Summer League 2025

[Village Idiot]

The team finally got around to publishing the roster. Nothing too exiting. Good to see Rupert out there.

https://www.nba.com/blazers/news/trail-blazers-announce-nba-2k26-summer-league-2025-roster

PORTLAND, Ore. (July 4, 2025) – The Portland Trail Blazers today announced their roster for the NBA 2K26 Summer League 2025, which begins on July 10 in Las Vegas.

Portland’s roster features third-year Trail Blazer Rayan Rupert along with rookie Yang Hansen (No. 16 overall pick) and two-way players Sidy Cissoko and Caleb Love. The Trail Blazers’ Summer League team will be coached by Portland assistant coach Ronnie Burrell.

The NBA 2K26 Summer League 2025 will feature all 30 NBA teams and take place July 10-20 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

[Village Idiot]

NBA 2K26 SUMMER LEAGUE 2025 ROSTER

as of July 4, 2025

No. Name Pos Ht Wt Birthdate Prior to NBA/Home Country NBA Years Last Team
50 Keeshawn Barthelemy G 6-1 180 1/2/01 Oregon/ Canada R Oregon
42 James Bouknight G 6-5 190 9/18/00 UConn/USA 3 Rip City Remix
64 Andrew Carr F 6-11 235 2/1/02 Kentucky/ USA R Kentucky
54 DJ Carton G 6-4 200 8/5/00 Marquette/USA 2 San Diego Clippers
91 Sidy Cissoko G/F 6-6 220 4/2/04 G League Ignite/France 2 Trail Blazers
2 Caleb Love G 6-2 203 9/27/01 Arizona/USA R Arizona
61 Justin McKoy F 6-8 215 1/7/01 Hawaii/USA R Hapoel Be’er Sheva
68 Olivier Nkamhoua F 6-9 225 5/2/00 Michigan/Finland R BV Chemnitz 99
53 Sean Pedulla G 6-2 190 10/10/02 Ole Miss/USA R Ole Miss
21 Rayan Rupert G/F 6-7 202 5/31/04 New Zealand Breakers/France 2 Trail Blazers
41 Dmytro Skapintsev C 7-1 260 5/12/98 Cal State Northridge/Ukraine 1 Rip City Remix
52 Cameron Tyson G 6-2 190 10/26/99 Seattle/USA R Rip City Remix
16 Yang Hansen C 7-1 260 6/26/05 Qingdao Eagles/China R Qingdao Eagles

[Walton1one]

A bunch of retreads, man this is the laziest front office in the NBA

selling 2nd rounders for cash or throwing them away in deals

No interest in proactivelyutilizing 2-ways as a means to improve the big league roster

Using the remix to run stupid 3PT experimental concepts, with players who are not even good shooters like WTF?

Let’s look at the summer league roster shall we, or at least the main players on it

Love, a career .432/.326 2pt/3pt shooter over 5 years, yikes

Yang, likely the next Chinese bust or if you are a true believer the next Yao\Jokic which is so far out there it is beyond delusional, most likely scenario? A low/mid backup for a few years

2025 might be one of the worst drafts by POR ever, particularly given the talent that was available in this draft

Rupert, 3rd summer league and still can’t get himself out of the G league, shot 22.9% from 3pt (3att/g), 69% FT

Cissoko, also in his 3rd summer league, shot 31.8% from 3pt (4att/g) 60% FT, yuck

Pedula might be POR best young player acquired, (E10) 39% from 3pt (6att/g)

Carr, the next G-league Alex Reese non NBA caliber talent? At least he can shoot from range a little 34% career 3pt, but offers little else

What a sad collection of players, 1-4? 0-5?

I know a guy who was on the remix staff awhile ago and he told me that Sergi Oliva, the remix coach at the time and main scout on Yang BTW, was one of the biggest idiots he he had ever seen and THIS is the guy who spearheaded the Yang selection, so enjoy the fruits of his labor

No joke, that guy is an asst GM and he is an imbecile

[m0ng0]

A bunch of retreads, man this is the laziest front office in the NBA

selling 2nd rounders for cash or throwing them away in deals

No interest in proactivelyutilizing 2-ways as a means to improve the big league roster

Using the remix to run stupid 3PT experimental concepts, with players who are not even good shooters like WTF?

