NOTE: Jeph Duarte is out from August 9-14. I’m covering the Open Topic with a 5 part story about NBA Las Vegas Summer League. This is the first part, the second part will be published tomorrow.
Las Vegas Summer League Travelogue Part 1
The fact that the NBA Summer League is based in Las Vegas has always struck me as kind of ironic. The economy in Las Vegas isn’t based on anything you can touch, it’s based on the irrational and all too human belief that you can beat the odds and turn your stake into a fortune, despite the near mathematical certainty that the house will win in the end.