The Brooklyn Nets have finally finished with the 2026 NBA Draft and over the course of the event, they came away with three players that should be able to contribute to the current rebuild. While the 2026-27 season is still months away, Brooklyn will get to some of the younger players on the roster get playing time before the season starts and that happens in the summer league.
Normally, the Nets only play in the Las Vegas Summer League, but this year, they will also be participating in the California Classic, giving the rookies and second-year players more exposure to NBA competition. The NBA released the full schedule for the 2026 Las Vegas Summer League on Friday and it looks like Brooklyn will have some interesting matchups along the way.
While fans will have to wait awhile for this matchup to occur, the Nets will be taking on the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday, July 14, setting up a duel between Brooklyn’s Mikel Brown Jr. and Sacramento’s Darius Acuff Jr. Much has been made of the Nets’ decision to take Brown with the No. 6 overall pick instead of Acuff and at least for one night, fans will be able to see which one gets the better of the other. Also, UConn’s Alex Karaban should make his imprint on this game as well.
In a matchup against the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday, July 11, Brown and forward Joshua Jefferson (No. 28 pick) will get to face off against guard Kingston Flemings and St. John’s alum Zuby Ejiofor. While the Nets chose Jefferson for their own understandable reasons, there were probably some fans wondering if Ejiofor would fall enough for Brooklyn to be able to take him and keep him within New York City.
On Friday, July 10, the Nets will be taking on the league champion New York Knicks that did not select anyone in the first round, but they should be putting forth players like Mohamed Diowara and Pacome Dadiet on the floor to see how much they have improved from this past season. Brooklyn will be taking on the Houston Rockets on Thursday, July 16, and that means the aforementioned Brown, Jefferson, and second-round pick Tyler Bilodeau will take on Bruce Thornton.
Here is a breakdown of Brooklyn’s entire schedule for the 2026 Las Vegas Summer League:
Vs. Knicks
Vs. Hawks
Vs. Kings
Vs. Rockets
This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets full schedule for 2026 Las Vegas NBA Summer League
Reporting by Sharif Phillips-Keaton, Nets Wire / Nets Wire
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By Sharif Phillips-Keaton, Nets Wire | USA TODAY Network
