| 2021 NBA Summer League | |
| League: | National Basketball Association |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Duration: | August 8–17 |
| No Of Games: | At least 5 games (including 4 preliminary games) for each team (as many as 7 games per team) |
| No Of Teams: | California Classic-4 Salt Lake City-4 Las Vegas-30 |
| Tv: | NBA TV & ESPN |
| Season: | California Classic |
| Season Champs: | Miami Heat |
| Top Scorer: | Max Strus |
| Season2: | Salt Lake City Summer League |
| Season Champs2: | Utah Jazz White Team |
| Top Scorer2: | Devin Vassell |
| Season3: | Las Vegas NBA Summer League |
| Season Champs3: | Sacramento Kings |
| Second Place3: | Boston Celtics |
| Mvp3: | Cameron Thomas & Davion Mitchell (league) Louis King (championship game) |
| Seasonslistnames: | NBA Summer League |
| Prevseason Year: | 2019 |
| Prevseason Link: | 2019 NBA Summer League |
| Nextseason Link: | 2022 NBA Summer League |
| Nextseason Year: | 2022 |
The 2021 NBA Summer League was an off-season competition held by the National Basketball Association (NBA) at the Thomas and Mack Center and Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nevada on the campus of University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The summer league consisted of the California Classic, Salt Lake City Summer League, and the Las Vegas NBA Summer League.
This was the first NBA Summer League since 2019 as the 2020 NBA Summer League was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and due to the Bubble. It began on August 8, 2021, and ended on August 17. All 30 NBA teams participated in the reboot of the summer league. Teams competed in a tournament-style schedule in four preliminary games before seeding in a tournament; each team played four games, and the best two teams played in the championship, while the rest of the teams played another game the NBA decided on. The event concluded with the 2021 NBA Summer League Championship game on August 17.
The California Classic is an official summer league of the NBA—the third year it has been held.[1] Four games were played at the Golden 1 Center on August 3 and 4.[2]
Note: Times are EDT (UTC−4) as listed by the NBA.
The Salt Lake City Summer League is an official summer league of the NBA—the sixth year it has been held.[3] Six games were played in a round-robin format over the course of three days on August 3, 4, and 6 at the Vivint Smart Home Arena.
Note: Times are EDT (UTC−4) as listed by the NBA.
The Las Vegas NBA Summer League is an official summer league of the NBA—the sixteenth year it has been held. 75 games are played between all 30 NBA teams from August 8 to 17. The league plays games across two venues: the Thomas and Mack Center and Cox Pavilion, both located in Paradise, Nevada (near Las Vegas).[4] In the 2019 NBA Summer League, the Chinese and Croatian men's basketball teams participated in games, but they were not featured in the 2021 league.
Note: Times are EDT (UTC−4) as listed by the NBA.
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