The NBA Summer League has been an exciting arena for Australians to show their skills to the basketballing world. There are the NBA level players like Dante Exum and Jonah Bolden who are pleading their case for more responsibility. Next are the college level guys like Mangok Mathiang who are trying to move on to a professional career and then the NBL level contestants like Mitch Creek and Nathan Sobey who will take back an enormous amount of knowledge from the best in the business.
And luckily for Australian basketball fans, ESPN will be broadcasting twenty games live of the Las Vegas Summer League from the 8th July to the championship game on the 18th. Thon Maker, Travis Trice, Casey Prather, Corey Webster, Torrey Craig and more are all on display on ESPN, starting today at 8:30 am with a tripleheader, beginning with Maker’s Bucks against Prather’s Cavaliers.
To see which Australians are participating in this year’s Las Vegas Summer League, click here.
The coverage will continue through to the Las Vegas championship game on Tuesday 18th July. Here is a schedule of all the games that are broadcasted live with all times AEST.
Saturday 8th July
8:30 am – Milwaukee Bucks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers
10:30 am – Los Angeles Clippers vs. Los Angeles Lakers
12:30 pm – Phoenix Suns vs. Sacramento Kings
Sunday 9th July
10:30 am – Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers
12:30 pm – Philadelphia 76ers vs. Golden State Warriors
Monday 10th July
6:30 am – Phoenix Suns vs. Dallas Mavericks
8:30 am – Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Denver Nuggets
10:30 am – Portland Trailblazers vs. Boston Celtics
12:30 pm – Philadelphia 76ers vs. San Antonio Spurs
Friday 14th July
8:00am – TBC
10:00am – TBC
12:00pm – TBC
Saturday 15th July
8:00am – TBC
Sunday 16th July
6:00am – TBC
8:00am – TBC
10:00am – TBC
12:00pm – TBC
Monday 17th July
8:00am – TBC
10:00am – TBC
Tuesday 18th July
12:00 pm – 2017 Las Vegas Summer League Championship Game