Summer Leagues start this afternoon

Awful Announcing found this 7/7/2008 on sports.yahoo.com [flag]

Wake up, junkies . It's been a good week and a half since the NBA Draft, we're almost three weeks removed from the Finals, and it's time to start paying attention again. Summer League ! (Sorry, the Orlando Pro Summer League .) Starting this afternoon, the Heat, Bulls, Pacers, Nets, SuperSonics, and Magic (natch) will take part in a five-day exhibition that will not be televised, ... [link]

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