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.
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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.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the league is considering an in-season, neutral-site tournament.
It’s one thing to construct a Lamborghini one washer and screw at a time. It’s another to maintain and even improve its performance. Adam Silver is now the guy entrusted with the latter.
SCORES: Portland 91, Atlanta 76; Chicago 107, Minnesota 73; Houston 83, LA Clippers 60; Washington 85, Miami 83; Phoenix 97, Philadelphia 88; Utah 87, Denver 69
Commisioner Adam Silver said the league is waiting for the trial between Donald and Shelly Sterling to conclude so the NBA can finalize the sale of the team to Seattle’s Steve Ballmer for $2 billion. The league’s owners met for four hours at Wynn Las Vegas for their annual summer meetings.
Four teams went undefeated heading into the start of today’s NBA Summer League playoffs. The Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Washington Wizards and Cleveland Cavaliers all went 3-0 and are the top four seeds in the 24-team tournament. The championship game is Monday at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Dante Exum is a member of the Utah Jazz, in search of a nickname — but without stereotypes, if you don’t mind.
Dwyane Wade is staying with the Miami Heat, and his latest deal is designed to give both the player and the only franchise he’s ever known some flexibility in the coming years.
Adam Silver is in town for the league’s owners meetings at Wynn Las Vegas and had high praise for the city’s embracing the NBA through the summer league.
Engaging players is just one way that global sports apparel and sneaker manufacturer adidas activates its official NBA apparel and outfitter sponsorship deal during the Vegas Summer league.
The Las Vegas training camp for the upcoming FIBA World Cup tournament opens July 28 with 19 players, none named LeBron, Melo or CP3. Nor is Kawhi Leonard or LeMarcus Aldridge participating. But Derrick Rose is playing. So are the Kevins — Durant and Love.
The former first-round draft pick had a tough rookie season with dallas, breaking his ankle before last year’s Vegas Summer League, then seeing limited action off the bench before being included in a five-player trade with New York last month. Larkin has played well for the Knicks in the summer league and appears to be part of the team’s futurte.
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