A matchup of unbeaten teams headlines Monday night’s Las Vegas Summer League slate, with the Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics set to meet after both opened the event 2-0.
The biggest name on the floor is Atlanta lottery pick Kingston Flemings, who has already shown why the Hawks wanted him. Across his first three Summer League games, including his run in Salt Lake City, the former Houston guard piled up 22 assists against just three turnovers. He did hit a rough patch in Saturday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets, finishing with nine points, seven rebounds, five assists and six turnovers, but his playmaking has still been the clear story.
That matters for Atlanta, especially after the team traded Trae Young to Washington during the 2025-26 season and created a need for more ball-handling help. Flemings has a real chance to carve out meaningful minutes this season, and this is another chance for him to show he can run an offense cleanly.
Boston, meanwhile, is dealing with a very different kind of summer. The Celtics have undergone a major roster shakeup this offseason after trading away All-NBA wing Jaylen Brown, and that puts more weight on the shoulders of the team’s younger and less proven players.
Hugo Gonzalez is one of them, but the second-year wing has struggled to shoot the ball so far this summer. Boston may also be cautious with some of its key players on the second night of a back-to-back, including Gonzalez and big man Amari Williams, both of whom saw NBA minutes last season.
Dillon Mitchell gave Boston a lift with 24 points on Sunday, but Atlanta’s summer roster looks deeper and more loaded with young talent. Asa Newell, last year’s first-round pick, is in the mix, along with Flemings, Zuby Ejiofor and Henri Veesar.
Atlanta has already beaten San Antonio by 27 points and Brooklyn by seven, and with Boston on tired legs, the Hawks look positioned to keep rolling.
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