Let’s look at the summer league roster shall we, or at least the main players on it

Love, a career .432/.326 2pt/3pt shooter over 5 years, yikes

Yang, likely the next Chinese bust or if you are a true believer the next Yao\Jokic which is so far out there it is beyond delusional, most likely scenario? A low/mid backup for a few years

2025 might be one of the worst drafts by POR ever, particularly given the talent that was available in this draft

Rupert, 3rd summer league and still can’t get himself out of the G league, shot 22.9% from 3pt (3att/g), 69% FT

Cissoko, also in his 3rd summer league, shot 31.8% from 3pt (4att/g) 60% FT, yuck

Pedula might be POR best young player acquired, (E10) 39% from 3pt (6att/g)

Carr, the next G-league Alex Reese non NBA caliber talent? At least he can shoot from range a little 34% career 3pt, but offers little else

What a sad collection of players, 1-4? 0-5?

I know a guy who was on the remix staff awhile ago and he told me that Sergi Oliva, the remix coach at the time and main scout on Yang BTW, was one of the biggest idiots he he had ever seen and THIS is the guy who spearheaded the Yang selection, so enjoy the fruits of his labor

No joke, that guy is an asst GM and he is an imbecile

God you never stop spewing your negativity

[Walton1one]

You mean truth?

I am sure to a sunshine pumper like you it seems that way, fans like you are the reason why current ownership\mgmt have ZERO incentive to try and build a winning team b/c no matter what they do, people like you will find a reason to defend them

Go to any other board of a big city\successful franchise and see what those fans are saying. I can guarantee you it is far worse than my mild, but very deserving criticism

I say this as a Boston Red Sox fan, reading those boards makes me feel like I am way too lenient, and POR boards are so pathetic they go out of their way to defend the team no matter what they do, and don’t think for a minute that the team doesn’t know and exploit it

I have been a fan for 40+ years, I have seen\heard all this before and what has happened over these last few years is amongst the worst when it comes to front office incompetence, but by all means keep ignoring\defending it, maybe some day you will see the light

[m0ng0]

Truth spoken by you...

[Sinobas]

Love and Yang should be fun to watch. Love is going to put up some huge numbers and probably look like an all-star.

And Yang, I hope they get him the ball so we can see him work the post. Bigs usually don't get many touches in summer league, but I remember when Zach Randolph had a great SL and was dominant in the post. He should at least be able to be a defensive force and grab a lot of rebounds. If he looks overwhelmed out there, we might want to sign another vet center.

Rupert is also a key player to watch, if he can't shine, he needs to get off our our roster.

[dckingsfan]

Love and Yang should be fun to watch. Love is going to put up some huge numbers and probably look like an all-star.

And Yang, I hope they get him the ball so we can see him work the post. Bigs usually don't get many touches in summer league, but I remember when Zach Randolph had a great SL and was dominant in the post. He should at least be able to be a defensive force and grab a lot of rebounds. If he looks overwhelmed out there, we might want to sign another vet center.

Rupert is also a key player to watch, if he can't shine, he needs to get off our our roster.

Happy to see Rupert, Cissoko and Yang out there. I was really hoping that Portland could but a second round pick to get one of the PFs that were available in the second round (for another two-way).

Caleb Love is 23 - don't really understand that but okay. Olivier Nkamhoua is even older at 25. Andrew Carr, same Rupert, Love, Cissoko, Nkamhoua/Carr, Yang.

Yep, really happy they are waiting until after SL to decide the fate of the last rosters spot.

[Norm2953]

It's best to try to stay positive but let's get our first look at Yang.

Hopefully TL will finally be able to play this season for Yang is going to need some time to
adjust. Spending a half season in the G league would allow him to learn more English for there
are no other Chinese players playing in the NBA.

Team still has open roster spots and is well under the tax line and could go get a shooter if one
was available First things first, take a look at the summer league roster

[DaVoiceMaster]

I'm anxious to see Cissoko again. I liked what I saw in limited minutes at the end of the season. Let's see some more!!! Would love to see Rupert take a step forward, as well.

[zzaj]

That is one weak summer league team. I guess a lot of agents needed favors called in, or something...

Fully expecting Yang to get carte blanche. My guess is that the Blazers are going to be slightly anxious to prove to the world that they didn't make a mistake.

