He's been the Indiana Pacers' "best player at our practices for summer league." Could he break out this NBA season?

Hicks put up 11.6 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.0 steals per game last season, while shooting 47.1% overall, 41.3% from 3, and 80.0% from the line.

The San Antonio Spurs, who played without No. 2 overall draft pick Dylan Harper, drubbed the Sixers, 111-70, in what was expected to be a showcase matchup Thursday night at Thomas & Mack Center.

While Cooper Flagg and Bronny James faced off in a packed arena on the campus of UNLV, the Nuggets and Bucks played a Summer League thriller in the sleepy gymnasium adjacent to the main event.

Mississippi State basketball is represented by three former Bulldogs at the NBA 2K26 Summer League this week, as Cameron Matthews joins the Houston Rockets and former teammates Tolu Smith and Garrison Brooks suit up for the Detroit Pistons.

Nate Williams and Reed Sheppard are the only players on the Rockets' roster playing in summer league. Williams isn't sweating his non-guaranteed contract.

The Warriors held their first practice Thursday in Las Vegas ahead of their Summer League opener against Portland.

No. 3 pick V.J. Edgecombe and No. 2 pick Dylan Harper expected to face off at Thomas & Mack Center at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN.