NBA Summer League - Tournament Format

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I like it!

http://sulia.com/channel/basketball/f/655dda15-1f4a-4c43-b309-357b158e6b8d/

Sources: NBA Summer League in Las Vegas is adopting an NCAA-tournament elimination style format that will crown a
definitive champion. Every team will be guaranteed a minimum of five games, per usual, but only three will have a scheduled opponent. The teams with the top three-game results will be then given a one-game bye and the remaining teams will square off, the winners advancing to play the top-seeded teams. After all that, the top eight teams will then pair off, the winners advancing to play in the semifinals; the semifinal winners will then play one game for the Summer League championship. Teams reaching the finals will play a total of eight games. If teams choose to use the summer strictly for player development, they'll certainly have that chance; but teams looking to test prospective future head coaches or see how players respond to the pressure of elimination running their system will get that. It also will provide some compelling basketball for broadcast at a time of the year when hoops TV is a little barren.

 

[mook]

Cool. Might be tempting to go down and check these games out again this summer.

I wonder if Babbitt will go. I would assume Leonard would be there.

 

[HailBlazers]

Now if only we could get 1v1 into the All-Star game.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Now if only we could get 1v1 into the All-Star game.

I wouldn't mind two on two halfcourt streetball style as a replacement for the skills challenge or something.

 

[jlprk]

The last couple of summers, didn't our summer coach give all the drafted Blazers the last (5th) game off?

It was disappointing, but by then I was familiar with the undrafted players so it was still fun.

The coaches treated it like a 4-game series, but it was marketed as a 5-game series.