Why you should watch NBA Summer League
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What should you expect from this NBA Summer League preview with Tyler Metcalf?
Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for Thursday, July 9th, 2026. On today's show, we're previewing Las Vegas Summer League with Tyler Metcalf from No Ceilings. This is going to be great. I'm excited because we're going to get to dive into all things Summer League. All right, everybody. It's time to talk about the basketball that we feel a lot in our hearts, but we know we need to keep away from our brains that we shouldn't necessarily remember this, but it's always a fun time for NBA fans in here to break it all down. Tyler Metcalf from the No Ceilings crew. Tyler, thanks for coming on. Thanks for having me.
Excited to actually talk about some real basketball. And everything that happens here is 100% correct, as long as it fits the narrative that we're trying to push, right?
That's how we do it. If you were a Darren Peterson guy, boy, you are riding high right now. You are feeling good right now. Okay, so I'm going to ask you five questions about Summer League. Feel free to give multiple answers if you'd like. Just whatever is most interesting to you, because... I mean, I know that there's probably not one answer for each of these, so feel free to give multiple answers. So first one, the top five pick that you are most looking forward to seeing in Vegas.
Yeah. And it's Darren Peterson for me. So, um, I, Caleb Wilson's probably a close second. Cause like I I've, I've been lucky enough to see AJ and cam, um, in person a handful of times. So I, you know, I've been down that hill that they're old news at this point. Um, No, I'm kidding. I'm very excited to see all of them. But for me, it's Darren because I've never gotten to see him up close and personal. And the fact that he had the games in Salt Lake City that he's already had and already looks incredible and fully healthy and looks like the guy that we were expecting coming out of high school. I cannot wait to see him in person and just see how the movement patterns look in person and the processing speed and his ability to flow in and out of on ball and off ball roles and responsibilities.
I'm very, very excited. And thankfully, we have an awesome matchup. right out of the gate with him on the first day going up against aj going up against trey johnson uh will riley so it's not just like not just darren versus aj um but darren verse and darren and ace and um you know that they have some really fun players on that utah team as well going up against some really fun players on that washington side as well
Yeah, that'll be super fun. Dave and S will be in Vegas and they will have a recap after that game on this feed. So tune in for that. That should be very, very fun. It's kind of crazy. I feel like usually that's night two that you get the big matchup. But perhaps there's just more big matchups in this year's Summer League than there were in previous years. You guys mentioned this on your podcast, but it feels like one of the first years in a long time that we may walk away from Summer League saying like the top four guys in the class are all just incredible. Like after Summer League.
I think we could really be there. And what I love so much about it, too, is that they all play very different roles. They're all very different players. There isn't like a, oh, this wing versus this wing. It's Cam Boozer, who's a power forward, but kind of plays like a point guard. It's Darren Peterson, who's one of the most well-rounded guards we've seen in a long time. AJ DeBond says this prototype number one pick that you constantly see at the wing. And then Caleb Wilson's this ball of chaotic energy and just... imagining what that's going to look like in a year or two or a couple months once some of that gets harnessed and really steered in toward steered towards like highly productive play the upside with him is insane so i all of these guys are already like day one talented and athletically ready but there's still so much upside that they're just barely scratching the surface of okay how about lottery pick outside like the top four or five that you're most looking forward to watching
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Chapters
3 chapters
1
What should you expect from this NBA Summer League preview with Tyler Metcalf?
0:01–5:29
2
Which top-four rookies (Peterson, Wilson, Boozer, DeBose) is Tyler most excited to watch?
5:29–20:01
3
Which lottery and near-lottery picks (Marez Johnson, Nate Amen) should fans follow in Vegas?
20:01–26:13