The NBA’s summer league rosters feature four players who helped Alabama progress to the East Regional Final and five players who helped Auburn reach the Final Four of the previous season’s NCAA tournament.
The NBA’s summer league season begins on Saturday and lasts for the next 15 days.
Johni Broome of Auburn was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the second round on June 25. Two-way contracts have been signed by Mark Sears of Alabama and Dylan Cardwell and Miles Kelly of Auburn, enabling their teams to move them between the NBA roster and its NBA Gatorade League affiliate as needed.
Like the majority of players on summer league courts, the other players have a slim chance of staying in the NBA.
However, not every summer league player is attempting to make a career out of basketball. Some want to play in the NBA again.
Josh Primois, a former Alabama guard who was selected in the first round of the 2024–25 NBA Draft, is in the latter group. Primo plays for the Chicago Bulls in the NBA 2K26 Summer League, which takes place in Las Vegas from July 10–20 and features participation from all NBA teams.
Two four-team, three-day circuits kick started on Saturday. The Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, and San Antonio Spurs are all part of the San Francisco-based California Classic Summer League. On Saturday at 8 p.m. CDT, Broome will make his Philadelphia uniform debut against the Utah Jazz in the Salt Lake City Summer League. The game will be broadcast on ESPN. The Oklahoma City Thunder and Memphis Grizzlies are also participating in the Salt Lake City Summer League.
The following Alabama high school and college athletes are listed on NBA summer league rosters:
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Forward Brooks Barnhizer (Alma Bryant), Oklahoma City Thunder. Barnhizer joined the Thunder from Northwestern in the second round of the 2025 NBA Draft.
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Forward Johni Broome (Auburn), Philadelphia 76ers. Broome joined the 76ers in the second round of the 2025 NBA Draft.
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Forward Kobe Brown (Lee-Huntsville), Los Angeles Clippers. Brown played for the Clippers of the NBA and San Diego Clippers of the NBA G League last season.
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Center Dylan Cardwell (Auburn), Sacramento Kings. Cardwell signed a two-way contract with the Kings as a rookie free agent.
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Guard Aaron Estrada (Alabama), Memphis Grizzlies. Estrada played for the Motor City Cruise of the NBA G League last season.
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Center Trey Jemison (Hoover,UAB
), Los Angeles Lakers. Jemison played for the New Orleans Pelicans and Lakers of the NBA and South Bay Lakers of the NBA G League last season.
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Guard Chaney Johnson (Thompson, Auburn), Cleveland Cavaliers. Johnson signed with the Cavaliers as a rookie free agent.
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Guard Denver Jones (Buckhorn, Auburn), Cleveland Cavaliers. Jones signed with the Cavaliers as a rookie free agent.
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Guard Miles Kelly (Auburn), Dallas Mavericks. Kelly signed a two-way contract with the Mavericks as a rookie free agent.
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Guard Kira Lewis Jr. (Hazel Green, Alabama), Miami Heat. Lewis played for the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League last season.
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Guard TJ Madlock (Alabama State
), Detroit Pistons. Madlock signed with the Pistons as a rookie free agent.
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Forward Grant Nelson (Alabama), Brooklyn Nets. Nelson signed with the Nets as a rookie free agent.
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Center Clifford Omoruyi (Alabama), Toronto Raptors. Omoruyi signed with the Raptors as a rookie free agent.
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Guard Josh Primo (Alabama), Chicago Bulls. Primo played for the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA and the Ontario Clippers of the NBA G League during the 2023-24 season.
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Forward Alex Reese (Pelham, Alabama), Philadelphia 76ers. Reese played for the Oklahoma City Thunder and 76ers in the NBA and the Rip City Remix and Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League last season.
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Guard Mark Sears (Muscle Shoals, Alabama), Milwaukee Bucks. Sears signed a two-way contract with the Bucks as a rookie free agent.
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Guard Jaden Shackelford (Alabama), Golden State Warriors. Shackelford played for the Valley Suns of the NBA G League last season.
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Forward Jaylin Williams (Auburn), Dallas Mavericks. Williams played for the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G League last season. Williams played on Friday for the Winnipeg Sea Bears, as he has in every game for the team in the 2025 Canadian Elite Basketball League season.
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Guard Chris Youngblood (Alabama), Oklahoma City Thunder. Youngblood signed with the Thunder as a rookie free agent.
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In April 2024, Primo suffered a stress fracture in his left ankle’s navicular bone. Surgery was necessary to treat the injury. Primo never played for the Windy City Bulls in the 2024–25 season, despite the Bulls signing him for their NBA G League affiliate last offseason.
The Spurs selected the 6-foot-6 18-year-old Primo at No. 12 in the 2021 NBA Draft after he averaged 8.1 points and 3.4 rebounds in 30 games during his lone season at Alabama. Primo played 50 games for San Antonio as a rookie, including 16 starts, and averaged 5.8 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 1.6 assists.
On October 28, 2022, the Spurs surprised the NBA by benching Primo four games into his second season without giving an explanation.
Lawsuits were brought against Primo and the Spurs in November 2022. Houston lawyer Tony Buzbee said in announcing the cases that Primo had repeatedly exposed himself to Dr. Hillary Cauthen while she was employed by San Antonio. Buzbee claimed that although Cauthen was promised that the issue would be resolved when she brought it to the notice of the NBA team’s management, she was instead shunned and eventually fired from her role as a consulting psychologist for the Spurs. Cauthen claimed that other women had to go through what she experienced because San Antonio’s management did not deal with the issue.
About two weeks after the claims were filed, they were settled out of court.
The District Attorney’s Office in Bexar County, Texas, declared on December 8, 2023, that Primo’s criminal investigation was over and that there was not enough evidence to charge him with indecent exposure.
On September 29, 2023, Primo signed a two-way contract with the Los Angeles Clippers, ending his basketball career. The NBA declared that Primo had been suspended for four games on the same day that he signed a contract with the Clippers.
Primo participated in two Los Angeles games on December 16 and March 1. In his ten minutes on the court, he scored two points and pulled down one rebound. Primo played for the Ontario Clippers for the majority of the 2023–24 campaign. He averaged 16.3 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists, and 1.1 steals in 35 NBA G League games.
On April 13, 2024, the Clippers waived Primo following his ankle injury.
Mark Inabinett works for Alabama Media Group as a sports writer. You may follow him at @AMarkG1 on X.
