The Zone Sports Network - Salt Lake City Stars

Salt Lake City Stars guard Zaire Wade joined Jake & Ben to talk about his play for the Stars, his journey to professional basketball and his famous father.

Jonathan Rinehart joined the show on Tuesday afternoon to announce the return of the Salt Lake City Summer League this August, what last year's pandemic shortened season was like for the Stars, and provide an update on Jazz Gaming. Press Release: The Utah Jazz announced the return of NBA summer league basketball in Utah with the four-team, six-game Salt Lake City Summer League presented by University of Utah Health, Utah Sports Commission and Western Governors University on Aug. 3, 4 and 6 at Vivint Arena. The participating teams in the round-robin summer showcase in downtown Salt Lake City will be two squads representing the Jazz plus teams from the San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies. Tickets for the Salt Lake City Summer League will go on sale Wednesday, June 23. Three-day passes for all six games start at $18. One-day passes will go on sale at a later date and will provide access to both games played on that day. Each team will play three games as part of daily doubleheaders on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. (MT). Tickets can be purchased online at www.utahjazz.com or through the Utah Jazz mobile app. “Basketball is back this summer in Salt Lake City in a casual, affordable and fun atmosphere at Vivint Arena,” said Jonathan Rinehart, summer league executive director. “We are excited to watch the younger players from two Jazz teams along with the Grizzlies and Spurs play in daily doubleheaders. Summer hoops are a great tradition in Utah and a wonderful community event.” The schedule of games, radio/TV broadcast details and team rosters will be announced at a later date. The NBA Draft Lottery is June 22 and the NBA Draft is July 29. After a hiatus last summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 Salt Lake City Summer League is in its sixth year since the revival of summer basketball. Three-day attendance for the 2019 summer league at Vivint Arena was 29,469. The highest attendance was 33,884 in 2018. The Salt Lake City Summer League showcases rookies selected in the 2021 NBA Draft competing in their first NBA games, sophomores, select free agents and athletes competing to make NBA and G League regular season rosters. Recent participants in the Salt Lake City Summer League have included Donovan Mitchell, Royce O'Neale and Georges Niang (Utah); Davis Bertans, Dejounte Murray and Derrick White (San Antonio); Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz (Philadelphia); Marcus Smart, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown (Boston); Jaren Jackson Jr. (Memphis); and Trae Young and John Collins (Atlanta). The Jazz will also play in the MGM Resorts NBA Summer League 2021 on Aug. 8-17 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. All 30 NBA teams will be playing five games apiece during the 10-day, 75-game event.

Coach Nathan Peavy joined 'The Big Show' on Friday to talk about being named head coach of the SLC Stars.

Jarrell Brantley of the Salt Lake City Stars and Utah Jazz joined 'The Big Show' on Thursday afternoon to talk about his first year as a professional basketball player splitting time between the Jazz and the Stars.

Martin Schiller joined the show to talk about the 2020 season for the SLC Stars after being named G-League Coach of the Year, along with Bart Taylor being named G-League Executive of the Year.

Kyle Castlin speaks with Tony Parks at Salt Lake City Stars Media Day.

Alonzo Nelson-Ododa speaks with Tony Parks at Salt Lake City Stars Media Day.

Rodney Pryor speaks with Tony Parks at Salt Lake City Stars Media Day.

Malik Benlevi speaks with Tony Parks at Salt Lake City Stars Media Day.

Justin Wright-Foreman speaks with Tony Parks at Salt Lake City Stars Media Day.

Isaac Haas speaks with Tony Parks at Salt Lake City Stars Media Day.

Juwan Morgan speaks with Tony Parks at Salt Lake City Stars Media Day.

Kyle Collinsworth speaks with Tony Parks at Salt Lake City Stars Media Day.

Jarrell Brantley speaks with Tony Parks at Salt Lake City Stars Media Day.

Jazz & SLC Stars forward Tyler Cavanaugh spoke with the media members on the season and his work in the NBA and the G-League.