The NBA Summer League starts this week in Sacramento (August 3-4) and Salt Lake City (August 3, 4, and 6). The Kings host the Warriors, Lakers, and Heat. The Jazz will have a split squad and host the Grizzlies and Spurs. No TV information yet.

Then all 30 teams converge in Las Vegas for games August 8-17. Every game will be televised, most on ESPN2 or NBATV. (According to the PDF schedule, ESPN will air Detroit/Cade Cunningham vs. Houston/Jalen Green, and ESPNU and ESPNews will have a few playoff games.)

Roster information is slowly trickling in, but here are a few announced rosters:

San Antonio Spurs (to play in Salt Lake City and Las Vegas) will include Duke's Justin Robinson and Tre Jones. (Justin Robinson and the Spurs. I wonder how that happened.) Also on the roster are draft picks Joshua Primo and Joe Weiskamp. The ACC is further represented by FSU's Devin Vassell and a pair of coaches who played at Wake Forest, Darius Songaila and Randolph Childress.

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Los Angeles Lakers (to play in Sacramento and Las Vegas) will include Joel Ayayi, Chaundee Brown, Mac McClung, Zavier Simpson, plus ACC players Alan Griffin of Syracuse and Justin Robinson of Virginia Tech.

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Miami Heat (to play in Sacramento and Las Vegas) will have no ACC guys, but will have Nigerians Precious Achiuwa and KZ Okpala returning from Tokyo in time for the Las Vegas games.

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Is it weird that I like the Summer League more than the NBA regular season?