Next Stop – Vegas: The NBA 2K26 Summer League tips off Thursday in Las Vegas, where this year’s No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg is slated to make his debut as the Mavs face the Lakers (8 ET, ESPN) – highlighting a seven-game opening day slate.

However, the saga won't come to a close without one more eyebrow raising bit of news, courtesy of ESPN's Tim MacMahon, who reported the Jazz planned on having Cooper's son, Omar Cooper Jr., serve as a guest coach on the Jazz's Summer League staff until the NBA stepped in and had Utah scrap those plans.

Ace Bailey, at least so far, seems to be fitting in just fine in Salt Lake City. Bailey dropped 18 points and had seven rebounds and three assists in the Utah Jazz’s 112-111 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night in the Utah Summer League. He even threw down a huge lob after a perfect assist from Isaiah Collier in the second quarter.