NEW YORK, May 27, 2014 – Twenty-four teams, including the Utah Jazz, which will be making its first appearance, will compete in this year’s Samsung NBA Summer League July 11-21, at the Thomas & Mack Center and COX Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
The Jazz will join 22 other NBA teams and a team of NBA Development League select players in a tournament-style format to crown the Samsung NBA Summer League Champion. Teams will compete in three preliminary round games from July 11-15, before being seeded in a tournament running through the Championship Game on July 21. Each team is guaranteed to play at least five games.
This summer, 10 of the 12 teams that own Lottery picks in the 2014 NBA Draft presented by State Farm will take the court at Samsung NBA Summer League, including the Cleveland Cavaliers, Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers, who are slated to make the top three picks in this year’s Draft. Each team is expected to choose from an impressive crop of prospects that includes Australia’s Dante Exum, Duke’s Jabari Parker, Joel Embiid and Andrew Wiggins from Kansas, and Kentucky’s Julius Randle. Samsung NBA Summer League will feature many of these top prospects in their first taste of NBA action, along with other recent high draft picks, as well as undrafted rookies and free agents hoping to make their mark.
The 2014 summer marks the event’s 10th anniversary and will feature four teams that have competed every summer in Las Vegas (overall Summer League record in Las Vegas): Denver Nuggets (25-20, .556); Phoenix Suns (24-22, .522); Washington Wizards (22-24, .487) and Cleveland Cavaliers (21-25, .457).
Last summer, both the Golden State Warriors (29-13, 0.690) and the Suns entered the inaugural NBA Summer League Championship game undefeated at 6-0. The Warriors, behind Ian Clark’s 33-point MVP performance, finished with a perfect 7-0 record and captured the inaugural Summer League Championship with a 91-77 victory over the Suns. Clark, who was not drafted by an NBA team in 2013, went on to sign with the Utah Jazz, and spent the entire 2013-14 season on the team’s roster.
NBA TV will televise Samsung NBA Summer League games from Las Vegas with a complete schedule of games and broadcast information to be released at a later date. Additionally, fans will once again be able to watch, via a subscription-based package, every Samsung NBA Summer League game live on NBA.com and on the NBA Summer League app.
Samsung, the official handset, tablet, and television provider of the NBA, Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), and NBA D-League (NBA D-League), joins as the title partner of NBA Summer League for the first time this summer.
Tickets for the Samsung NBA Summer League will go on sale June 1, at 9 a.m. PDT. Fans can purchase tickets to the Samsung NBA Summer League by visiting NBATickets.com, a comprehensive online ticketing destination for NBA fans or by calling 702-739-FANS. Dedicated customer service for NBATickets.com is available at (866) 357-1136 and by email at NBATickets.comResaleSupport@ticketmaster.com.
Below is a complete list of teams that will participate in the Samsung NBA Summer League this summer, along with their overall record at summer league and years of participation:
SAMSUNG NBA SUMMER LEAGUE 2014 PARTICIPANTS
Overall Record at Summer League
Team Wins Losses Percent Years Participated
Houston 24 6 0.800 2006-10, 12*
Golden State 29 13 0.690 2005-10, 12-13*
Atlanta 6 9 0.667 2010, 12-13*
Miami 11 6 0.647 2010, 12-13*
Charlotte 10 6 0.600 2008, 12-13*
Philadelphia 6 4 0.600 2007-08
San Antonio 17 12 0.583 2007-10, 12-13*
Milwaukee 17 13 0.567 2007-10, 12-13
Denver 25 20 0.556 2004-10, 12-13
Phoenix 24 22 0.522 2004-10, 12-13
Minnesota 18 18 0.500 2006-10, 12-13
NBA D-League Select 10 10 0.500 2009-10, 12-13
Portland 21 21 0.500 2005-10, 12-13*
Toronto 15 15 0.500 2006, 08-10, 12-13*
Dallas 20 21 0.488 2005-10, 12-13*
Sacramento 20 21 0.488 2005-10, 12-13
New York 19 20 0.487 2005-10, 12-13
Washington 22 24 0.487 2004-10, 12-13*
Chicago 12 13 0.480 2005, 09-10, 12-13*
Cleveland 21 25 0.457 2004-10, 12-13
L.A. Lakers 11 20 0.355 2007-10, 12-13
L.A. Clippers 14 26 0.350 2005-10, 12-13*
New Orleans 10 31 0.244 2005-10, 12-13
Utah Jazz First Time Participant
*Indicates 2013-14 NBA Playoff team