Jazz Reportedly Looking To Revive Rocky Mountain Revue Summer League

The Jazz "are hopeful the once-popular Rocky Mountain Revue NBA summer league returns to Salt Lake City" as soon as summer '15, according to sources cited by Jeff Zillgitt of USA TODAY. Preliminary plans "aim to keep the event intimate -- five to six teams -- and bring professional summer basketball back to Salt Lake City," where the league had set up from '84-'08. The Jazz, who also "plan to play in the Las Vegas summer league, could be joined in Salt Lake City by an international team, a team of D-League players and possibly one or two other Western Conference teams who want to play in two summer leagues but don't want to send a team across the country to Orlando's summer league." The Jazz "have longed to bring back the popular fan experience, and a packed community college gym was the norm at the Rocky Mountain Revue." The event at its peak had "as many as 16 teams participating." But declining participation from other teams "forced the Jazz to stop operations" (USATODAY.com, 11/13).