UPDATE: So the Las Vegas summer league still has life after all. While the New York Daily News reported this morning that the NBA had cancelled the league in anticipation of a July 1 lockout, league officials have denied any such action has taken place: Read More »

Although you can’t gamble on the games, there are definitely some perks when the owners of your franchise also own some of the largest casinos. While some guys were probably sharing rooms, during the NBA Summer League, Tyreke Evans was ballin’ out at the Palms Resort and Casino…

Now that the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas is over, it’s time to take a look back. The following All-Summer League teams consists of two guards, two forwards, and one center with consideration of at least four games played. That means guys like Eric Gordon and Anthony Morrow who went out to Vegas to simply get buckets weren’t considered because they only played in a few games, while the players we selected were all key components to their summer league squad the whole week. Read More »

While a lot of people were complaining about last season’s Top 10 plays yesterday, you can’t argue with this one as Marcus Hubbard of the D-League Select squad drops a buzzer-beating trey to beat the Blazers.

If you’re sitting in the office like us waiting until the 2009-10 NBA Season, you might as well drop the $14.99 and get ready for next year.

Every year during the NBA Summer Leagues, three different types of players grace the courts. First, there are the summer league scrubs. The scrubs are the players who are essentially playing to showcase their talents to overseas scouts or a spot on a D-League roster. Read More »

We’ve been trying to watch the live-streaming NBA summer league action from Orlando today, but with the Internet in the office acting up, it’s been near impossible. However, it seems like a lot of you out there have been able to watch the games with no problem, so for the rest of Monday’s schedule — including the upcoming Bulls/Heat game pitting Derrick Rose against Michael Beasley — in true Dime Pass the Mic mode we want to get your take on what’s happening on the court. Scouting reports, quick observations, X’s and O’s breakdowns…basically we’re asking you guys to live-blog the summer league as it happens. We’ll be keeping track and will run some of the better notes in tomorrow’s Smack.

We’re trying to. You can only watch the games on the Orlando Magic‘s site, and so far, it’s pretty horrible. The video gets hung up every few seconds, the viewing window is tiny, you can’t see the score, and there is nothing to indicate who is who. Are you all having the same issues?

If you’re going to be the only place in the world to broadcast these games, you would think you’d do your best to make them relatively watchable. Especially with the Michael Beasley/Derrick Rose matchup coming up later this afternoon.