A Bronny-Free Preview of 2024 NBA Summer League

Getty Images/AP Images/Ringer illustration Who could shine this year in Las Vegas? From the Risascher vs. Sarr showdown to the second-year players primed to break out, we preview what to watch. Hope springs eternal in Las Vegas, but having experienced several disorienting flash floods over the years in the Mojave Desert's punishing triple-digit heat, I'd say it's probably wise not to rest too much faith atop an infrastructure built on a mirage. This iteration of the NBA's Las Vegas summer league marks 20 years since its inaugural season in 2004, when only one-fifth of the league participated. It has since become a hallmark of the league's endless cycle, a time to see the same glimmers of brilliance in Josh Selby as in Damian Lillard; in Anthony Randolph as in Victor Wembanyama. It's all part of the fun. Becoming infatuated with an illusion is as essential a summer league experience as bumping into someone in a Cherokee Parks jersey from his Vancouver Grizzlies days. It'll be a particularly strange LVSL this year, feeding from all the anti-hype of last month's draft. You would be forgiven if you're not positive what Zaccharie Risacher even looks like. There will be no aliens in our...