The NBA Summer League of 2003 was nowhere near what we see today. The Celtics Summer League took place in a cramped gym called the Clark Athletic Center at UMass-Boston. Most of the buzz was about rookie-phenom Lebron James, but Kendrick Perkins, Brian Scalabrine, Marcus Banks and Kedrick Brown were there too.
Danny Ainge had recently been brought in to right the Celtics ship that had been foundering of late. Danny had drafted Banks and Perkins in the first round of the recent draft, and both he and Paul Pierce had the chance to see just how good these guys were.