{"id":750792,"date":"2026-07-08T16:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/750792\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T16:09:24","slug":"nba-summer-league-creighton-nebraska-omaha-alums-and-omaha-area-players-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/750792\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Summer League: Creighton, Nebraska, Omaha alums and Omaha-area players to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.wowt.com\" class=\"google-source-button text-body btn btn-link p-0 text-decoration-none\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>Add Us On GoogleAdd as a preferred source on Google<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) &#8211; The Cornhusker State\u2019s local hoops scene will be well-represented in this year\u2019s NBA Summer League. In all, 19 players with ties to the 402 will compete in Las Vegas this month. The lists spans from established young NBA talents, to players competing for spots on rosters this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Players from the Omaha Metro: Tucker DeVries (Elkhorn South HS, Waukee HS) \u2014 Boston CelticsJosh Dix (Abraham Lincoln HS, Council Bluffs, IA) \u2014 Oklahoma City ThunderChucky Hepburn (Bellevue West HS) \u2014 Toronto RaptorsFrankie Fidler (Bellevue West HS) \u2014 Portland Trail BlazersWilliam Kyle III (Bellevue West HS) \u2014 Los Angeles LakersHunter Sallis (Millard North HS) \u2014 Brooklyn NetsSaint Thomas (Millard North HS) \u2014 Philadelphia 76ersJohn Tonje (Omaha Central HS) \u2014 Boston CelticsLatrell Wrightsell Jr. (Omaha Central HS) \u2014 Charlotte HornetsFormer Creighton players: Steven Ashworth &#8211; Oklahoma City ThunderJosh Dix \u2014 Oklahoma City ThunderRyan Kalkbrenner \u2014 Charlotte HornetsArthur Kaluma \u2014 Los Angeles LakersRyan Nembhard \u2014 Dallas MavericksFormer Nebraska players:Josiah Allick \u2014 Charlotte HornetsSam Hoiberg \u2014 Phoenix SunsRienk Mast \u2014 Indiana PacersBrice Williams \u2014 Detroit PistonsFormer Omaha players:Frankie Fidler \u2014 Portland Trail BlazersMarquel Sutton \u2014 Sacramento Kings<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The NBA Summer League runs from July 9-19 in Las Vegas, NV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WOWT. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Add Us On GoogleAdd as a preferred source on Google OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) &#8211; The Cornhusker State\u2019s local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[32536,165144,98975,322008,35468,254990,322007,15758,69004,5791,46751,322006,322010,765,355,1755,2806,25924,98983,22491,1053,322005,322009,99,322004,143158,7083,29099,322011,214308],"class_list":["post-750792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-arthur-kaluma","tag-bluejays","tag-brice-williams","tag-chucky-hepburn","tag-creighton","tag-first-alert-6","tag-frankie-fidler","tag-hunter-sallis","tag-huskers","tag-john-tonje","tag-josh-dix","tag-josiah-allick","tag-marquel-sutton","tag-mavericks","tag-nba","tag-nba-summer-league","tag-nebraska","tag-omaha","tag-rienk-mast","tag-ryan-kalkbrenner","tag-ryan-nembhard","tag-saint-thomas","tag-sam-hoiberg","tag-sports","tag-steven-ashworth","tag-trey-alexander","tag-tucker-devries","tag-uno","tag-william-kyle","tag-wowt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750792","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=750792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}