‘The NBA’s Coachella’: how Summer League became an unmissable event | Claire de Lune

The whole NBA cinematic universe has descended on Vegas for Summer League, a basketball junkie's paradise where players, coaches, media and execs rub shoulders with the rest of us

I've never been on the surface of the sun, but I'd imagine it doesn't feel too dissimilar from Las Vegas in the middle of July. The heat can only be described as oppressive, a sense of urgency to reach the safety of air conditioning assaults you the second you step into it, and you can feel anything on your person that's made of a plastic-like material warping and deforming in real time.

The irony is, of course, that the metaphorical side to the close proximity to a star" coin is also what makes summer in Vegas so alluring ... for basketball fans, at least. Because for 10 days every July, the entire NBA extended cinematic universe descends upon Sin City for the most stress-free, jovial and widely attended event on the league's annual calendar: Las Vegas Summer League.