The Indiana Pacers are heading to Las Vegas for the Summer League next month and you can watch all of their games on NBATV or one of the ESPN networks.
If you haven’t gotten enough Indiana Pacers basketball, then we have good news for you. The Las Vegas Summer League is less than a month away.
And this year, you can watch all of the Pacers’ (and all of the 12-day league’s) games on television. No need for pay just to stream the games this year. All 82 games will be on either NBATV or one of the ESPN networks.
Indiana’s summer league squad will get things started in the opening game at 3 p.m. on July 6th. They will take on the Houston Rockets and you can watch the game on NBATV.
A day later they take on the San Antonio Spurs at 3:30 p.m. on ESPN2 and then on July 9 they take on the Cleveland Cavaliers at 5 p.m. on ESPN2.
On July 11, the league’s playoff games will begin and the league will wrap up with a championship game on July 17.
It will be a chance to see some of the Pacers younger players, including whatever youngsters they select in the upcoming NBA Draft.
This year’s roster hasn’t been announced, but hopefully we’ll see Ike Anigbogu and Edmond Sumner as last year the duo of second-round picks were recovering from injuries. I wouldn’t be surprised to see T.J. Leaf, either.
The Orlando Summer League is no more, but last year Indiana’s T.J. Leaf averaged 12.7 points and 6.3 rebounds while shooting 48.5 percent from the floor.
TJ Leaf (@leafsquad22) gets his first basket as a member of the #Pacers! 🍃🍃🍃 https://t.co/Ip88CeaQXV
— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) July 2, 2017
While summer league isn’t going to make or break a player, my usual rule is “Do they look remarkedly better than their opponents?”
I don’t think a player has to dominate, but they should look confident.
The more dominant the better, but you want to see competency above all else. It’s a low bar, but you aren’t winning a title by ballin’ out at Summer League, either.
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It may not be “the real thing”, but Summer League is at least a chance to see some of the NBA’s youngest players begin to find their way in the league.