For a player who was not even on the roster for the Sin City Celtics, big man Charles Bassey had an impressive impact.

It’s just one Summer League game, and Yang Hansen still has a long way to go to prove he can hang in an NBA rotation — let alone live up to the starry-eyed expectations of some Trail Blazers fans — but his Summer League debut went as well as could be hoped.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/knicks as Knicks Forward Faces Important Summer League. New York Knicks forward Pacome Dadiet is back for a second go-around at the Las Vegas Summer League.

The opening day of the NBA Las Vegas Summer League provided fireworks and the debut of No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg, who struggled to find his shot in a dramatic win over the L

Jakucionis, who was selected by the Heat with the 20th pick in the first round of last month’s draft, closed the Heat’s Las Vegas opener with 24 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field, 5-of-9 shooting on threes and 5-of-5 shooting from the foul line, four rebounds, four assists, two steals and two turnovers in 28 minutes.

The Pistons dominated in their Summer League opener. However, much of their success stemmed from meeting both individual and collective goals.

Hansen Yang overwhelms Warriors with size, playmaking as Armstrong and Richard are rare bright spots for Golden State

Noa Essengue struggled to stand out in his Las Vegas debut Friday night as the Chicago Bulls floundered in an ugly 116-72 loss to the Toronto Raptors.

Reed Sheppard did it all for the Houston Rockets in their Las Vegas Summer League opener on Friday night. In fact, the second-year guard did essentially everything on the floor more than any other Rockets player. Sheppard led Houston in six major statistical categories in the matchup with the Clippers: