The one and only Beau Estes will be returning to Las Vegas this summer as an instructor for our 2022 Business of Basketball Immersive Experience! Beau has been part of our SBC family over the years and previously hosted a number of our Sports Business Classroom Audio Experience podcasts. Beau Estes has 25 [Read More]

When can NBA players extend their contracts, and for how much? As with most questions about the league's Collective Bargaining Agreement, the answer is "it depends." Is the player a first-round pick coming off their first contract? How long was the initial agreement? How many years are left on the deal? Did the player [Read More]

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]