NBA’s new TV contract reportedly with $24 billion
The NBA is scheduled to announce its new TV contract on Monday. But the terms of the deal have partially leaked; the NBA will receive ~$2.66 billion over the next nine seasons.
Donald Sterling’s defeat in court is good news for NBA, Clippers
In case you missed it on Monday, Donald Sterling’s lawsuit against his wife — for removing him from the head of the Sterling Trust — failed in a Los Angeles, Calif. probate court. Judge Michael Levanas ruled that Shelly Sterling had acted within the rules of the trust […]
NBA expansion rumors: Seattle and Louisville top the league’s list
The Seattle SuperSonics might be returning before the end of the MOU between Chris Hansen, the Seattle City Council, and the King County Council. According to SonicsRising, the NBA is discussing expanding the league into Seattle and Louisville. The article addresses three major situations that need to be resolved before […]
NBA Playoff Post #4: History is written by the Victors!
This entry is more or less going to be a personal rant rather than one about the facts. The facts are that the San Antonio Spurs won their fifth NBA Title and avenged their 2013 Finals loss to the Miami Heat. Tim Duncan collected his fifth ring along with Spurs coach […]
Will the Sonics be back by 2017?
The Seattle SuperSonics haven’t existed since the original franchise relocated to Oklahoma City following the 2007-08 season. But the fan base still exist, and is still fighting to get its team back; and it seemed like only the fans were the ones fighting to get the team back. […]
NBA Playoff Post #2: Blazers Playoff Drought Ends
The Portland Trail Blazers have won their first playoff series since 2000. That is all thanks to Damian Lillard. The Rockets were leading 98-96 with 0.9 seconds left in Game 6 of this Western Conference series, and they were looking to head back to Houston for Game 7. […]
Donald Sterling continues to prove that he is a terrible human being, NBA team owner
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has often been accused of being a racist — thanks to sworn testimony and affidavits — but until recently, there wasn’t a whole lot of audio/visual proof of it. But on April 25th, TMZ released a audio recording that is allegedly Sterling […]
NBA Playoff Post #1: 3 Days, 3 Overtime Games
The NBA Playoffs started Saturday and since then there have been three overtime games. Interestingly enough, the visiting team has won each of those games. The first game featured the Portland Trail Blazers upsetting the Houston Rockets on Sunday 122-120 to take a 1-0 series lead. The second was […]
Are the Heat in trouble?
The Miami Heat are coming off of back-to-back seasons as NBA champions. As of late, they haven’t been playing like champions though. Yesterday the Brooklyn Nets just completed a 4-0 season sweep of the Heat. Miami also just lost again tonight to the Memphis Grizzlies. Previous | Next […]
Key Storylines to follow in the NBA
Hello and welcome to my weekly post on this week’s NBA action. Sorry I missed last week, but I’ll be sure to post more regularly. Here we go! 1. Who gets the #1 Seed in the East? It’s going to come down to either the Miami Heat or […]