We are happy to announce that Eric Pincus will be returning as an instructor for our 2022 Business of Basketball Immersive Experience in Las Vegas this summer!  Eric Pincus is a leading expert on NBA player contracts and the league’s Collective Bargaining Agreement. Eric is a Strategist/Capologist/Writer/Instructor for Sports Business Classroom and Bleacher [Read More]

Bird Rights are a vital team-building component, enabling NBA franchises to re-sign players for larger and larger salaries. Named after Hall-of-Fame forward Larry Bird, Bird Rights come in three flavors based on how many consecutive seasons a player stays with the same team (in most cases, rights transfer with the player via trade). Non-Bird [Read More]

Out of Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks,  Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Michael Porter Jr., only Young qualified for a higher maximum salary following the 2021-22 NBA season's annual awards. Young was named to the All-NBA Third Team. had any of the others won Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player [Read More]

Fans love to play general manager, willing their team to a championship via a flurry of fake trades. But not every player is trade eligible—an understandable area of confusion for fans, especially after a player receives a contract extension. The following cheat sheet to help clean that up! When Can Players Be Traded, In [Read More]

We are thrilled to announce that Steve Shenbaum, Founder and President of Game On Nation, will be making his return  to the stage at our 2022 Business of Basketball Immersive Experience in Las Vegas! Steve has been with us over the years, bringing great positive energy to our students to kick off the [Read More]