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SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake City Summer League will return to Vivint Arena in July.
The annual event will be held from July 5-7 and will feature the Utah Jazz, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Memphis Grizzlies and the Philadelphia 76ers playing in a round-robin format.
"Summertime offers a fun, casual and accessible experience for NBA basketball, and we are excited to bring Salt Lake City Summer League to our community in July," said executive director Jonathan Rinehart. "Several marquee NBA players have made their professional debuts here in recent years. We look forward to watching the next group of rising stars."
It's the seventh season of the revived SLC Summer League (previously the Rocky Mountain Revue), and has featured players such as Donovan Mitchell, Jayson Tatum, Ben Simmons and Trae Young.
Oklahoma City will have the best chance of featuring a future star this summer. The Thunder have the fourth-best odds heading into the NBA draft Lottery on May 17, and will also have the No. 15 pick from the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Grizzlies will have two late first-round picks (one of which was originally Utah's). The Jazz and 76ers, meanwhile, don't currently have any picks in the upcoming draft, so future Jazz stars might be slim; 2021 second-round pick Jared Butler is likely to play, though.
Ticket information, games schedule and broadcast information will be announced at a later date.
