Topic: Cox Pavilion

The first thing I notice upon dropping into the NBA Summer League on Wednesday afternoon at Cox Pavilion is dozens and dozens of very tall men, most of whom are speaking foreign languages. It is hard to tell whether they are European ...
IF YOU GOWhat: New Orleans Hamed Haddadi returned to Tehran last month as a hero, the first Iranian to play in the National Basketball Association.I kind of had an inkling there would be an immense reaction by the people, Haddadi said Sunday ...
IF YOU GOWhat: Sacramento Former BYU center Trent Plaisted has simplified his basketball expectations. Lorrenzo Wade (San Diego State) didnt even get off the Milwaukee Bucks bench Friday.Plaisted, 22, is happy just to be back at the summer league with a healthy ...
Summer League, Summer League, Sum-Sum-Summer League.Twenty-one teams.Ten days.Fifty-three games.Six top-10 draft picks.Eighty-nine D-League phenoms.Fourteen or so guys who will wind up playing in Turkey.One annual quiz.Today is Day 8 of the NBAs Vegas Summer League at Cox Pavilion and the Thomas & ...

Now: Spotlight: Hoop Dreams

The first chance to see this year's draft picks in NBA uniforms is one of the main reasons to check out the UNLV campus, July 11-20. Twenty-one NBA teams evaluate rookies (such as Seattle's KevinDurant, pictured, last year) and free agents, and ...