The NBA Summer League is hosting an online auction to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a leading children's hospital pioneering research and treatments for kids with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Items that are up for auction include autographed jerseys from top draft picks like Lonzo Ball, Zach Collins, and Caleb Swanigan in addition [...]
Alumni of the 2017 Sports Business Classroom have started their own NBA podcast called "The Bench Mob" which will facilitate in-depth conversations about the NBA, its prospects, and team specific news around the league. How The Bench Mob began: "As our time at Sports Business Classroom drew to a close, there were quite a few of [...]
Newport Beach, CA - The Pacific Club IMPACT Foundation has named 42 student-athletes to the 2017 Lott IMPACT Trophy Watch List. The list of the top defensive players in the country includes 17 linebackers, 14 defensive linemen and 11 defensive backs. The Pac-12 Conference has the most players on the Watch List with ten (10) [...]
After completing the NBA Summer League and adidas Summer Championships in Las Vegas, Team HallPass turned its attention to adidas Nations in Houston, Texas. The adidas Nations Training Camp is a high intensity skill development program emphasizing both on and off-court preparation. This weeklong event hosts nationally ranked players in the 2018, 2019 and 2020 [...]
The adidas Summer Championships start tomorrow at the Cashman Center in Las Vegas! We will be live streaming the Creators Cup tomorrow and Thursday, which determines tournament seeding for the top 8 teams, in addition to two exhibition games against the Big Baller Brand team led by LaMelo Ball. Tomorrow's games will tip off at 5pm PST [...]
Most-Watched NBA Summer League Led By Record 1.1 Million Viewers for Lakers-Celtics on July 8 The average audience for ESPN’s five MGM Resorts NBA Summer League 2017 telecasts was up 112 percent from last year, according to Nielsen. ESPN’s five games averaged 783,000 viewers (P2+), up from 369,000 viewers for ESPN’s three games in 2016. Overall, ESPN and ESPN2 combined to televise 25 NBA Summer League [...]
Team HallPass, led by Albert Hall, has continued to be mentioned in the news for their contributions to the NBA Summer League. Their hard work and dedication to building an authentic and meaningful NBA experience has not gone unnoticed. "Summer league exhibitions used to be an afterthought. What was once a loosely organized collection of teams convening for [...]
LAS VEGAS - The Los Angeles Lakers are the 2017 NBA Summer League Champions! Kyle Kuzma scored 30 points and added 10 rebounds to lead the Lakers to victory over the Trail Blazers 110-98 in the Las Vegas Summer League championship game. Kuzma's performance earned him the Championship MVP, shooting 11-of-16 from the field and 6-of-10 on three-pointers. [...]
LAS VEGAS -- Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball was named Most Valuable Player of MGM Resorts NBA Summer League 2017 and headlines the All-NBA Summer League Teams, as selected by a panel of media members. Ball, the first Laker to be named NBA Summer League MVP, averaged 16.3 points and a league-leading 9.3 assists to [...]
With 66 games in the books, the Las Vegas NBA Summer League is ready to crown a new champion! Over the past 10 days, 24 teams and the top five picks in the 2017 NBA Draft have been competing in front of a packed house at Thomas and Mack Center. NBA teams test their rookies and [...]
