The Two Men Who Make Money From the N.B.A. in Summer
“Featuring 24 of the league’s 30 teams and the top five picks from the recent N.B.A. draft, the Las Vegas summer league is the most important event on the N.B.A.’s summer calendar. “We are the Burning Man of basketball,” LeGarie said, later trying out an analogy involving the Mos Eisley cantina from “Star Wars.”
N.B.A. teams are testing their rookies, and scouting players for the end of the bench. Foreign teams are searching for players who are not good enough for the N.B.A. but good enough for Greece or South Korea. Executives are here to wheel and deal, owners are here to meet with one another, and the news media is here to talk with sources.”
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LakerTom (Publisher) 10:19 AM on July 17, 2017 Permalink
The NBA has done a great job turning the Vegas Summer League into a major league sports event. The league has dominated sports media and given pro basketball fans a solid week of games and front office dealing to blog and talk about. Unfortunately, we are soon approaching the 2-month doldrums before next season really starts.
John M. 10:53 AM on July 17, 2017 Permalink
Then we’ll have plenty of time to talk about how much better the Dodgers are than the Yankees :)
GDUBinDC 11:00 AM on July 17, 2017 Permalink
: )
DJ2KB24 12:19 PM on July 17, 2017 Permalink
Keep on rubbin it in JM! Lol, can’t say you aren’t wrong though.