NBA Players Want Equity In Teams, Union Head Roberts Says
NBA players want to be equity partners in the league and will likely pursue that option during the next round of labor negotiations, according to Michele Roberts…
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NBA’s 2K Esports League Grows During Pandemic With Eyes on Expansion
Not every NBA franchise is sponsoring a squad in the NBA 2K esports league, but the 22 who have enjoyed a wildly successful 2020. During its third season in 2020, 2K…
NBA’s Shrinking Limited-Partner Discounts Reveal a Healthy League but Don’t Tell Whole Story
Sportico released its 2021 NBA team valuations yesterday, with three teams topping the $5 billion mark. Peter Schwartz's financial analysis notes that the spread between…
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NBA Considering New Rules to Entice More Institutional Investors
The NBA is discussing expanding the number of institutional investors that can take equity stakes in its teams, according to two people with knowledge of the…
From Knicks to Pelicans: 2021 NBA Franchise Valuations Ranking List
Sportico's 2021 NBA Franchise Valuations report includes a feature story as well as an interactive data visualization display. Below is a rank-order listing of all 30…
Three NBA Teams Top $5 Billion in Sportico’s 2021 Franchise Valuations Report
The game between the Denver Nuggets and Dallas Mavericks reached the middle of the third quarter when an alert flashed on the phone handed to Mavericks' owner Mark…
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NBA Minority Stake Sales May Expand as Arctos Seeks to Join Dyal as Approved Investor
Arctos Sports Partners, a private equity firm co-led by former Madison Square Garden CEO Doc O'Connor, is seeking permission to build a portfolio of minority stakes in…
Disney Christmas NBA Ratings Get Scrooged by Blowouts
A series of blowouts conspired to put the humbug on Disney's Christmas NBA marathon, leaving ABC and ESPN with lumps of coal in their ratings stockings. According to…
NBA’s Christmas Lineup: Five Games of Big Names to Entice Traditional Viewers
With a full slate of Christmas Day games set to tip off a mere 75 days after the Lakers won the title, the NBA apparently earned itself a spot on Santa's "nice" list…
Lacrosse Star Pat Spencer Eyes Hoop Dreams and NBA’s Long-Term Earning Potential
As the 2020-21 NBA season gets underway, its minor league counterpart—the G League—is still figuring out what this season will look like. Unable to finish last season…
NBPA’s Collective Marketing Clout Places 69 Players in Michelob Ultra Campaign
Since 2017, when the NBPA joined its three major sport peer organizations in owning group licensing rights for its players, the union has focused on promoting not just a…
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