June 29, 2026, 4:46 a.m. CT<\/p>\n
With the 2026 NBA Draft now in the books, the attention turns to the Summer League, where fans can catch a glimpse of their rookies for the first time.<\/p>\n
For Iowa<\/a> basketball fans, there are a few former Hawkeyes to keep an eye on when Summer League play begins next weekend. Bennett Stirtz, Payton Sandfort, and Josh Dix will take the court with the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>. Brendan Hausen will suit up with the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a>.<\/p>\n Starting with Oklahoma City, those three former Hawkeyes<\/a> will get plenty of runway to show what they can do in Las Vegas. As the first-round pick of the group, Stirtz should see plenty of minutes, especially early on.<\/p>\n Sandfort and Dix will need to prove they belong when they get on the court, as roster spots and two-way contracts will be up for grabs. Here’s a look at the Thunder’s Summer League schedule:<\/p>\n DateOpponentTV InformationSaturday, July 4Memphis Grizzlies2 p.m. CST, TV station TBDMonday, July 6Atlanta Hawks6 p.m. CST, TV station TBDTuesday, July 7Utah Jazz8 p.m. CST, TV station TBDFriday, July 10Los Angeles Lakers9 p.m. CST, Amazon Prime VideoSunday, July 12Golden State Warriors7 p.m. CST, Amazon Prime VideoTuesday, July 14Denver Nuggets8 p.m. CST, ESPNThursday, July 16Dallas Mavericks5 p.m. CST, Amazon Prime VideoNeed a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n For Hausen, things are a bit trickier. His contract is strictly a Summer League deal<\/a> at the moment. Hausen will need to be really impressive in Memphis’ games to earn another deal. The main thing Hausen needs to do is shoot the lights out of the basketball.<\/p>\n He’s capable of it, and 3-point shooting is a valuable commodity in the NBA. Here’s a look at Hausen and the Grizzlies’ Summer League schedule:<\/p>\n Memphis Grizzlies Summer League ScheduleDateOpponentTV InformationSaturday, July 4Oklahoma City Thunder2 p.m. CST, TV station TBDMonday, July 6Utah Jazz8 p.m. CST, TV station TBDTuesday, July 7Atlanta Hawks6 p.m. CST, TV station TBDFriday, July 10Chicago Bulls7 p.m. CST, Amazon Prime VideoMonday, July 13Dallas Mavericks6 p.m. CST, ESPNTuesday, July 14Golden State Warriors6 p.m. CST, ESPNThursday, July 16Atlanta Hawks7 p.m. CST, Amazon Prime Video<\/p>\n Iowa fans can tune in to both teams’ Summer League opener, when all four former Hawkeyes will be on the court together. That game will tip off at 2 p.m. CT next Saturday, with a TV station TBD.<\/p>\n Contact\/Follow us\u00a0@HawkeyesWire<\/a>\u00a0on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions.\u00a0Follow Zach on X:\u00a0@zach_hiney<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 29, 2026, 4:46 a.m. CT With the 2026 NBA Draft now in the books, the attention turns…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773533,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[72400,7,294,293,177,4070,6,90715,83199,73480,72404,72457,72580,72934,73765,72440,72452,72464,72497,72860,73012,74106,74104,72689,72490,72444,72422,72570,78558,72484,72445,72526,72406,72465,72403],"class_list":["post-773532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-memphis-grizzlies","tag-accessfree","tag-basketball","tag-grizzlies","tag-memphis","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-memphisgrizzlies","tag-nba","tag-sourcehawkeyes-wire","tag-sstssportscollegehawkeyesmens-basketball","tag-sstsnmens-basketball","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagbig-10-hub","tag-tagbig-ten-conference-mens-basketball","tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","tag-tagcgr-sports","tag-tagchicago-bulls","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-tagdallas-mavericks","tag-tagdenver-nuggets","tag-tagespn-inc","tag-tagiowa","tag-tagiowa-hawkeyes","tag-tagiowa-hawkeyes-mens-basketball","tag-taglos-angeles-lakers","tag-tagmemphis-grizzlies","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnba","tag-tagnba-draft","tag-tagnba-summer-league","tag-tagoklahoma-city-thunder","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagsmg-timely","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagutah-jazz","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}