Alex Rodriguez remembers a very specific lesson that longtime New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner taught him over the years.

Tucked away in a separate space at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of UNLV is a large conference room. If you walked in there Friday afternoon, a podium with a large screen in the background greeted you with highlights of the Timberwolves and Lynx.

The press conference, scheduled for 2:15 p.m., will be held in the Strip View Pavilion in Las Vegas, where the NBA Summer League is currently taking place.