Leaving Las Vegas (with Summer League buzz)

Our first around-the-league notes dispatch after returning home leads off with the Knicks aggressively pursuing Donovan Mitchell to team up with newly signed Jalen Brunson

LAS VEGAS — The intrigue started to bubble immediately when last season's NBA Tournament began.

At the very first game of the 2022 playoffs, New York Knicks forward Julius Randle and team executive William Wesley were unexpectedly spotted in prominent courtside seats to watch Utah’s Round 1 series opener at Dallas. Former All-Star guard Allan Houston, an…