NBA Summer League
The NBA Summer League (also known as Las Vegas Summer League ) is a professional basketball league in the United States organized by the National Basketball Association (NBA). The competition has its origins in 2004 when a summer league was founded with six NBA teams, the games of which were played at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas . In 2005 the league expanded to 15 teams, in 2006 to 16 teams. From 2007, the Summer League was taken over by the NBA.
The league begins shortly after the NBA draft and is designed to help rookies or other players who have played in the NBA for three years or less gain experience and improve. The Summer League is seen as a stepping stone for players who were not selected in the draft or who have already played in Europe. The competition lasts about 10 days and was only held in Las Vegas until 2010. Until 2008, the Utah Jazz hosted the Rocky Mountain Revue in parallel with the Las Vegas Summer League. Due to the low number of participants, this was discontinued in 2009, but reactivated in 2015. The Orlando Summer League has been held in Orlando since 2010 .
The Summer League arenas in Las Vegas are the Thomas & Mack Center and the Cox Pavilion . In Orlando , the games will be played at the RDV Sportsplex . By 2010, 21 NBA teams took part with their junior players. Now the number of participating teams varies. Each team plays five games.
Summer League 2008
The 2008 NBA Summer League took place on July 11-20, 2008. 21 teams took part. The Milwaukee Bucks , Golden State Warriors and Denver Nuggets each won four times with just one loss. The best player in 2008 was Jerryd Bayless from the Portland Trail Blazers selected.
Summer League 2009
In 2009, the Summer League started on July 10th and ended on July 19th. The Houston Rockets and the Memphis Grizzlies were able to win those unbeaten with five wins each. The best player was Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers .
Summer League 2010
The 2010 Summer League took place from July 5th to 9th in Orlando and from July 9th to 18th in Las Vegas. In Orlando, the Oklahoma City Thunder won with four wins and one loss. In Las Vegas, the San Antonio Spurs shared the overall victory with the Toronto Raptors . Both teams won all five games.
Summer League 2012
After no Summer League took place in 2011 due to the lockout in the NBA, it was reinstated on the NBA calendar in 2012. In Orlando, the league started on July 9th and ended on July 13th. In Orlando, the Boston Celtics and the Detroit Pistons shared the best record with four wins and one loss each.
Summer League 2013
Since 2013, the Summer League winner has been determined using a playoff system. The Golden State Warriors won the competition in Las Vegas and the Oklahoma City Thunder in Orlando . The Thunder and Jeremy Lamb put the MVP of the Orlando Summer League, the Warriors with Ian Clark that of the Las Vegas League.
Summer League 2014
This time the Philadelphia 76ers won in Orlando . Elfrid Payton has been named the MVP of the Orlando Summer League. In Las Vegas, the Sacramento Kings won with Ray McCallum as the finals MVP.
Summer League 2015
The 2015 Summer League took place again in Orlando, Las Vegas and, after 2009, again in Utah . Ten teams started in Orlando , the Orlando Magic put up two teams each with the Blue and White for the competition. Team Blue won and Aaron Gordon was elected MVP . 24 teams competed in Las Vegas, including a selection from the NBA D-League development league . The competition was won by the San Antonio Spurs , who also provided the MVPs with Kyle Anderson and Jonathon Simmons . Only four teams started in Utah. The Utah Jazz won all three games of the tournament. No awards were given here.
Summer League 2016
In 2016 the Summer League took place again in Orlando, Las Vegas and Utah. Ten teams started in Orlando , the Orlando Magic put up two teams each for the competition, as in the previous year with the Blue and White. The White team won the final against the Detroit Pistons . In Las Vegas, the Chicago Bulls won the final against the Minnesota Timberwolves .
