NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Pelicans will participate as one of the 24 teams in the 2016 Samsung NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, it was announced today by the NBA. The event will take place from July 8-18 at the Thomas and Mack Center and Cox Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Samsung NBA Summer League 2016 will feature a tournament-style schedule and culminate in a Championship Game for the fourth consecutive year. Last year, coach Becky Hammon and the San Antonio Spurs were crowned champions of the 11-day, 67-game event, which set records for NBA TV viewership, consumption of digital content on NBA.