LAS VEGAS -- New Orleans Pelicans GM Dell Demps and coach Alvin Gentry were huddled outside the entrance to Rain, a nightclub at the Palms Casino, when Warren LeGarie spotted the duo.
"Hey, no meetings," the agent and czar of Las Vegas Summer League said. "No team meetings. This is about fun."
"This" was the 2016 Table Tennis Challenge at Las Vegas Summer League to benefit the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, an event that has become a staple of the NBA's summer calendar and continues to grow every year.
"It's almost a spontaneous combustion of enthusiasm," LeGarie said.