Report: Arizona’s Anthony Dell’Orso to play for Kings in Summer League

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INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 14: Anthony Dell'Orso #3 of the Arizona Wildcats celebrates his three pointer, to take a 60-59 lead, during a 69-65 Arizona Wildcats win over the UCLA Bruins at Intuit Dome on November 14, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) | Getty Images

Former Arizona guard Anthony Dell’Orso will get a shot at NBA Summer League next month.

The Sacramento Kings have added Dell’Orso to their Summer League roster, ESPN’s Olgun Uluc reported Thursday. Dell’Orso played his last two years of college basketball at Arizona, where as a senior he averaged 8.5 points on 40.6 percent shooting.

Anthony Dell’Orso will play for the Sacramento Kings in the 2026 NBA Summer League, sources told ESPN. The 6'6 wing out of Melbourne averaged 8.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg, and 1.8 apg as a senior at Arizona.

— Olgun Uluc (@OlgunUluc) June 25, 2026

Dell’Orso began his career at Campbell, then transferred to the UA in 2024. A native of Melbourne, Australia, the 6-foot-6 guard played a sixth man role for Arizona last season after starting the majority of the 2024-25 season for the Wildcats.

Dell’Orso added significant weight between his junior and senior seasons and emerged as one of Arizona’s top perimeter defenders. As a shooter, Dell’Orso is known to be streaky. His best game of the season came in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals against Iowa State, when he scored 29 points on 10 of 14 shooting including 6 of 9 from three-point range.

Dell’Orso’s home country of Australia has produced a steady stream of NBA players over the past few decades, but this year was a rare exception where no Aussies were drafted.

For the first time since 2023, the NBA Draft has wrapped up without a single Aussie hearing their name called.

Despite massive seasons in the college system, our top homegrown prospects Oscar Cluff, Anthony Dell'Orso, and Max MacKinnon all missed out across the 60 picks. … pic.twitter.com/TTrRlPz0Vf

— BASKETBALL NEWS AUSTRALIA (@AusBballnews) June 25, 2026

Dell’Orso is the fifth Arizona player from the 2025-26 squad to get a chance with an NBA team, joining draft picks Brayden Burries (10th overall to the Milwaukee Bucks), Koa Peat (30th overall to the Phoenix Suns) and Jaden Bradley (50th overall to the Toronto Raptors), as well as undrafted free agent Tobe Awaka, who signed a two-way deal with the Chicago Bulls.

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