Ten former Tennessee Basketball players on NBA Summer League rosters

A closer look at the 10 former Tennessee Basketball players on NBA Summer League rosters:

Dalton Knecht, Los Angeles Lakers

After a slow start through his first two Summer League games this week, Dalton Knecht shook off the struggles on Tuesday by scoring 25 points on 9-for-18 shooting from the field, including 4-for-8 from the 3-point line. Knecht, the No. 17 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, averaged 9.1 points in 78 games as a rookie with the Lakers, averaging 19.2 minutes per game off the bench while shooting 37.6% from the 3-point line and 46.1% from the field 

Zakai Zeigler, Detroit Pistons

Zakai Zeigler will be teammates again with Chaz Lanier after going undrafted in the NBA Draft. Lanier was the No. 37 overall pick, taken in the second round by the Pistons, who later added Zeigler to their Summer League roster. Zeigler averaged 11.3 points, 5.4 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals in 29.3 minutes per game over 118 career games at Tennessee, shooting 39.0% from the field and 33.1% from the 3-point line. He had a career year last season, averaging 13.6 points, 7.4 assists, 2.9 rebounds and 1.9 steals in 34.2 minutes per game while leading Tennessee to a second straight trip to the Elite Eight. 

Chaz Lanier, Detroit Pistons

Chaz Lanier in his one season at Tennessee averaged 18.0 points per game last season while shooting 43.1% from the field and 39.5% from the 3-point line. He made 123 3-pointers in 38 games, breaking the previous record of 118 held by Chris Lofton. The Nashville native transferred to Tennessee from North Florida, picking the home-state Vols over Kentucky and BYU. He had a breakout senior year at North Florida in 2023-24, averaging 19.7 points per game and making 108 threes in 32 games, shooting a career-high 44.0% from the 3-point line.

Tyreke Key, Toronto Raptors

Tyreke Key played 26 games in the NBA G League with Raptors 905, averaging 5.7 points in 17.3 minutes per game, shooting 50.0% from the field and 37.8% from the 3-point line. The Indiana State graduate transfer averaged 8.2 points in 24.4 minutes per game in 33 games with the Vols during the 2022-23 season. He shot 33.3 percent from the 3-point line and 35.0 percent from the field. Over four seasons at Indiana State, he averaged 14.5 points per game, shooting 37.4 percent from the 3-point line and 50.5 percent from the field. 

Josiah-Jordan James, Indiana Pacers

Josiah-Jordan James averaged 6.8 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 24.5 minutes per game last season for the Indiana Mad Ants in the G League. Over four seasons at Tennessee, James made 87 starts in 108 games, averaging 27.9 minutes per game. He scored 9.0 points per game for his career, shooting 38.0 percent from the field and 32.5 percent from the 3-point line. Also averaged 5.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game.

Jordan Gainey, Phoenix Suns

Jordan Gainey is coming off a breakout senior season, averaging 11.6 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists while shooting 40.5% from the floor. He averaged 6.8 points in 18.4 minutes per game in 2023-24, before jumping up to 11.6 points per game in 27.8 minutes last season, coming off the bench in all but one of his 74 games at Tennessee. Gainey, the son of Tennessee associate head coach Justin Gainey, spent two seasons with the Vols after transferring from USC Upstate. 

Kennedy Chandler, Houston Rockets 

Kennedy Chandler starred in his one-and-done season at Tennessee in 2021-22, averaging 13.9 points, 4.7 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 30.8 minutes per game as a five-star freshman. He was the No. 38 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, selected in the second round by the Memphis Grizzlies. He appeared in 36 games during the 2022-23 season, averaging 2.2 points, 1.6 assists and 1.1 rebounds in 7.8 minutes per game. He has averaged 12.9 points, 4.5 assists and 2.7 rebounds in 74 games in the G League over the last three seasons.

Jahmai Mashack, Memphis Grizzlies 

Jahmai Mashack used all of the available 10 fouls in his Summer League debut with the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night, finishing the game with five points, four rebounds, nine assists and two steals in 23 minutes off the bench. He had 13 points on 3-for-4 shooting from the 3-point line on Tuesday night. The 6-foot-4, 202-pound Fontana, Calif., native, was considered one of the best perimeter defenders in college basketball last season while averaging 6.0 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 38 games as a senior with the Vols. Mashack averaged 4.2 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 137 games at Tennessee over the last four seasons.

Jaden Springer, Utah Jazz

The five-star one-and-done Jaden Springer averaged 12.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 25 games during the 2020-21 season, shooting 46.7% from the field and 43.5 from the 3-point line. He was the 28th overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round. He has appeared in 110 games in the NBA since the 2021-22 season, moving around from the 76ers to the Boston Celtics and the Utah Jazz.

Olivier Nkamhoua, Portland Trailblazers

Olivier Nkamhoua averaged 10.8 points and 5.0 rebounds in 25.3 minutes per game for the Vols during the 2022-23 season, shooting 51.3 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from the 3-point line, where he went 18-for-54. He transferred to Michigan for his final college season, averaging 14.8 and 7.1 rebounds for the Wolverines.