‘Wait a Minute, Are You Serious?’: How Las Vegas Became the Center of the NBA Offseason By Jared Weiss, The Athletic LAS VEGAS — Twenty years ago, the shape of the NBA offseason changed forever. Once players were drafted, teams would send their prospects to various small summer leagues scattered across the country. [...]
NBA Las Vegas Summer League Keeps Evolving Into Milestone 20th Anniversary By Katie Ann McCarver, Las Vegas Sun The NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League kicked off in 2004 with just six teams as a way to keep growing the league and the brand during its offseason. Southern Nevada was a natural [...]
Arcade is Reborn at the Balboa Fun Zone with More than Just Kids in Mind By Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Business Journal Step into the new Balboa Fun Zone Arcade on the Balboa Peninsula, and you may feel like you’re in a game of Minecraft or Space Invaders. That’s because [...]
Written by Natasha Dye, PEOPLE New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson has had a packed summer, but he doesn't mind his busy schedule if it means helping others. Before the newlywed athlete, 26, began training for the FIBA World Cup in Asia, he hosted a charity golf tournament near his hometown in Illinois to benefit [...]
Written by Tom Friend, Sports Business Journal LAS VEGAS – The NBA2K24 Summer League might be glorified rookie ball, but no one here would have guessed it. This year’s games generated sellout crowds and gridlock traffic, validating Commissioner Adam Silver’s claim that the Sin City event is the NBA’s “31st franchise.’’ Unconfirmed reports [...]
Written by Mike Grimala, Las Vegas Sun Summer basketball exhibitions are not supposed to be glamorous. At any level, from the under-12 circuit to the pros, the logistics of securing a gym, prepping it for dozens of games, attracting teams and executing a byzantine schedule is usually hard, thankless work. And there was a [...]
Written by Steve Aschburner, NBA.com LAS VEGAS – Nineteen years old, a source of constant improvement, with a wingspan wide enough to embrace the NBA, its stars, its hopefuls and fans of the game around the globe. That description fits Victor Wembanyama, the San Antonio Spurs rookie and the league’s Next Big Thing. In [...]
8 News Now's Kevaney Martin interviews NBA Summer League in Las Vegas co-founder Albert Hall about the official championship ring by Jason of Beverly Hills leading up to championship weekend. Click the following link to watch the interview with Albert Hall on 8 News Now Las Vegas: NBA Summer League in Las Vegas [...]
It was the first full day of the 2022 NBA Summer League, and we were all in. For the uninitiated, Summer League in Las Vegas is a spectacular mixof glammed-out NBA royals smashed together with geeked-out fans of all stripes and spread across the Las Vegas desert like delicious champagne cream cheese on an [...]
News 3 Sports caught up with NBA Summer League Co-Founder Albert Hall on Day 1 of the Summer League. to discuss many topics including how far the Summer League has come from its beginning. Click the following link to watch the interview with Albert Hall and Bryan Salmond of KSNV News 3 Las Vegas: [...]
