<P> Unsigned free agents are often signed to summer league deals, providing a chance to possibly be signed to a contract during the regular season . Any team can sign the free agent after the league is over, not just the one he played for in summer league . For example, Jeremy Lin, a Harvard graduate, was invited to play for the Dallas Mavericks summer league team despite being undrafted earlier in the year . In the 2010 summer league, Lin performed well and was later signed by the Golden State Warriors . </P> <P> The Las Vegas Summer League played its inaugural season in 2004 University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)'s arena, the Thomas & Mack Center with six NBA teams--Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Denver Nuggets, Orlando Magic, Phoenix Suns, and Washington Wizards--playing a total of 13 games . With Warren LeGarie leading the way, the summer league had three successful summers in which participation increased to 16 teams playing more than 40 games at UNLV . In 2007, the NBA attached its name to the event, making it the "NBA" summer league . In 2008, the summer league expanded to 22 teams and was sponsored by EA Sports . As of the summer 2015 season, Samsung is the sponsor and the official sponsored branding is the "Samsung NBA Summer League". Since 2018, all NBA teams play in the Las Vegas Summer League in the typical tournament style . </P> <P> From 1984 until 2008, the Utah Jazz hosted a tournament known as the Rocky Mountain Revue . Launched as a community outreach campaign to encourage interest in the Jazz in the summer of 1984 under the direction of Jazz public relations staffers David Allred and Kim Turner, initially the league operated as a three - week, pro-am league in July with alumni players from Utah, BYU, Weber State and Utah State . In 1990, after sending a team to the California Summer League the previous summer, Scott Layden, then the Jazz's director of basketball operations, invited the Portland Trail Blazers, Phoenix Suns, and Sacramento Kings to join the league and moved to an all - NBA format . Over the course of the next 20 years, as few as four teams (1990) and as many as 16 teams (1998), participated, including the first International entry, Burghy Roma . The league did not play games during the 1999 strike - shortened season . In 2008, the NBA Development League had a D - League Ambassadors team . The Rocky Mountain Revue also showcased the Iranian national team . </P> <P> Games were hosted at Westminster College (Salt Lake City), East High School (Salt Lake City), Delta Center and the Revue's final home, Salt Lake Community College . The Revue was known for its popularity, evidenced by sold out crowds each time the Jazz played . The Revue was one of the first NBA summer leagues to feature NBA officials, as the NBA used the league for referee development and training . The only NBA teams that did not send a team to the Revue at least once were the Los Angeles Lakers, Detroit Pistons and Washington Wizards . </P>

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