las vegas

Las Vegas is the center of the basketball world the few first weeks of July every summer as all 30 teams participate in Las Vegas NBA Summer League. It is basically an NBA conference where the whole industry meets, scouts, coaches, personnel players and coaches. It is also the first chance for the prized new [...]

It’s official, the Vegas Summer League is king for the NBA. According to an AP report, starting in 2018, all 30 NBA teams will be participating in the NBA Las Vegas Summer League. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBA/status/958482538384805889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] As was reported a few months back, the Orlando Summer League ceased operations and the six teams that participated solely [...]

LeBron James has invited Derrick Rose to work out with him in Las Vegas. Whatever. The two are teammates now. James probably wants to make sure both of Rose’s knees are attached. This happens. But Eric Bledsoe is already in Vegas working out beside James, which is something I’m sure no one will read into, [...]

As is customary, although more than slightly ridiculous, the odds makers in Vegas have already released their initial championship odds for the 2017-18 season and as expected, the Warriors are heavy favorites. Here are the complete odds: Odds To Win 2017-18 NBA Championship Golden State WARRIORS 1-2 Cleveland CAVALIERS 3-1 San Antonio SPURS 12-1 Boston [...]

Joe Ingles just earned himself a max contract. According to ESPN.com’s Chris Haynes, the Golden State Warriors preferred to play the Los Angeles Clippers over the Utah Jazz in the second round, not because they felt Lob City was the easier opponent (they are), but because Hollywood’s night life is much better than that of [...]

After over a year of instense wear-testing done by top NBA and NCAA basketball players, adidas officially unveils the Crazylight Boost. Designed to be both comfortable while wearing and responsive to sudden body movements, the difference in the Boost foam provides comes from it replaces the standard EVA compound that makes up the midsole of [...]

Battle torn, tested, and tuned, Derrick Rose can is in place to be seen back in basketball action soon. On his feet for this return will be the new adidas D Rose 5 Boost basketball sneaker, which is an upgrade to the industry-standard TPU midsole materials and replaces it with the popular adidas Boost foam [...]

July 6, 2012 – Ben Berry Every summer the World Basketball Festival events draws massive amounts of crowds and with the three locations this year, there will be city-specific sets with two pairs of kicks being inspired by each of the cities the WBF will take place in totaling six pairs of sneakers all together. [...]

August 31, 2010 – THD Rumor Patrol “MGM Resorts International was under investigation after the underage son of basketball great Michael Jordan bragged on Twitter about partying at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub, Nevada gambling regulators said Monday. Officials were examining whether the casino operator violated laws prohibiting drinking or gambling by minors, Nevada Gaming [...]

July 20, 2010 – Allen Moll While most of us were focused on Lebron James’ egomaniacal self promoting “Decision” to play for the Miami Heat for the next few seasons, there have been some good hardcourt action going on in the 2010 NBA Orlando and Las Vegas Summer Leagues. With GM’s and head coaches on [...]