{"id":85676,"date":"2024-07-12T12:18:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=85676"},"modified":"2024-07-12T12:18:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T16:18:27","slug":"summer-league-players-hoping-for-another-shot-in-the-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/07\/12\/summer-league-players-hoping-for-another-shot-in-the-nba\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer League Players Hoping For Another Shot In NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many of the NBA Summer League rosters consist of drafted and undrafted rookies as well as second-year players. There are instances, though, when guys who have spent a few seasons in the NBA participate in hopes of strengthening their case of getting back into the league.<\/p>\n

Here are five players on Summer League rosters<\/a> that are former first round picks. All five of them are unsigned for the 2024-25 season, and all of them did not appear in a game last season, instead spending their year in the G League. They will be players to keep an eye on as they all have multiple years of NBA experience.<\/p>\n

Summer League Players Hoping For Another Shot In NBA<\/h2>\n

Tony Bradley – Philadelphia 76ers<\/h3>\n

The six-foot-ten Tony Bradley<\/a> was the 28th overall selection in the 2017 NBA Draft. The 26-year-old appeared in 179 NBA games in the six seasons spanning from 2017-18 to 2022-23. In 2020-21, he put up his most productive season, averaging 7.1 points and 5.7 rebounds for the 76ers and Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last season, the 26-year-old played in the G League for the Texas Legends. He would average 15.1 points, 10.2 rebounds, and 1.9 blocks in 13 regular season games.<\/p>\n

Josh Christopher – Miami Heat<\/h3>\n

Selected with the 24th pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, Josh Christopher<\/a> last played at the NBA level in 2022-23. The 22-year-old totaled 138 games for the Houston Rockets<\/a> over his first two seasons, but he was sent to the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> last offseason in a deal that sent Dillon Brooks<\/a> to Houston. The Grizzlies released him, and he remained in the G League.<\/p>\n

Last season with two different G League teams, the six-foot-five Christopher averaged 17.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 1.6 steals.<\/p>\n

Jarrett Culver – Orlando Magic<\/h3>\n

Jarrett Culver<\/a> was taken sixth overall in the 2019 NBA Draft. After starting 35 games as a rookie with the Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>, he was mostly out of the rotation the next three seasons in the league. He last played in 2022-23, getting in just 10 games and totaling 44 points for the Atlanta Hawks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Culver spent all of last season with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the G League. In 29 regular season games, he posted averages of 20.9 points, 6.9 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 1.9 steals.<\/p>\n

Romeo Langford – Philadelphia 76ers<\/h3>\n

In the 2019 NBA Draft, Romeo Langford<\/a> was chosen with the 14th overall pick. He actually started 21 games for the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> in 2022-23 but was out of the league last season.<\/p>\n

Instead, the 24-year-old spent the 2023-24 season playing in the G League for the Salt Lake City Stars. In 17 regular season games, the six-foot-four guard posted averages of 11.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.9 assists.<\/p>\n

Zhaire Smith – Cleveland Cavaliers<\/h3>\n

Despite being selected 16th in the 2018 NBA Draft, Zhaire Smith<\/a> has only played a grand total of 13 NBA games. A fractured foot cost him much of his rookie season as he didn\u2019t debut until March of 2019. He last appeared in a NBA game more than four years ago (February 7, 2020).<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old Smith spent last season with Cleveland\u2019s G League affiliate, the Cleveland Charge. In 32 regular season games for them, the six-foot-four guard posted averages of 13.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.3 steals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many of the NBA Summer League rosters consist of drafted and undrafted rookies as well as second-year players. There are instances, though, when guys who have spent a few seasons in the NBA participate in hopes of strengthening their case of getting back into the league. Here are five players on Summer League rosters that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5060,"featured_media":85715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,9,16,62,3,17,13],"tags":[49350,1803,4394,1863,3143,1601],"class_list":["post-85676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-cavaliers","category-heat","category-nba","category-news","category-magic","category-76ers","tag-2024-nba-summer-league","tag-jarrett-culver","tag-josh-christopher","tag-romeo-langford","tag-tony-bradley","tag-zhaire-smith"],"modified_by":"Jordan Pagkalinawan","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5060"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}