Akklaim1 wrote:Anyone know why our summer league team was in Orlando this year? In the past, we were always in Vegas.
Short answer is that Doc lives in Orlando.
Longer answer is that there are less distractions and a greater focus is on basketball in the Orlando Summer League.
Report: Clippers to play in Orlando Summer Pro League
"Yeah, I just think it's a better format, a better teaching thing," Rivers said before the Clippers' practice on Friday. "I know I live there and all that, but I wanted to get in there every year. It's a teaching summer league, to me. It's the perfect summer league. It's not too many games. I like the small audiences where you can hear and you can teach and it's the players who tend to do that.
"It's not a show, if you know what I'm saying. The first thing I did was put ourselves on the list. We thought we had no chance, honestly. I think Utah is doing a league this year, so some of the teams that want to do two or half of both pulled out and went there. That allowed us to slide in."
Asked if that meant the Clippers won't return to Las Vegas, Rivers said: "I don't know."
Jill Painter Lopez, Fox Sports
I've never gone to summer league, but I do think that it would be better if the Clippers played in Vegas in the future. They could do Orlando as well if they want. The Clippers have always had nice fan support in Vegas. It helps when you're looking for hope in your new lottery pick. Basketball-wise, Orlando is fine. It's not as flashy, but it gets the job done. Vegas is for the fans. At the end of the day, you're going to play 5 games either way.
