While the National Basketball Association was busy showcasing a sliver of its many assets to the world during the 2013 Global Games last week, so too, as it turned out, was the city of Shanghai. One of four Asian venues […]
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NBA Global Games in Philippines: David Stern Press Conference
David Stern gave a press conference about an hour ago. Here’s a summary of major points… On the Philippines as part of the NBA’s global strategy and Filipinos: First question to David Stern comes from @rafeboogs of @grantland33: Will Philippines […]
David Stern Wants Harsher Flopping Penalties
Before David Stern steps down as the NBA’s commissioner next February, he has more business to attend to, including figuring out how to appropriately punish players for flopping. The league set out to handle the widespread issue this season, instituting […]
NBA Owners Vote to Keep Kings in Sacramento
Sacramento Kings fans didn’t have a lot to cheer about this season, but they got to celebrate a major victory on Wednesday. All 30 NBA team owners gathered on Wednesday for a four hour meeting to vote on the Kings’ […]
Global Hoops Roundup: Knicks Rout Heat, Rodman Owes $500K, Pau Out vs. Thunder
Knicks Crush Heat 112-92-The Knicks continued their hot start to the season by routing the Heat in one of the biggest games of the year so far 112-92 on Thursday. New York was without star and leading scorer, Carmelo Anthony, […]
Popovich takes one for the team in battle with David Stern, NBA
I ran across an outstanding article by Adrian Wojnarowski, NBA columnist for Yahoo! Sports, which shed some light the history between NBA Commissioner David Stern and San Antonio Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich. There is a clear rift between Stern’s vision of […]
Commissioner Stern Will Discipline Spurs For Not Playing Stars
The NBA is still David Stern’s league for a little while longer and while he still running the show, you better play by his rules. San Antonio Spurs coach Greg Popovich and his team learned this the hard way after […]
Global Hoops Roundup: Stern Retiring in 2014, Love Supports Cancer Awareness, Lakers Winless in Preseason
David Stern to Retire in 2014- NBA Commissioner David Stern announced this week that he will retire on Feb. 1 2014, which is the 30th anniversary of him taking the job. Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver, whom Stern has been grooming for the […]
NBA Plans to Penalize Floppers this Season
Unfortunately, flopping has been a part of the NBA for as long as anyone can remember, but commissioner David Stern and the NBA’s competition committee are looking to put a stop to it once and for all. According to ESPN.com, […]
Union Memo encourages NBA Players to go Overseas
In a strategic move that flies in the face of David Stern’s NBA global domination, the NBA players union recently released a memo in support of players going overseas to play while the NBA locks out its players. Will the […]
David Stern: NBA teams in Europe very likely
Speaking with the press, NBA’s commissioner David Stern believes it’s inevitable that NBA franchises land in Europe. “There’s some good possibility over the course of many years, that if there’s appropriate arena development in Europe, there could be actual NBA […]
Basketball’s Globalization will breakup NBA’s Monopoly
With the start of the 2007-08 NBA season upon us, I’m sure David Stern has taken notice of a small but significant pattern from this off-season. I’m not talking about perennial Kobe Bryant drama or the KG trade, this involves […]
NBA to expand into Europe in 2010?
Despite all the obvious logistical nightmares. A report asserts that David Stern believes three Euroleague teams could be the next teams to expand into the NBA in 2010. The three teams reportedly mentioned in the expansion are CSKA, Panathinaikos, and […]
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