in march 2000, the boston celtics announced the shaw's pro summer league would return to the university of massachusetts boston campus from july 17 to july 24. between july 18 and july 20 three games were broadcast on espn2. during the 2000 season, shaw's sponsored the shaw's cup, which was an award given to the most valuable player in the league. the inaugural award was given to desmond mason of the seattle supersonics. he was also named to the 2000 shaw's pro summer league all-tournament team, along with shammond williams, michael redd, jumaine jones and jeff foster. williams, who also played for seattle, led the league in scoring with 20.5 points per game, followed by mason who averaged 18.2 points per game. the two led the supersonics to a 5–1 record, which was tied for first place with the milwaukee bucks.