NBA Summer League to return to Las Vegas in mid-July

BY BETSY HELFAND LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

8 years ago

Ognjen Kuzmic (1) of the Golden State Warriors and Rakeem Christmas (28) of the Cleveland Cavaliers go up for the tip during the NBA Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on Friday, July 10, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Jerian Grant, (13) of the New York Knicks, looks to get past Youssou Ndoye, (35) of the San Antonio Spurs, during the NBA Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas on Saturday, July 11, 2015. (Joshua Dahl/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The NBA will return to Las Vegas in July, with summer league action taking place over a span of 10 days, the league announced the event’s Twitter page.

From July 8-18, the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion will host NBA Summer League games, which will feature a range of unsigned free agents and younger players, typically in their recently drafted rookies or second-season pros.

Summer league games have been played in Las Vegas since 2004, and last year, 24 teams competed in the league — 23 NBA teams and the NBA D-League Select team — with the San Antonio Spurs winning the championship.