Tonight at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, the Washington Wizards tip off their 2025 NBA Summer League campaign against the Phoenix Suns at . Here’s everything you need to know:

Editor’s Note: “Everything you need to know...” is an example of fake news. It’s not possible to provide everything someone would need to know on this or any other topic. It would be much better to say “some of the things you need to know” or “most of the things you need to know to enjoy the game.” Except, truth is you don’t really need to know much of anything to enjoy an NBA Summer League other than it’s something approximating professional basketball, and that it’s weird and quirky and often fun. Plus, Kevin complains a lot when we change his precious words, so...

Pregame with this article from a few days ago. The TLDR is that some economists ran an analysis and found that better production in summer league predicted stronger performance in the following NBA regular season. Their actual analysis is much nerdier — they’re economists — but well worth your time.

I will immediately rejoin Team It’s Just Summer League if Tre Johnson shoots 3-17.

You could “enjoy” the action at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN, but you’d at best be “enjoying” the action. If you want to actually enjoy the action, join me (Kevin Broom) on Playback for tonight’s event. We’ll talk draft, Wizards, basketball history, movies, trivia, and other stuff, including the game.

** = Wizards draft selections

Suns Summer League Roster