No. 1 overall pick Markelle Fultz and the Philadelphia 76ers’ NBA summer league squad will meet the Golden State Warriors at 7:30 p.m. July 8 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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The opening matchup features the potential first and second overall picks as the Boston Celtics face the Los Angeles Lakers on July 8.
A record 24 teams will participate in the NBA Summer League, which is expected to draw some top names. Teams with the first five picks in the draft will play.
The Los Angeles Clippers will play in this year’s Las Vegas NBA Summer League after being gone for two years. The event is scheduled for July 7 to 17 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion.
MGM Resorts International CEO Jim Murren, who told the Review-Journal last week he thought Las Vegas could be home to an NBA franchise within five years, discussed the matter with KNPR-FM.
The NBA Summer League has concluded, after a jam-packed schedule featuring 67 games in 11 days.
The Chicago Bulls were the last team standing in the NBA Summer League, going 7-0 and outlasting the upset-minded Minnesota Timberwolves 84-82 in overtime Monday before 8,847 at the Thomas & Mack Center.
The final day of the 2016 NBA Summer League will feature the championship game in the Thomas & Mack Center.
Chicago has five players who are expected to join Dwyane Wade, who left Miami to sign as a free agent, on the regular-season roster. The Bulls are led by forwards Bobby Portis and Denzel Valentine.
The final day of the 2016 NBA Summer League will feature the championship game in the Thomas & Mack Center.
Chicago denies Cleveland a chance at a Daily Double of titles while Minnesota ousts Phoenix behind MVP Tyus Jones.
Semifinal play has begun at the Thomas & Mack Center for Day 10 of the NBA Summer League. The winners will meet for thechampionship at 6 p.m. Monday
This week, beginning Wednesday, there will be plenty of more basketball around the Valley, when top AAU travel teams visitLas Vegas to compete in gyms around Southern Nevada.
While most of the NBA’s other 29 teams will play the hopeless role of the Washington Generals, there are teams in the West capable of challenging the Warriors.
The 10th day of the 2016 NBA Summer League will exclusively be in the Thomas & Mack Center. There will be two semifinal games, with the winners advancing to Monday’s championship.