A pair of former LSU basketball players are beginning their runs at the NBA Salt Lake City Summer League.
[autotag]Javonte Smart[/autotag] and [autotag]KJ Williams[/autotag] will compete in games on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday before the league moves to Las Vegas next week.
Smart, who went undrafted in 2021, will play for the Philadelphia 76ers. He spent the 2022-23 season with the G League’s Birmingham Squadron. Williams, who went undrafted in this year’s draft after earning All-SEC honors at LSU, is playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
The two will face off against each other when the 76ers play the Thunder at 6 p.m. CT on Thursday night. That game will be televised on ESPN2. The games Monday and Wednesday will be on NBA TV.
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