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USA Today
04-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
OKC Thunder releases 2025 Summer League roster
The Oklahoma City Thunder have announced their 2025 Summer League roster. Like usual, they will participate in Salt Lake City and Las Vegas for at least eight games during the two-week extravaganza. The Utah Summer League will take place from July 5-8. The traditional Las Vegas portion will take place from July 10-20. The Thunder's full schedule can be viewed here. Thunder assistants Daniel Dixon and Connor Johnson will split the head coach duties. Dixon will coach in Utah and Johnson will coach in Las Vegas. Nikola Topic headlines the Summer League roster. The 2024 No. 12 pick will suit up for the first time after he sat out his first year recovering from a partially torn ACL. The 19-year-old is viewed as a high-end playmaking prospect. Ajay Mitchell is also another big name on the roster. While Thomas Sorber is on the roster, he won't participate. He continues to recover from foot surgery that cut his sole season at Georgetown short. Brooks Barnhizer was listed and should play. Last year's two-way players Branden Carlson and Alex Ducas will also play. The Thunder's 2025 Summer League roster can be read below: Fresh off an NBA championship, Thunder fans continue to enjoy being spoiled. Usually, the champion has little to look forward to in Summer League. But because of how stacked their draft capital is, the Thunder have a few interesting names to watch for.
Yahoo
28-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
OKC Thunder unveils which assistants will coach NBA Summer League team
If you buy something through a link in this article, we may earn commission. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Mark Daigneault on Saturday shared who will be coaching the Thunder in summer league. Daniel Dixon will coach the Thunder in Salt Lake City Summer League (July 5-8) and Connor Johnson will coach the Thunder in Las Vegas Summer League (July 10-20). Advertisement Dixon, an assistant coach for player development, is entering his fourth season with the organization. He coached the Thunder's summer league team last year in Las Vegas. Dixon played college basketball at William & Mary. Johnson is in his sixth season with the Thunder. Before that, he spent three years as the head coach of the 76ers' G League affiliate. Johnson began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Villanova. Just about every Thunder assistant has served a stint as a summer league head coach. 'We want to invest in all the people in the organization with all the resources we have,' Mark Daigneault said Saturday after OKC rookies Thomas Sorber and Brooks Barnhizer were introduced. 'Summer League is a great opportunity to do that, draft workouts are a great opportunity to do that. These are the guys that are gonna be working with our players. I'm coaching the team, but they're the ones on the ground level with the guys.' Advertisement It's not yet known if Sorber, the Thunder's first-round pick out of Georgetown, will play in Summer League. He underwent season-ending foot surgery in February. Barnhizer also suffered a season-ending foot injury at Northwestern, but Barnhizer said Saturday that he will play in Summer League. More: OKC Thunder injury update: Will Thomas Sorber, Brooks Barnhizer play in NBA Summer League? Joe Mussatto is a sports columnist for The Oklahoman. Have a story idea for Joe? Email him at jmussatto@ . Support Joe's work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today at . This article originally appeared on Oklahoman: OKC Thunder unveils which assistants will coach NBA Summer League team
