First glimpse of Mavericks' rookie Luka Doncic comes soon in Las Vegas

Are you stoked about seeing Luka Doncic play in a Dallas Mavericks' uniform?

The NBA season doesn't tip off until October but the MGM Resorts NBA Summer League begins next week in Las Vegas and the Mavs' top pick in the recent NBA draft will play in his first games alongside eight other rookies and Mavs' point guard Dennis Smith Jr. An ESPN report last week claimed the Mavs are unlikely to play Doncic but he's on the roster. It's more likely that Doncic will only see limited playing time.

"This kid, he’s been through an amazing grind," Mavericks' coach Rick Carlisle told Mavs.com. "In the European league and in the international leagues they don’t play as many games per week as the NBA, but they have multiple tournaments and it’s a lot of pressurized stuff and there aren’t a lot of breaks.”

For the first time all 30 NBA teams will compete in the Summer League, which will include 82 games over 12 days. Teams will play three preliminary games before being seeded in a tournament that concludes with the championship on July 17. Teams will play at least five games and as many as eight. The Mavs will open the preliminary round against the Suns at 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus. They play the Bucks at 6 p.m. July 8 and the Warriors at 6:30 p.m. July 9 before the tournament is seeded.

Dallas assistant coach Jamahl Mosley will serve as the head coach for the third consecutive season. The Mavs will hold a mini camp at their practice facility from July 2-5.

Mavericks' summer league roster

No.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Prior to NBA/Home Country	Exp.
14	Josh Adams	G	6-2	190	Wyoming	R
37	Kostas Antetokounmpo	F	6-10	197	Dayton/Greece	R
13	Jalen Brunson	G	6-3	190	Villanova	R
55	Mitch Creek	G/F	6-5	198	Adelaide 36ers/Australia	R
77	Luka Doncic	G/F	6-7	218	Real Madrid/Slovenia	R
10	Dorian Finney-Smith	F	6-8	220	Florida	2
35	Phil Greene	G	6-2	183	St. John’s	R
21	Jalen Jones	F	6-7	220	Texas A&M	1
6	Johnathan Motley	F	6-10	230	Baylor	1
51	Duop Reath	F	6-11	244	LSU/Australia	R
1	Dennis Smith Jr.	G	6-3	195	North Carolina State	1
56	Ray Spalding	F	6-10	215	Louisville	R
24	Jacob Wiley	F	6-8	220	Eastern Washington	1

Mavericks' summer league schedule