1. Nature of the business The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league located in the United States. It is composed of 30 franchised teams, all of which are in the US except for one located in Canada. It markets teams and players, and regulates franchised team ownership. The NBA licenses rights for broadcasting and collects revenue from sponsorships with corporate partners. It also operates the WNBA, a women's professional basketball league; the NBA Development League
The National Basketball Association is the most popular professional basketball league in North America; it is also the most popular professional basketball league in the world. The National Basketball Association (NBA) is one of the most diverse businesses in the world, which was the deliberate plan of former NBA commissioner David Stern. The NBA was once an all white and male dominated league, now through years of an aggressive effort to diversify the organization the NBA is now one of the shining
In today’s game, the National Basketball Association is the best and most expensive basketball league in the world. All thirty teams are worth an incredible amount of money, and the number is rapidly increasing each year. Today, the value of a team is extremely high, with the league average at an astonishing 1.3 billion dollars. This average has increased by 3.5% in just three years (Badenhausen). A large amount of a team's income is from sponsorship deals. The two most valuable teams in the NBA
The Basketball Association of America came from a league in North America, 1946; being one out of three professional basketball organizations. The Basketball Association of America (BAA) and another basketball organization, National Basketball League (NBL), formed together to become the National Basketball Association (NBA). Surprisingly, they came together after being big rivals, and fighting for three years over who gets the better players and the most fans to watch the action and most likely to
The National Basketball Associations, Golden State Warriors are approaching history. They are the number 1 ranked team in the league and the quest for winning a record 73 games is well within reach. The keys they play by have helped them be the success they are. The consistent 3 point shooting threat has left many shaking their heads in disbelief. Always making the extra pass has allowed them to strive on and off the ball. Most importantly teamwork both on offense and defense has led them to be ranked
Not only a popular past time in America and worldwide is the National Basketball Association (NBA) a multi-billion dollar operation and growing. With popularity waning in the MLB due to slow paced games and safety and off the field issues plaguing the NFL, the NBA continues to shine. Contributing to its growth, the NBA has focused on expanding basketball viewership overseas to Europe and China. On the world stage, the NBA and basketball is one of the most popular sports only trailing soccer. With
The picture I chose is a very deep picture, it is Michael Jordan's first National Basketball Association Championship that had eluded him for the previous seven years. He was the most valuable player in this championship series which means a lot to any professional player who wins it. His father, James, is the other man in this picture, showing great pride in his son knowing all of the hard work he put into this championship and his career. Even though he struggled to win the trophy, he is overwhelmingly
Introduction Before the 1984-1985 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, teams were given the freedom to pay athletes whatever wages they found fit. Athlete’s and their agents had to agree to the terms of the contract, but there was no limit on the amount of money that owners and their front office personnel could spend on the team payroll. That was quickly about to change as numerous franchises suffered serious financial losses and the threat of them folding became ever more inevitable
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National Basketball Association (NBA) Salaries Professional basketball players today are being paid huge bucks, and they really don’t know how to spend the money wisely. I believe it’s fair to say that all teachers, doctors, surgeons, and members of the armed forces should be given financial compensation of equal or greater value to that of which is awarded professional athletes. Their actual impact on human life is greater, more important, and further reaching
Introduction What is the NBA? The NBA is the National Basketball Association. This is one of the most popular sports in the United States. The NBA is a career where players can be paid millions of dollars playing the sport they love. There are many aspects of the NBA. This paper will fill one's mind if they wish to know more about the sport of basketball. History Basketball has evolved into the fantastic sport that people know today. But, who invented basketball, and when was the first game? There are
Focal communities which are typically associations that have an international reach, and ‘Folocal’ communities where the members are confronted by internal and external challenges and pressures. This paper directs its attention toward a specific focal discourse community, the National Basketball Association (NBA). The NBA embodies the essence of a discourse community with its players, coaches, analysts and fans converging under
Title: National Basketball Association v. Motorola, Inc., 105 F. 3d 841 (2nd Cir. 1997) Facts: Motorola constructs and markets the SportsTrax page that delivers real-time sports information on certain games like the NBA. Motorola is also in conjunction with STATS, Sports Team Analysis and Tracking Systems. The NBA filed suit against Motorola and STATS for misappropriation of “hot news.” The trial judge held that the claims are not preempted by the federal copyright act passed in 1976 and he Second
“greatest basketball player of all time”. I actually started playing basketball, for two seasons so far. This book is not only about the chronicle of basketball, but will also cover the basics in the game, while it will cease with discovering Michael Jordan and the Portland Trail Blazers. In modern time, basketball is getting more popular and competitive. However, there is one problem. The National Football League (NFL), a professional American football league, may be a competition for the National Basketball
BASKETBALL (Wee chuan): Introduction Played indoors/outdoors by two opposing teams of five players each.Basketball was created in 1891 by Dr. James naismith.The space is a rectangular, indoor court. Today basketball is the most popular sports in United States and Europe. To win the game, the team must throw a 30-inch ball through a 60-inch hoop more times than your opponent does. Basketball focuses on dribbling, passing, rebounding, shooting. It consist of four basic passes, chest pass, two-hand
leagues. I was aware that there would be endless resources on the topic, so I decided to pursue the history of the National Basketball Association. I was thrilled that my topic choice came so effortlessly and I planned to make my paper go in a similar fashion. By the end of my research, I was hoping to be an NBA Historian. What I Know The National Basketball Association is a basketball league that has a schedule that lasts from the late days of October all the way until the middle of June. As I was
Imagine scoring a total of 32, 292 points during a professional basketball career. Not many people in the history of the National Basketball Association can say they have. Michael Jordan can say he has and that he has accomplished many other goals throughout his life (“Michael Jordan Stats”). Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York (Biography.com Editors). He was raised in North Carolina. His parents are Delores and James Jordan. He was very close with his
on an NBA court I became a businessman.” - Lebron James. The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in the world. It is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. The NBA and it’s teams are part of the sports entertainment industry, just like any other major sports league in the world (NFL, MLB, NHL and other national sports leagues). A national sports team, in particular an NBA company makes it’s money by
The game of basketball has evolved a great deal throughout the years. Basketball was invented on December 21, 1891. The inventor of the game was a Canadian clergyman, James Naismith (Joseph Morse, 1973). The game of basketball was fashioned from fragments of other games, seeking to eliminate flaws of indoor rugby, soccer and lacrosse. Naismith also borrowed aspects from the children’s game “Duck-on-a-Rock,” in which children tried to knock off a rock from a boulder by tossing smaller rocks from
American economy, capitalism is at the root of every major market; markets such as the textiles, healthcare, utilities, and sports entertainment. Professional basketball is a huge industry in the United States that many corporations and sports-lovers spend money on to watch and endorse. Devastating to many of the fans, the National Basketball Association (NBA) went into a lockout in 2011 because of the many economic issues that the league had been experiencing in the previous years. During a lockout, players