The 2012 NBA Summer League will take place July 13-22 in Las Vegas at UNLV’s Thomas and Mack Center and Cox Pavillion. This will mark the 7th season of competition for the league which showcases the top rookies, free agents and select roster players.

The NBA lockout prohibited the Summer League from occurring last year, adding much anticipation to this years event!

For the past seven years HallPass Media in conjunction with VSL Properties has been involved in all aspects of the league including operations, TV, sponsorship sales, online development, partnership activation, staffing, and hospitality during the event.

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Press Release Enclosed

–2012 EVENT WILL BE PLAYED AT COX PAVILION AND THOMAS & MACK CENTER–

NEW  YORK, April 10, 2012 – NBA Summer League returns to action this summer July  13-22  at the Thomas & Mack Center and the COX Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Launched  in  2004  as  the  Las  Vegas  Summer League, the inaugural event featured  six  NBA  teams  (Boston  Celtics,  Cleveland Cavaliers,  Denver Nuggets,  Orlando  Magic,  Phoenix  Suns  and Washington Wizards) playing a 13-game  slate. The NBA joined forces with the original event organizers in 2007,  and  the  summer  showcase  has  expanded  exponentially  since  its inception.

During  the  most  recent  competition  in 2010, 22 NBA teams, including 11 playoff  teams,  competed in a 58-game schedule that featured 10 of the top 14  picks  in the 2010 NBA Draft.  Fans that weren’t able to experience the action in person were able to tune into NBA TV or log on to NBA.com and see every  play,  including  Jeremy  Lin’s  breakout performance for the Dallas Mavericks. Matched up against John Wall and the Washington Wizards on July 15,  2010,  Lin  scored  11  of  his 13 points in the fourth quarter as the Mavericks  mounted  a  furious  comeback  after  trailing  from the opening buzzer, to come within six points of victory, before falling, 88-82.

Landry  Fields,  Lin’s  current  backcourt  mate  with the New York Knicks, arrived in Las Vegas two summers ago as an unheralded second-round pick (39th  overall)  in  the  2010  NBA Draft. In five games, Fields averaged 15.6 points  and  4.8  rebounds,  then went on to earn NBA All-Rookie First Team honors, appearing in all 82 games (81 starts) for the Knicks, averaging 9.7
points and 6.4 rebounds.

Exciting  games featuring the NBA’s newest talent have always been a staple at  NBA  Summer  League.  Five of the last six NBA Rookie of the Year award winners  have  joined  their  teams in Las Vegas including: Chris Paul (New Orleans  Hornets,  2005-06), Brandon Roy (Portland Trail Blazers, 2006-07), Kevin  Durant  (Oklahoma City, 2007-08), Tyreke Evans (Sacramento, 2009-10)
and Blake Griffin (L.A. Clippers, 2010-11).

Other  league  highlights include the participation of the Chinese National team  in  2007, which marked the first international team to participate in the  league  and  the NBA Development League Select team’s participation in 2009 and 2010 events.

Tickets  for  the 2012 NBA Summer League will go on sale June 1, at 10 a.m. PDT.   Fans will be able to purchase tickets for the Strip’s hottest summer event  by  calling 702-739-FANS, through UNLVtickets.com or by visiting any UNLV ticket outlet.

A  complete schedule of games and broadcast information will be released at a later date.

Jeremy Lin at 2010 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas

Via: CBS News-Jeremy Lin unlikely star for Knicks

(CBS/AP) – The New York Knicks are a team desperate for some good news. Their big-ticket acquisitions of Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony have yet to yield results, and the Knicks are sitting five games below .500. But a ray of hope has appeared in the form of Jeremy Lin. The 23-year-old point guard, only the forth Asian-American ever to play in the NBA, earned a starting role on Monday night’s game against the Utah Jazz. He took that opportunity and ran with it, racking up 28 points in New York’s 99-88 victory.

Going nowhere all season without a real point guard, the Knicks turned to Lin on Saturday against New Jersey, and he delivered 25 points. He was even better in this one in front of a crowd that again chanted his name much of the night, adding a career-best eight assists.

He made the biggest basket of a game, a desperation 3-pointer with the shot clock winding down and 1:58 remaining that gave the Knicks a 95-86 lead. He previously converted two three-point plays in the period, the latter pushing the lead to 10 with 4:29 left.

With Stoudemire out of the game to be with his family after the death of his older brother in a car crash, and Anthony sidelined with an injury, Lin was in the limelight. The former Harvard phenom certainly did not disappoint.

Lin’s out-of-nowhere performance, as well as his devout faith, already have some outlets calling him basketball’s Tim Tebow. It may be a little early for that comparison, but Lin’s unusual path to NBA stardom is its own underdog story.

The California-born point guard went to Harvard after being overlooked by the Pac-10 schools. He was undrafted and had to prove himself in the NBA’s Summer League circuit. The highlight reel of his time with the Summer League quickly turned heads.

Lin was picked up by the Golden State Warriors, but the chaos of the NBA’s extended lock-out found Lin without a team. After a brief stay with the Houston Rockets, New York picked up Lin on waivers in December.

Now, Lin finds himself as the starting point guard in the biggest media market in the country. With Stoudemire and Anthony sidelined indefinitely, Jeremy Lin is the new star of the Knicks. If Monday night is any indication, Lin already knows how to shine.

The 2011 adidas nations program is in the books and for the first time, the program was viewed by a national network audience on CBS Sports.  In addition to 8 hours of live broadcast game coverage on CBS Sports Network, HallPass Media wrote, directed and produced a one-hour preview show depicting the entire nations platform and giving fans a behind the scenes look at the premiere grassroots basketball program in the world. The CBS show drew a .5 national rating, garnering over 750,000 viewers nationwide.

Over the past three years, HallPass Media has managed all digital branded content, broadcast operations, and event and camp operations for the growing adidas property.  For more footage of the various broadcast assets, visit www.youtube.com/hallpasstv.  A 2011 compilation DVD is due out in mid September.

2011 1st Team All EBS

2011 2nd Team All EBS

Elite Baseball is proud to announce a new relationship with Under Armour and the brand launch of Under Armour Elite.  In the new agreement, Elite Baseball will work directly with Under Armour on team sponsorships, product offerings and various event and digital media sponsorships which reside under the Elite Baseball umbrella.

The new relationship was established through HallPass Media, which represents Elite Baseball on all marketing, digital media and brand development initiatives including the founding of the Elite Baseball Series, the premiere showcase event for underclassmen on the west coast.  Under Armour Elite is planning an official launch this spring.   Contact Elite Baseball for more information: info@elitebaseball.net