After Derik Queen's Summer League debut for the Pelicans, analyst Kevin O'Connor many red flags from the outing.

The shortest offseason in sports belongs to the NBA, as things move very quickly following the end of the season. The Oklahoma City Thunder just won the NBA Finals, with the draft taking place just three days later.

The Pelicans’ summer league roster features Yves Missi and team's 2025 NBA Draft picks Jeremiah Fears, Derik Queen, and Micah Peavy.

The New Orleans Pelicans made headlines this 2025 NBA Draft when they drafted big man Derik Queen out of Maryland.

"Joan was incredible," head coach Kevin Hanson said.

There was some clock drama in the final second, but the Mavericks hang on for a win to open Summer League and Cooper Flagg's career. Flagg and Bronny James both went scoreless in the second half, while Cole Swider led all scorers with 22 points.

The best of them was French point guard Nolan Traore, who looked like a guy who has played against men before (he played professionally in France last year) and was comfortable, finishing with 13 points on 3-of-5 shooting and getting to the line six times. It was a promising start.

Here is the summer league roster: Pelicans assistant coach Corey Brewer will lead the team. The team will compete in the NBA 2K26 Summer League from July 10 to 20 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas.

KOC shares his observations from day 1 of NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. Then, Jason Timpf from Hoops Tonight and Daman Rangoola from Stratechery join to discuss the state of basketball in Los Angeles.

Three of the top 17 picks in the 2025 NBA draft made their NBA Summer League debuts on Thursday to kick off the slate of games in Las Vegas.