Los Angeles Lakers Summer League Schedule: How to Watch Bronny James

James Jr. and the Lakers will play in the California Classic before heading to Las Vegas.

James at his introductory press conference. / Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

The NBA summer league is an annual opportunity for fans to get a glimpse of the latest NBA draft class in action. This year the NBA 2K25 Summer League will be played in Las Vegas from July 12 to July 22. There will also be two shorter exhibition gatherings in Sacramento and Salt Lake City.

This year Bronny James Jr. and the Los Angeles Lakers will play in the California Classic with the Miami Heat, Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors before joining the rest of the league in Las Vegas. James Jr. is already being prominently featured in promotional materials for summer league.

Lakers guard Bronny James is front and center on NBA Summer League ads in Las Vegas pic.twitter.com/gQYa9grDJW

— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) July 5, 2024

James Jr., the 55th pick in the 2024 NBA draft, signed a four-year, $7.9 million deal earlier this week. That sounds outrageous when you compare it to something like Nikola Jokic's rookie deal, but seems much more reasonable when Klutch negotiated the same deal for the Phoenix Suns 2024 second-round pick, Oso Ighodaro.

For better or worse, James Jr. is the player everyone is most interested in seeing. While fans of other teams are excited to see their top picks perform, the son of LeBron James will be the player to draw the most interest from casual fans. In so much as casual fans would watch NBA summer league.

Los Angeles Lakers Summer League Roster

James Jr. will be joined by the Lakers frist round pick Dalton Knecht and a number of other players with little to no professional experience.

Player	Position	Experience
Colin Castleton	Center	One Year
Mohamed Diarra	Forward	Rookie
Sean East II	Guard	Rookie
Blake Hinson	Forward	Rookie
Bronny James Jr.	Guard	Rookie
Dalton Knecht	Guard	Rookie
Tommy Kuhse	Guard	One Year
Maxwell Lewis	Forward	One Year
Kyle Mangas	Guard	One Year
Grayson Murphy	Guard	Rookie
Joirdon Nicholas	Forward	Rookie
Quincy Olivari	Guard	Rookie
Armel Traore	Forward	Rookie
Vincent Valerio-Bodon	Guard / Forward	One Year

Los Angeles Lakers 2024 NBA 2K25 Summer League Schedule

The Lakers have seven exhibtion games scheduled in July, starting with three at the California Classic and then four at summer league in Las Vegas. They will play at least one more game with the top four teams in Vegas advancing to the semifinals on Sunday, July 21. The winners will face off on ESPN on Monday, July 22 at 9pm. Every other team will play one more game over the weekend.

Here's the Lakers' current schedule and how you can watch every game.

Opponent	Location	Date / Time	Channel
Sacramento Kings	Sacramento	Saturday July 6 @ 430pm	ESPN, ESPN+
Golden State Warriors	Sacramento	Sunday July 7 @ 6:30pm	ESPN+, NBATV
Miami Heat	Sacramento	Wednesday July 10 @ 7pm	ESPN2, ESPN+
Houston Rockets	Las Vegas	Friday July 12 @ 7:30pm	ESPN, ESPN+
Boston Celtics	Las Vegas	Monday July 15 @ 10:30pm	ESPN+, NBATV
Atlanta Hawks	Las Vegas	Wednesday July 17 @ 9:30pm	ESPN, ESPN+
Cleveland Cavaliers	Las Vegas	Thursday July 18 @ 9pm	ESPN, ESPN+