Former Western Kentucky men’s basketball standouts Darius Thompson and Ben Lawson will begin participating next week in the MGM Resorts NBA Summer League.
Thompson, a 6-foot-4 guard who competed for WKU as a graduate transfer in the 2017-18 season, will be on the summer league roster for the recently crowned NBA champion Toronto Raptors.
Lawson, a 7-1 center who played for the Hilltoppers from 2013-17, will play for the Memphis Grizzlies’ squad.
NBA Summer League 2019 will be an 11-day, 83-game competition that opens with all 32 teams (including two international squads) playing four preliminary games each.