This Thursday, July 7, 2022 is the official opening of the Las Vegas Summer League. This is one of the major deadlines of the off-season because it is in particular the opportunity to see the first steps of future rookies who have just been drafted. But the Summer League is not just a summer league for young players. It is also a gathering place for the leaders of the various NBA franchises, which can potentially lead to future transactions.
For ten days, the NBA is stopping over in Vegas for its traditional Summer League. The 30 teams of the League are there, and even if the best players in the basketball world will obviously not be on the floor, it is an unmissable event of the summer. Journalists, scouts, managers, agents, superstars in the stands… the main players who make up the big world of the NBA are present on site. And as you can imagine, there’s a lot going on on the fringes of the four lines of the pitch. It discusses out of sight, relationships are created, phone numbers are exchanged, contacts are made. It is sometimes said that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but in the NBA what happens in Vegas can sometimes have a domino effect on what happens next.
You may have noticed that the summer market has been very quiet for a few days. After the madness of the first hours of the Free Agency and the request for transfer of Kevin Durant which caused a real earthquake on the planet basketball, one has the impression that certain potential transactions are frozen. Apart from the KD file which is not progressing very quickly, there is not really any momentum either on the Kyrie Irving file, while we still do not know what the pivot of the Suns Deandre Ayton (restricted free agent) or even Myles Turner and Collin Sexton will become. Can the Summer League meeting unblock all of this a bit? According Adrian Wojnarowski d’ESPNit is quite possible, especially for the Kyrie case.
“So far, nothing has happened. [sur le dossier Kyrie Irving, ndlr.]. But that can always change. Lakers GM Rob Pelinka and Nets GM Sean Marks will be in Vegas this week, I’m sure they’ll have talks there. »
Emoji eyes emoji eyes. By July 17, some files might finally move forward a little, while new ones might be created. The Summer League is one of the only times of the year when all the NBA teams are together at the same time, and it therefore represents a great opportunity to do your business. It’s not said that a Kevin Durant transfer will take place on July 18, or that the Marks-Pelinka duo will celebrate Kyrie’s trade together by playing blackjack together at the local casino. But there’s nothing better than face-to-face meetings to try to lay the foundations for a future transfer or unblock certain negotiations that tend to stagnate a bit. Potential two-, three-, or even four-team deals may be born in Sin City, though they will fall away only weeks later. So that’s also the Summer League, a summer league where there’s a lot of activity… outside the basketball courts.
In addition to the opening of the Summer League this Thursday, the NBA moratorium is also regarding to end. This means NBA teams will now have just two days to match restricted free agent offers, which might also unlock some issues. As mentioned Jake Fischer de Bleacher Reportan offer concerning Deandre Ayton might for example fall quickly…
Source texte : ESPN, Bleacher Report
This is what is whispered around the Kevin Durant file.
Some decision-makers would like to meet directly at the Summer League to talk business in the right place. Discussions might advance further during this period, the same for Kyrie. https://t.co/cn8ykYgkXF
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