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.
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 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.
Tears were not streaming down Khem Birch’s face. There was no reason to get carried away. But he was getting emotional and feeling sentimental, even about a basketball game in July.
David Blatt has coached basketball for teams such as Hapoel Galil Elyon, Benetton Treviso, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Dynamo Moscow, teams with more vowels than Vanna White turns on a monthly basis.
