Here’s the Sixers 2026 Summer League Roster

The Sixers dropped their 15-man summer league roster on Monday ahead of their opener against the Pistons on Thursday at 5:30 PM in Las Vegas.

The only names on this list that matter for the long-term future of the franchise are Labaron Philon Jr. and second-year big man Johni Broome. Everyone else is either fighting for a two-way contract or auditioning for a roster spot that probably doesn’t exist.

Sixers Summer League Roster

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Philon is the headliner and summer league is his first chance to show the Sixers and the rest of the NBA whether the kid who averaged 22 points and five assists as an Alabama sophomore and went on a 2K interview talking about breaking Alperen Sengun’s ankles based on TikTok scouting reports can actually translate that confidence and production against professional-level competition.

The 22nd overall pick has been talking a big game since draft night and Las Vegas is where the talk either starts turning into something real or becomes the kind of rookie bravado that gets quietly forgotten by training camp when the actual NBA players show up and the speed of the game humbles everyone who wasn’t ready for it.

Broome is the other roster player worth watching because the Sixers need to figure out what they have behind Embiid at the center position and a second summer league showing will tell the coaching staff whether Broome is developing into a rotation big or a guy who belongs in the G League for another season.

The Sixers’ depth at center has been a problem for years and Broome showing improvement from year one to year two in Las Vegas would be a small but meaningful data point for an organization that desperately needs internal development at every position.

The undrafted additions include Duke Miles on an Exhibit 10 deal and Yale’s Nick Townsend, who was the Ivy League Player of the Year last season, because every summer league roster needs a few guys with something to prove and an Ivy League Player of the Year competing for a roster spot in Las Vegas is the kind of underdog story that makes summer league worth watching even when the actual basketball is ugly and disorganized.

T.J. DiLeo is coaching the summer league squad for a second straight season and the first four games will air on NBC Sports Philadelphia+, which means the Sixers faithful can watch Philon’s professional debut from their couches on Thursday afternoon instead of hunting for illegal streams on the internet like it’s 2014.

The real question for summer league is simple. Can Philon play? Not against TikTok highlight reels or against the guys he was cooking in the SEC, but against fringe NBA players and fellow lottery picks who are all competing for roster spots with the same desperation and hunger that defines summer league basketball every July.

If Philon shows up in Vegas and looks like a guy who belongs on an NBA floor, the Sixers have something to build around alongside Maxey and Edgecombe. If he shows up looking overwhelmed and out of his depth, the “breaking Sengun’s ankles” interview is going to age like milk in the desert heat.

Thursday at 5:30 against the Pistons. Let’s see what the kid has.

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