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Vietnamese professional basketball team Saigon Heat has disbanded temporarily due to the Covid-19 pandemic
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The National Basketball Association has announced the participants and format of its new players-only esports tournament it is holding to help fill the void amid the global Covid-19 pandemic
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International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has moved to counter the lack of NBA action on its Belgian schedules by agreeing a carriage deal for the North American basketball league’s OTT service, N…
Media Basketball

10-part series shifted from June release to mid-April
Events Basketball

The Basketball Champions League is seeking a host for a one-off ‘Final Eight’ tournament after concluding that it won’t be able to finish its 2019-20 season as planned due to Covid-19. T
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The National Basketball Association has become the latest major sports organization to turn to esports as a means to fill the void amid the sports shutdown caused by the global Covid-19 pandemic
Business Basketball

Reductions include commissioner Adam Silver, deputy commissioner Mark Tatum
Events Basketball

Selections to be made without players, media, or guests present
Events Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has selected Australia as the host nation for the 2022 Fiba Women's basketball World Cup

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Kevin McCullagh looks at the growth of the B. League, Japan's domestic basketball league, and considers whether it might be the country's biggest sports expansion of the Reiwa era.
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Christian Sylt takes a look inside the NBA Experience, the new immersive basketball venue at Walt Disney World in Florida.
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Scott Rosner, Professor of Professional Practice; Academic Director, M.S. in Sports Management Program, School of Professional Studies, Columbia University, remembers the lasting impression the late Kobe Bryant made upon his family that won't show up in any boxscore or sponsor earnings report
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Marketing

Bob Williams takes a look at how the ownership group of the NHL's Washington Capitals, the NBA's Washington Wizards and the Capital One Arena has successfully further monetized its ever-increasing fan database with its new Cloud Fan Insight Platform
Fan Engagement Basketball

Euroleague Basketball has announced a partnership with newly-launched fan engagement platform IQONIQ
Business Basketball

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has reached an agreement to purchase The Forum from The Madison Square Garden Company for $400m in cash
Governance Basketball

Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment, the managing company of the National Basketball Association’s Philadelphia 76ers and National Hockey League’s New Jersey Devils, has enforced pay cuts on members of …
Sponsorship & Marketing Basketball

The NBA’s strategy of non-exclusivity in the footwear and betting partner categories yielded both revenue and marketing value for the league before the NBA shutdown this month.
Sponsorship & Marketing Basketball

The Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) has added mobile telco Finetwork as a new sponsor
Governance Basketball

National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver has suggested staging an exhibition game between players for charity, provided it is medically cleared, to lift the public mood during the sports…
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The National Football League and National Basketball Association announced they will offer free previews of their subscription digital products to fans free of charge amid the absence of any live sports…
Business Basketball

Testing of entire Nets team for virus draws sharp rebuke from New York mayor
Sponsorship & Marketing Basketball

US sportswear brand Champion has agreed a deal to become the official on-court player apparel partner of Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL).
Business Basketball

Jazz center earlier this week mocked the virus outbreak, and rules aimed at curbing its spread
Events Basketball

Move shifts much-beloved March Madness to essentially empty venues
Governance Basketball

Four other Chase Center events to be relocated, canceled, or postponed
Media Basketball

Networks say there have been no reductions in crews or production plans for marquee event
Media Basketball

Brazil’s top women’s basketball league, the LBF, has secured a return to free-to-air television through a rights deal with TV Cultura.
Events Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has appointed US company TicketSocket as its global ticketing provider and preferred ticketing provider
Business Basketball

Atlanta Hawks chief executive Steve Koonin has suggested pushing the National Basketball Association season back two months to reduce a clash with the National Football League and in turn boost television…
Media Basketball

Traditional sports players must take insights gleaned from esports and other innovations if they are to engage with younger audiences, according to Matt Brabants, the NBA’s senior vice-president of global m…
Governance Basketball

Coronavirus outbreak prompts postponement of undetermined length
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The National Basketball Association's New York Knicks have appointed former player agent Leon Rose as team president
Business Basketball

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is in advanced negotiations to buy The Forum in Inglewood, California, from the Madison Square Garden Company, according to multiple reports
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Sponsorship & Marketing Basketball

The National Basketball Association and New Balance have announced a multi-year agreement that will make the global sportswear brand an official marketing partner of the league
Sponsorship & Marketing Basketball

Fast-food restaurant chain Hungry Jack’s has renewed its title sponsorship of Australia’s National Basketball League club competition for a further three years.
Media Basketball

The format change of the National Basketball Association All-Star Game has proven a hit with fans, with TV ratings for this year's event at Chicago's United Center averaging 7