- Friday, July 11, 7 p.m.
- vs. Utah Jazz
- Thomas & Mack Center, ESPN
- Saturday, July 12, 6:30 p.m.
- vs. Philadelphia 76ers
- Thomas & Mack Center, ESPN2
- Monday, July 14, 6:30 p.m.
- vs Dallas Mavericks
- Thomas & Mack Center, NBA TV
- Thursday, July 17, 7 p.m.
- at San Antonio Spurs
- Thomas & Mack Center, ESPN
All 76 games of the 11-day competition will air live on television on ESPN networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN and ESPN3) or NBA TV. Every game will also be available to stream on the ESPN App. The local broadcast schedule will be announced at a later date.
Fans can purchase tickets by visiting NBAEvents.com.