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Basketball
SUMMER LEAGUE ROUNDUP
It’s early Friday morning at the Doolittle Community Center, and a very tall man is leading 145 kids through calisthenics on one of the center’s two basketball courts.
And they say no one cares about winning in the NBA Summer League.
It was midway through the third quarter, and Jordan Clarkson had a clear path to the basket for what was going to be an easy layup.
LeBron James has overtaken Michael Jordan as the United States’ most popular athlete, according to a Harris poll.
Highlights, notes and quotes from the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.
When the Cleveland Cavaliers took the court for their final NBA Summer League game Friday against the Miami Heat at the Thomas & Mack Center, the team’s top draft pick from each of the past two seasons was missing.
The New Orleans Pelicans agreed to one-year deals with guard Jimmer Fredette and forward Darius Miller, multiple media outlets reported Friday.
The Chicago Bulls are putting the most impressive team on the floor in the NBA Summer League, and it’s no secret to basketball bettors.
No player on Cleveland’s roster better typified the disappointment that was the Cavaliers’ 2013-14 season than Anthony Bennett.
It’s not a mini-blimp, and don’t call it a drone either. Micah Warren has poured $600,000 into his company, Carangi Airships Inc., to produce “airships,” including one debuting this week at the Thomas & Mack Center during Vegas Summer League.
The Mountain West men’s basketball tournament championship will be a stand-alone event on Saturday, March 14 at the Thomas & Mack Center. The women’s final was moved up to a day earlier.
All jokes aside, if players in the Vegas Summer League don’t make the NBA, there are worse things than playing in the Turkish Basketball League.
They’re behind the baseline at Cox Pavilion. They’re in the corner of the lower bowl of the Thomas & Mack Center. Who are these guys? Scouts.