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Brooklyn Nets: Schedule set for NBA Summer League in Las Vegas

By Phil Watson

LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 15: Caris LeVert #22 of the Brooklyn Nets drives against Lonzo Ball #2 of the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2017 Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 15, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Los Angeles won 115-106. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 15: Caris LeVert #22 of the Brooklyn Nets drives against Lonzo Ball #2 of the Los Angeles Lakers during the 2017 Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 15, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Los Angeles won 115-106. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /
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The Brooklyn Nets now have a schedule for the preliminary round of play in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas next month, with games July 6-7 and 9.

For the first time, all 30 NBA teams will participate in one session of Summer League, with rookies, young veterans and hopefuls for the Brooklyn Nets heading to Las Vegas July 6-17.

There will be smaller sessions in Sacramento and Utah July 2-5, with four teams each, but the Nets won’t be in either of those sessions.

On Tuesday, the NBA released the schedule for the Las Vegas Summer League, with all 82 games over the 12-day event set to be televised on NBA TV or the ESPN networks.

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The Nets will play three times in the preliminary rounds before heading into the tournament-style finish. Their schedule includes (all times Eastern):

  • Friday, July 6: vs. Orlando Magic, 5 p.m. at Cox Pavilion (NBA TV)
  • Saturday, July 7: vs. Oklahoma City Thunder, 7 p.m. at Cox Pavilion (NBA TV)
  • Monday, July 9: vs. Minnesota Timberwolves, 11 p.m. at Cox Pavilion (ESPNU)

The tournament will begin July 11 with eight first-round games. July 12 will feature first-and second-round play.

Consolatiion games will be played on July 13, with the second round to conclude on July 14.

The quarterfinals are set for July 15, with semifinals on July 16.

The league concluded with the championship game at 10 p.m. Eastern on July 17 from the Thomas & Mack Center.

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Play in the Summer League can be ragged, but these are teams that are tossed together in a short period of time, with little time to prepare, and featuring rosters full of rookies, youngsters and guys looking for a training camp invitation.

Last year’s edition of the Summer League Brooklyn Nets included first-round pick Jarrett Allen getting his first taste of NBA-style play along with young veterans Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Caris LeVert, Isaiah Whitehead and Spencer Dinwiddie showing up to get in some game-speed work.

Significantly, three undrafted free agents who scored Summer League invites turned those into training camp invites with Brooklyn, with all three players spending time with the Long Island Nets in the G-League and two of them getting in some NBA action with Brooklyn.

Jacob Wiley out of Eastern Washington landed a two-way contract based on his performance in Vegas, while Milton Doyle and Jeremy Senglin — an undrafted rookie from Weber State — earned training camp bids.

Senglin played all season at Long Island. Wiley was released from his two-way deal in January and finished the season with MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg in Germany’s BBL.

Doyle was picked up on a two-way deal in January and wound up playing 10 games with Brooklyn after averaging more than 20 points a game for Long Island. But for the undrafted rookie from Loyola of Chicago, it started for him in Vegas.

So the Summer League definitely has a role, particularly in helping teams identify both future talent and players to fill out the ends of their rosters.

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And for the true NBA junkie, it’s basketball in July, which is never a bad thing.