{"id":739796,"date":"2026-07-02T22:41:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/739796\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T22:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:41:21","slug":"summer-league-opening-day-adds-creator-spotlight-with-nba-creator-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/739796\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer League opening day adds creator spotlight with NBA Creator Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LAS VEGAS (<a href=\"http:\/\/fox5vegas.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"http:\/\/fox5vegas.com\/\">FOX5<\/a>) \u2014 The PlayStation NBA Creator Cup is back and ready to tip off this summer, bringing some of the biggest basketball and gaming creators to UNLV for a fast-paced showdown on NBA Summer League opening day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The showcase is returning to Las Vegas and set to take place on Thursday, July 9, opening day of NBA Summer League at The Pavilion at UNLV. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This year\u2019s lineup features top basketball and gaming creators, who have a combined social following of more than 115 million. The two teams include:<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Team Pierre<\/p>\n<p>MDMotivator (Zachery Dereniowski)YPK RayeCam WilderKris \u201cLSK\u201d LondonJay CincoJenna BandyChris StaplesMariah LinneyNicky Gathrite<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Team Darrick<\/p>\n<p>Lee the 4th (Lee McCall)JDub (Jordan Wallace)BenDaDonnnDrifty JayBree GreenWhit3 IversonDuke SkywalkaLynadia WhitingCWhye<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">MORE ON FOX5 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5vegas.com\/2026\/07\/02\/downtown-las-vegas-keeps-winning-with-canadian-travelers-following-promotion-debut\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.fox5vegas.com\/2026\/07\/02\/downtown-las-vegas-keeps-winning-with-canadian-travelers-following-promotion-debut\/\">Downtown Las Vegas keeps winning with Canadian travelers following promotion debut<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Tournament officials say the game will be played in three eight-minute segments, including a two-minute \u201cTurbo Mode\u201d with faster play and scoring bonuses. It then moves to an untimed target-score finish, with the winning score set 11 points above the leading team\u2019s total.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Fans can watch with live commentary from Joe of StrictlyBball and surprise guest commentators. Da Kid Gowie returns as the in-arena host. Young Wayne, a familiar voice from the NBA2K streetball experience and a Chicago-based podcast host, is also slated to be a part of the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">General admission starts at $68, with reserved seating also available.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KVVU. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (FOX5) \u2014 The PlayStation NBA Creator Cup is back and ready to tip off this summer,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[318085,355,318086,318083,318080,318088,318082,318084,318081,318079,99,318087],"class_list":["post-739796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-basketball-creators-showcase-las-vegas","tag-nba","tag-nba-2k-creators-basketball-game","tag-nba-creator-cup-july-9","tag-nba-creator-cup-las-vegas","tag-nba-summer-league-creator-game-format","tag-nba-summer-league-opening-day-events","tag-nba-summer-league-tickets-day-one","tag-nba-summer-league-unlv-pavilion","tag-playstation-nba-creator-cup","tag-sports","tag-unlv-pavilion-events-july-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}