Blazers, 23 Other Teams Announced For Las Vegas Summer League
The Portland Trail Blazers are officially part of the 24 team field that will be playing in the 2014 edition of the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League.
This year’s summer league will take place from July 11th through the 21st. Games will be played at the Thomas & Mack Center and the COX Pavillion on the campus of University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV).
Each team will play in three preliminary round games from the 11th through the 15th and then they will go to the knockout rounds where eventually a champion will be crowned.
Last year the Golden State Warriors took home the first ever Las Vegas Summer League championship.
Neil Olshey said in the exit interviews that he expects Joel Freeland, Will Barton, Thomas Robinson, Meyers Leonard, CJ McCollum and Allen Crabbe all to participate in summer league.
Here are the other 23 teams that will be competing from the release from the NBA:
Overall Record at Summer League
Team Wins Losses Percent Years Participated
Houston 24 6 0.800 2006-10, 12*
Golden State 29 13 0.690 2005-10, 12-13*
Atlanta 6 9 0.667 2010, 12-13*
Miami 11 6 0.647 2010, 12-13*
Charlotte 10 6 0.600 2008, 12-13*
Philadelphia 6 4 0.600 2007-08
San Antonio 17 12 0.583 2007-10, 12-13*
Milwaukee 17 13 0.567 2007-10, 12-13
Denver 25 20 0.556 2004-10, 12-13
Phoenix 24 22 0.522 2004-10, 12-13
Minnesota 18 18 0.500 2006-10, 12-13
NBA D-League Select 10 10 0.500 2009-10, 12-13
Portland 21 21 0.500 2005-10, 12-13*
Toronto 15 15 0.500 2006, 08-10, 12-13*
Dallas 20 21 0.488 2005-10, 12-13*
Sacramento 20 21 0.488 2005-10, 12-13
New York 19 20 0.487 2005-10, 12-13
Washington 22 24 0.487 2004-10, 12-13*
Chicago 12 13 0.480 2005, 09-10, 12-13*
Cleveland 21 25 0.457 2004-10, 12-13
L.A. Lakers 11 20 0.355 2007-10, 12-13
L.A. Clippers 14 26 0.350 2005-10, 12-13*
New Orleans 10 31 0.244 2005-10, 12-13
Utah Jazz First Time Participant
*Indicates 2013-14 NBA Playoff team
Erik Gundersen
Erik Gundersen is the Trail Blazers beat reporter for The Columbian. He's a graduate of the Allen School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon in addition earning a degree in Spanish. He's covered the NBA for four seasons. You can also occasionally find his work on ESPN.com's NBA section for their TrueCities series. He also fist-bumped with Kanye West once. Follow @BlazerBanter on twitter for more Blazers and NBA news.