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Summer Pro League (1969–2007)
Founded in 1969, the Summer Pro League (SPL) was a National Basketball Association (NBA) sanctioned summer league held in Southern California. During the league's early history, it was held at various college campuses including University of California, Irvine, Loyola Marymount University, University of California, Los Angeles and Pepperdine University. In 1995, the league established itself at the Walter Pyramid on the campus of California State University, Long Beach where it was held until its disbandment in 2007.

The league hosted several NBA teams over its history and several notable players, including Kobe Bryant in 1996, made their professional debut in the SPL. The league also hosted other basketball teams including the Canadian, Ukrainian and the United States men's national teams, the Harlem Globetrotters, and select teams fielded by Bill Walton in 1984 and Magic Johnson in 2001. Football players Randy Moss, Terrell Owens and Tony Gonzalez played in the SPL. In 2003, the Summer Pro League released a "SPL Deam Team", which featured prominent basketball players who played in the SPL. The first team was made up of Magic Johnson, Tim Duncan, Moses Malone, Karl Malone and Kobe Bryant. The second team consisted of Isiah Thomas, Reggie Miller, David Robinson, Dominique Wilkins and Tracy McGrady.

Rocky Mountain Revue (1984–2007)
The Rocky Mountain Revue was founded in 1984 as a pro–am league in Salt Lake City, Utah by Utah Jazz vice president of public relations David Allred and Jazz senior director of media relations Kim Turner. Its early history featured players from local colleges and National Basketball Association players Tom Chambers, Fred Roberts, Danny Ainge and Greg Kite.

In 2001, Zach Randolph of the Portland Trail Blazers was named the Rocky Mountain Revue Most Valuable Player. Randolph led the league in scoring with 26.2 points per game. Charlie Bell of the Phoenix Suns, Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs, Eddie Griffin of the Houston Rockets, Shane Battier of the Memphis Grizzlies and Andrei Kirilenko of the Utah Jazz were named to the 2001 all-tournament team.


 * RMR Rules
 * 2004 MVP
 * 2007 MVP / All-Tournament Team
 * 1990
 * 1991
 * 1992
 * 1993
 * 1994
 * 1995
 * 1996
 * 1997
 * 1999
 * 2000
 * 2003
 * 2004
 * 2005
 * 2006
 * 2007

Atlanta Summer Shootout (1997–2000)
The Atlanta Hawks hosted the Atlanta Summer Shootout from 1997 to 2000 on the campus of Life University in Marietta, Georgia. At the 1997 Atlanta Summer Shootout, Larry Bird made his head coaching debut for the Indiana Pacers. That year four teams participated: the Hawks, the Pacers, the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Reebok Pro Summer (1999–2003)
In 1999, the Boston Celtics hosted six other National Basketball Association teams for the Shaw's Pro Summer League on the campus of University of Massachusetts Boston. The league was made an annual event until 2004 when scheduling conflict with the Democratic National Convention, which was being held in Boston, forced the league to fold into the Las Vegas Summer League. The league was known as the Reebok Pro Summer League in 2003. NBA players LeBron James, Richard Jefferson, Kerry Kittles, Kyle Korver, Rashard Lewis, Stephen Jackson, Gheorghe Mureșan and Michael Redd—among others—played in the Pro Summer League.

Orlando Summer League (2002–2017)

 * 2002
 * 2003
 * 2004
 * 2005 hiatus

Las Vegas Summer League (2004–present)

 * 2005