The NBA’s Summer League is Thursday to July 17 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion. Here’s what newcomers need to know before they go.
Mark Anderson
Former Sports Reporter
With so many games to squeeze each day into the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion, Summer League contests are faster and allow for more fouls than those played in the NBA.
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The 11-day, 75-game NBA Summer League is July 7 to 17 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion. All 30 NBA teams again will participate.
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