The 2013 NBA Summer League is a pro basketball league run by the NBA just after the 2013 NBA draft. It gives newly drafted players a chance to test their skills against each other, and to give them a feel for professional basketball. All 30 NBA teams participated, along with the D-League Select. The Miami Heat were the only team to participate in both Summer Leagues. It ran from July 7–12 in Orlando and July 12–22 in Las Vegas. Jeremy Lamb of the Oklahoma City Thunder was named the Most Valuable Player of the Orlando Summer League.[1] Jonas Valančiūnas of the Toronto Raptors went on to be named the Most Valuable Player of the Las Vegas Summer League.[2][3] Ian Clark of the Golden State Warriors was named the Most Valuable Player of the Las Vegas Summer League Championship Game.[4]
The seeding is determined by a team's total points after the first five days. Seven points are awarded in each game: three points for winning a game and one point for every quarter a team won. In the event of a tied quarter, each team are awarder half a point. If two or more teams have equal points, then the following tiebreakers apply:
Each team is paired with the team that is the closest seed to them, for example: the top two seeds will play in the championship game, the third and fourth seeds will play in the third-place game, etc.[5]
The All-Summer League Team is an honor bestowed on the best players in the summer league as voted on by participating Public Relations Directors and members of Orlando Magic official website.[6]
All-Summer League Honorable Mention:
The championship will be determined by a single elimination tournament, the top 10 teams receive a bye.
Teams are seeded first by overall record, then by a tiebreaker system.
First-round losers play consolation games to determine 17th through 22nd places. These teams either keep their own seeding or inherit that of their first-round opponent, if lower. Based on this, teams are matched against their closest-seeded opponent with #17 playing #18, #19 playing #20, and #21 playing #22.
Second-round losers play consolation games to determine ninth through 16th places. These teams take the lower seed number of the two teams involved in their second-round games with the built-in assumption that lower-seeded teams that won their first-round games inherited the higher seed from the opponent they defeated. Based on this, teams are matched against their closest-seeded opponent with #9 playing #10, #11 playing #12, #13 playing #14, and #15 playing #16.
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Being named to the All-Summer League Team is an honor bestowed upon the best players in the Las Vegas summer league as voted on by members of the media in attendance.[3]
All-Summer League Team:
Championship Game MVP: Ian Clark, Golden State Warriors[4]
Las Vegas Bracket