Basketball

Drafting the NBA’s global blueprint

For the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, the United States united the single-greatest basketball team to ever take the court. Jordan. Bird. Magic. This ridiculous assemblage of unrivaled basketball ability destroyed the international competition by an average of 43.8 points per game. Players on opposing teams took time out of their lay-up drills to stand in reverence, […]

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The King and the turkey

LeBron James and I were born 89 days apart. It’s fair to say we started playing basketball at the same time, too, and despite the fact that I peaked in high school as the captain of my junior team and LeBron was the most highly-praised high school talent in the history of the game, like […]

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The NBA video game industry: More than just vicarious amusement

As a record number of fans tune into this year’s NBA Finals between the Heat and Mavs, they are doing so via a growing number of digital channels and marketing avenues, both online and off. In short time, the NBA’s digital strategy has become the example for other professional leagues to model, and this year’s […]

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Reviving the NBA in the Pacific Northwest

The conditions are ripe for the NBA’s return to Vancouver – but hold on, Seattle has dibs. On the evening of Apr. 28, the No. 8 seed Memphis Grizzlies entered the AT&T Center in San Antonio looking to knock out the No. 1 seed Spurs. Had it not been for some last second Spurs heroics and perfect […]