FWIW, I watched KJ and Bryant. KJ looked pretty bad. Bryant looked like he'll have a bit of defensive impact, but is quite a ways away from an offensive impact in the NBA. Gotta have less than 7 fouls in a game though, lol.

[Walton1one]

I watched 3 of the 4 summer league games today, missed LAL\GSW, Knecht had a poor night

Player of the day: Edgecombe was really good

KJ - played passive, did not look to shoot, couple of sloppy passes, not sure why he was not on ball more

Bryant - 3-ball was off today, had 2 very nice on ball mid range 2-3 step jumpers though, limited touches

Topic - had a few issues with ball pressure, TO (7) and physicality, but was very shifty on the ball, made some nice decisions after driving into the paint either scoring or creating easy looks for his teammates, had some nice defensive plays as well

Ajay M - was too good for SL, was as impressive as Wells, he scored impressively in a variety of ways.

Barnhizer- he looked good, shot well, rebounded, very physical and active on offense and defense

Wells - Like Mitchell, too good for SL disregarding why he is playing in SL, and Scoot did not LY & Clingan isn’t this year, he looked impressive, offensively, and defensively

J Small - was quick and shifty, seems to get into the paint when he wants, created some good shots for himself and for others

GG - long and athletic, still seems to primarily be a finisher though, did not display a whole lot else

Spencer - shot pretty well, had a few nice passes as well

Edgecombe - just looked really good out there, plays a jack of all trades type of game trades out there, was very active and making plays on both sides of the floor, the athleticism translates, impressive all-around game, he was the best player on the floor by far

Broome - looked a little plodding\ gravity, bound out there

Sensebaugh - too good for SL, shot the ball and drove well

Bailey - looked ok, active, nice looking jumper had plenty of open looks, kind of hot\cold

Williams - hit a couple of shots, but was pretty quiet out there overall

WCJ - looked small out there and was a little timid IMO, very quiet night

Collier - physical brute kind of game, had a couple of really crafty passes

[Village Idiot]

I was listening to the interviews the team posted:

Hansen- working on his english. Sounded very positive.
Rupert said that Toumani, Shaedon and Deni have all been in Portland with him all off-season working on their games. Very good news!
coach Burrell - responded to an interesting question about the necesity to add/modify sets to have an active center in the high-post. Said the team is working on it. Says Hansen is "impressively smart" and that he understands everything basketball immediately. Also that he speaks to him directly on the court, no translator, so that indicates that Yang has been listening to a lot of English and now needs to work on his speaking skills.

[dckingsfan]

I'm anxious to see Cissoko again. I liked what I saw in limited minutes at the end of the season. Let's see some more!!! Would love to see Rupert take a step forward, as well.

This. Those are 1A & 1B in my mind. Will either take a step forward?

Yes, Yang and Clingan are a key but... those are the two I am watching.

[Walton1one]

So McGowens was let go or still injured? Don’t recall seeing a release from the Blazers?

Not that I mind that much, seemed like a smaller version of Banton

Both Rupert & Cissoko need to show something, going into Y4 and still irrelevant to the big club

[dckingsfan]

Scoot looks good...

Watch on YouTube

[DaVoiceMaster]

So McGowens was let go or still injured? Don’t recall seeing a release from the Blazers?

Not that I mind that much, seemed like a smaller version of Banton

Both Rupert & Cissoko need to show something, going into Y4 and still irrelevant to the big club

Rupert just turned 21 and has been in the league 2-years, stuck behind Simons, Sharpe, Camara, and Thybulle once he returned. You could add Murray to that list, but then that doesn't say a lot. He has the tools, he just needs more of an opportunity and consistency. Ultimately, I hope he replaces Thybulle in the rotation.

[zzaj]

Scoot looks good...

Watch on YouTube

Looks physically strong, that’s for sure.

Looks a lot more comfortable spinning over his right than left…but that’s most RH players. Honestly, kind of amazed that he’s working on this very basic stuff…although, I do think he needs to unlock more <10’.

Unfortunately, most of this off of high picks he’ll never see, as both Clingan, RW and Yang (and their defenders are going to crowd him when they roll. This would be fine with a C that was a consistent perimeter threat on volume.

[Shem]

Here is the schedule!!!

[DaVoiceMaster]

What are those TV Channels... KUNP and Blazervision.