{"id":3697,"date":"2025-07-18T17:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/3697\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T17:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T17:30:08","slug":"nba-summer-league-standout-players-from-day-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/3697\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Summer League: Standout players from Day 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1812365\" class=\"wp-image-1812365 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/collin-murray-boyles-rookie-photo-shoot-1568x882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"882\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1812365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Collin Murray-Boyles and the 4-0 Toronto Raptors secure a spot in the NBA 2K26 Summer League semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.nba.com\/NBAapp_\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Download the NBA App<\/a><br \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/summer-league\/2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Summer League: Complete Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/summer-league\/2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA 2K26 Summer League<\/a> rolled on Thursday in Las Vegas with eight games featuring five unbeaten teams looking to advance to Saturday\u2019s single-elimination semifinals. Here are the players who shined the brightest:<\/p>\n<p>Collin Murray-Boyles, Toronto Raptors<\/p>\n<p>With a spot in the Summer League semifinals on the line, rookie Collin Murray-Boyles had his best game so far as he adjusts to the NBA level. Toronto\u2019s No. 9 overall pick in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/draft\/2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2025 NBA Draft<\/a> finished with a game-high 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting. He also added nine rebounds and was everywhere on the defensive side of the ball, recording four steals in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/gsw-vs-tor-1522500059\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">81-69<\/a> win over the Warriors.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No. 9 pick Collin Murray-Boyles impresses as the 4-0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Raptors?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@Raptors<\/a> clinch a spot in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBA2KSummerLeague?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#NBA2KSummerLeague<\/a> Semifinals! \ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p>20 PTS<br \/>9 REB<br \/>4 STL<br \/>8-13 FGM <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PtuqCIAdLD\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/PtuqCIAdLD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1946069009218113687?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DaRon Holmes II, Denver Nuggets<\/p>\n<p>One year removed from an Achilles tear, DaRon Holmes II has been a force in Summer League play. The No. 22 pick in the 2024 NBA Draft dominated the paint with 19 points and 17 rebounds in the Nuggets\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/den-vs-lac-1522500060\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">81-76<\/a> win over the Clippers. Holmes also contributed five assists and two steals while displaying a relentless motor. Through four games in Las Vegas, Holmes is averaging 13.0 points and 9.5 rebounds in 27.4 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Kam Jones, Indiana Pacers<\/p>\n<p>Rookie Kam Jones looked cool, calm and collected in his first Summer League start at point guard. The No. 38 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft finished with 21 points on 9-for-19 shooting and dished out 11 assists in Indiana\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/ind-vs-nyk-1522500054\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">91-88 win<\/a> over New York. Jones showed his ability to create for himself and others with crafty drives to the lane, smooth spin moves, good touch on floaters and the ability to score with either hand at the rim.<\/p>\n<p>James Bouknight, Portland Trail Blazers<\/p>\n<p>Originally a Hornets lottery pick in 2021, James Bouknight was feeling it Portland\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/sas-vs-cha-1522500056\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">102-83 win<\/a> over Houston, finishing with 25 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds in 20 minutes. His fourth quarter was an extended heat check: 20 points on 6-for-8 shooting (5-for-6 from deep) in nine minutes. Bouknight spent last season with the Blazers\u2019 G League affiliate, the Rip City Remix, where he averaged 12.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH ALL 20 OF JAMES BOUKNIGHT&#8217;S 4TH QUARTER POINTS \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>25 points total and a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/trailblazers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@trailblazers<\/a> W in Vegas. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KpHVzB7nrN\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/KpHVzB7nrN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1946034371867095390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kon Knueppel, Charlotte Hornets<\/p>\n<p>Needing a decisive victory to advance to Saturday\u2019s semifinals, Charlotte took care of business with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/sas-vs-cha-1522500056\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">106-81<\/a> win over San Antonio. Rookie Kon Knueppel continued his strong Summer League play with 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting, five rebounds, six assists and 2 steals. Knueppel\u2019s creative no-look dime is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hornets\/status\/1946006109216498067\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">worth a look<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Collin Murray-Boyles and the 4-0 Toronto Raptors secure a spot in the NBA 2K26 Summer League semifinals. \u2022\u00a0Download&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85,979],"class_list":["post-3697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports","tag-summer-league-standouts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}