The main on-court event on the NBA summer calendar begins Thursday when the Las Vegas Summer League tips off from Sin City. There are seven games on Thursday's slate, including a matchup between Cooper Flagg's Dallas Mavericks and Bronny James' Los Angeles Lakers.

Because of new rules regarding trade exceptions and other factors, we can expect deals like this to happen much more often.

From there, Brandon Carlson and Alex Ducas are among the notable players on the roster, as both were on a two-way contract in Oklahoma City last season and will be looking to prove their worth another. Furthermore, Viktor Lakhin is a legitimate NBA talent, but he recently suffered a foot injury and won’t be able to compete.

Bronny James, the son of Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, will be playing in the summer league for the second consecutive season. So will Jameer Nelson Jr., the son of former NBA point guard Jameer Nelson. He will be on San Antonio's summer league roster.

Fidler was MSU's big transfer addition heading into last season, and while his shooting never quite came around, he did show some impressive skills in the mid-range, with his rebounding, and on defense.

Sixers rookie guard VJ Edgecombe has been diagnosed with a left thumb sprain and will miss Thursday night's Summer League game.

League debut with the Utah Jazz came and went without much incident, as the No. 5 overall pick in this year's NBA Draft put up eight points and seven rebounds in a win over the Philadelphia 76ers.  It wasn't a stellar scoring night from the Rutgers product and Sixers fans were thrilled to see VJ Edgecombe,

VJ Edgecombe #77 of the Philadelphia 76ers slam dunks the ball over Kyle Filipowski #22 of the Utah Jazz during the second half of their NBA Summer League game at the Jon M. Huntsman Center on July 5,