Section 4. Summer Leagues.
(a) No NBA Team may simultaneously enroll more than four (4)
Veterans in any summer basketball league during an off-season. For
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purposes of this Section 4(a), the following players are not considered
Veterans:
(1) a player who has never signed a Player Contract or
whose first Player Contract begins with the Season
immediately following the off-season in which such
summer league is to be conducted;
(2) a player not under contract to an NBA Team at the
time he enrolls in such summer league;
(3) a player under contract to an NBA Team but who
missed twenty-five (25) or more of the Team’s
games during the Regular Season immediately
preceding such off-season due to injury or illness;
and
(4) a player who played for a team in the NBA
Development League or any other U.S.-based
professional league during all, or any portion, of the
Regular Season immediately preceding such off-
sea