[The following submission is from the Houston Rockets, run by students in the mock deadline practicum at the SBC Las Vegas Immersive.] Assignment: Houston Rockets Team Members: Grant Gilbert, Pierre Riddle, Danish Pradhan, Jailon Bates, Levy Renaud, Faith LeMelle The Rockets are in full rebuild mode. We aspired to acquire draft capital to build [Read More]
The central goal of Sports Business Classroom (SBC) is to provide opportunities for students to find NBA-related employment. Recently Ron Gutterman, an alumn of the 2021 Las Vegas Immersive, was hired by the Denver Nuggets as the team's digital content specialist. On Friday, Gutterman spoke to SBC on his journey: SBC: How did you [Read More]
First-round picks sign a four rookie-scale contract in the NBA, but only the first two seasons are locked in. The third and fourth are team options. The options for the 2020 and 2021 draft classes need to be decided by October 31. For most teams, the options are simple clerical decisions. The Minnesota Timberwolves [Read More]
Teams have until October 17, one day ahead of the 2022-23 regular season, to issue extensions to the rookie-scale class of 2019. The top 30 picks can extend or wait until restricted free agency next July. Several top stars like Zion Williamson, Ja Morant and Darius Garland have already extended. Others didn't get through [Read More]
For the second time this season, the NBA raised its salary cap projection for the 2022-23 season. After an initial estimate of $119 million, the league revised the figure to $121 million in February before pushing it to $122 million on March 31. The luxury tax threshold was also lifted to $149 million (initially [Read More]
