In 2004, the Las Vegas Summer League played its first season in the arena of the University of Nevada, where teams including the Celtics, Cavaliers, Nuggets, Magic, Suns and Wizards played a total of 13 games. The next three seasons were successful, with the number of participating teams increasing to 16 and more than 40 matches. Since 2007, the NBA has officially included the event under the NBA's umbrella, and the Las Vegas Summer League has been included in the scope of official events. In 2008, the tournament was expanded to 22 teams and was sponsored by EA Sports. Since 2015, Samsung has been a sponsor of the event.

Although it was the newest to be formed, the Las Vegas Summer League is the largest and most influential of the three existing summer league competitions.

Time: July 13-July 23

There are 22 teams participating: San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards, Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Miami Heat, Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, New Orleans Pelicans, Charlotte Bobcats, and NBDL (NBA Development League) selection teams

In 2012, the summer league MVP was established for the first time, and before 2013, each team played several games with different teams, and a new competition system was introduced from 2013, and for the first time in the history of the summer league, there was a preliminary round (preliminaries) + playoffs mode, and the championship was established.

In addition, a point system has been added, and rankings are determined by points. 1 point for winning a quarter (0.5 points for a tie in a quarter), and a team can earn up to 4 points per game. If the final points are the same, then three rulings will be made in order: 1. Comparison of total scores; 2. Comparison of total points lost; 3. Toss a coin.

A team's seeding position can be determined based on points, but the format varies from league to league.

This year, the Suns will compete in the Summer League in Las Vegas, and their first game is scheduled for the evening of July 13 as the opening game of this year's Summer League. Needless to say, being arranged as the opening game, the second Chinese champion who is currently in the limelight and has the most attention has played a great role.

Although Li Mojie is the champion, the champion of the past years will participate in this event, and Li Mojie will naturally be no exception, otherwise the management and fans of the Phoenix Suns will not have a bottom in their hearts.

Now all the fans who follow the NBA around the world are very concerned about this second Chinese champion, especially since he also signed a shoe contract bigger than Durant, which vaguely means to become Adidas' number one star. So as long as he can't prove himself quickly on the NBA court, then the pressure he faces from the media and fans is unimaginable to other black champions, although this summer league is not an NBA game, but it can also see how a player's quality is, so this is the first test for this year's rookies.

On July 7, the Suns announced the official launch of the team's summer training camp, with Li Mojie and another rookie Gobert and Alex participating in the team's joint practice. Plumlee and other young players on the team, as well as the newly signed PJ Tucker, are all free agents who have no guaranteed contracts and could be cut at any time.

Veteran players such as Eric Bledsoe, Goladzic and Barbosa did not participate in summer training, and these players are still on their holiday trips, and it is conservatively estimated that they will join the training camp in August, and the training will start in July with the team's substitutes, rookies and development league players.

The 11th has arrived in the world-famous casino city of Las Vegas, but he has no time to play, but instead practices in the arena with his new brother Gobert. At present, he is having a good time in the team composed of this part of the people, and there is no one who is not open to play tricks on this champion show that the general manager and the boss are very concerned about.

"Mo Jie, are you nervous?" Hornacek, as someone who has just changed from assistant coach of the Jazz to head coach of the Suns, naturally will not send other assistant coaches to lead the team, but will do it himself.

"I'm not nervous, coach, what about your big beautiful girl watching you from the sidelines? Are you nervous? This is your first coaching game! Li Mojie smiled and glanced at Abby Hornacek, who was interviewing on the sidelines as a trainee reporter for Fox Sports Arizona TV.

"Oh, hell, you can't beat her mind, I warn you!" As soon as Hornacek saw that his baby daughter was being targeted, he immediately cried out.

While the two masters and apprentices were discussing, Cola from the ESPN penguin station next to her stared at Li Mojie at the scene of Abby who was convex and backward in front of her, and pouted with a very unhappy expression.

"Mo Jie, are you really not nervous?" Just as everyone was warming up, Rudy Gobert, who was trembling when he spoke, lowered his head and asked.

"Oh, you're scared?" Li Mojie asked as he practiced shooting.

"Of course, it's the Pelicans on the other side, and last year's champion is there!" Originally, Gobert was still full of confidence to surpass his French predecessor Tony Parker in the NBA, but as soon as he entered the team, he was abused half to death by this year's champion, and half of his confidence was lost in an instant.

"Anthony Davis?" Li Mojie took the ball and looked at the thick eyebrows opposite him, who was 6 feet 11 inches tall and was known as the ugliest champion. It's finally here, how can Li Mojie not be nervous about the fight against the top NBA players, he knows better than anyone how powerful the future air slashing king will be!

That's right, the opening game of this year's summer league Las Vegas league is the Suns VS Pelicans, and the battle between the two champions in 12 and 13 years has attracted countless media live broadcasts.

In fact, Anthony Davis's recent situation is not good, not only was he injured in his rookie season and only played 64 games, but he only averaged 13.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 1.2 steals, and 1.8 blocks in his rookie season, and was perfectly crushed by the best rookie Damian Lillard: 19.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.2 blocks per game.

Even Bradley Beal: 13.9 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 0.9 steals, 0.5 blocks per game. Dion Vitesse: 14.7 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.0 steals, 0.3 blocks per game.

So he has to come to the summer league this year to prove himself, the Suns lineup: Lee Mojie (6'8"), PJ Tucker (6'6"), Marcus Morris (6'9"), Markieff Morris (6'10"), Gobert (7'1").

Pelicans lineup: Ju Holiday (6'4"), future Clippers Prince Austin Rivers (6'4"), Al Faruk Aminu (6'9"), Ryan Anderson (6'10), Anthony Davis (6'11).

At the beginning of the game, Li Mojie finally felt the benefits of his center teammate with excellent height and arm span, Gobert easily jumped the ball and dialed the ball to Li Mojie, who had not gained much weight and was temporarily arranged by the team management to play point guard.

Originally, there was no commentary for the NBA preseason, but due to the rivalry between the two champions, the EPSN sent two famous commentators for this game: "Famous mouth" Charles Barkley and his partner Kenny Smith.

Seeing the Suns get the ball, Barkley couldn't help but chatter: "Hey, Kenny, you see Marc Jab getting the ball, when do you guess he will get the first point in the NBA?" ”

"Oh, Charles, you're here again, are you going to bet on your donkey's ass?" Smith quipped.

"Hey, can you please stop mentioning this," Barkley pouted, this incident was a stain on his life.

The two people in the commentator's seat pinched each other's mouths, and the game on the field had already begun.

Li Mojie controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, and Coach Hornacek instructed before the game that in the face of the Pelicans, they should start with him as the core and focus on Li Mojie's sudden cooperation. So after the whole team was in position, he unhurriedly controlled the ball and looked for opportunities on the outside.

But suddenly, the moment Li Mojie did CROSSCOVER, Zhu Holiday hurriedly chased after the defense, but he was far from estimating that the yellow-skinned rookie was so explosive and fast, leaning on Zhu Holiday's thin body, Li Mojie easily made a layup and scored the first point of his career at the Mark Center Arena.