In September, the NBA raised its salary cap projection for the 2023-24 season from $133 million to $134 million with a luxury tax threshold of $162 million. That's an 8.37 percent increase from the current 2022-23 campaign's $122.7 million salary cap and a 7.81 percent increase in the tax threshold from $150.3 million. By [Read More]

We are thrilled to announce that Kirk Goldsberry will be speaking at the 2022 Business of Basketball Immersive Experience in Las Vegas! Kirk is a great friend of the program and has presented to our students over the years. Kirk Goldsberry is an NBA Analyst at ESPN, a New York Times bestselling author, [Read More]

SBC General Manager Larry Coon will be hosting the 2022 Business of Basketball Immersive Experience in Las Vegas this summer! Larry has been the General Manger and lead instructor for SBC since 2016, and we are excited for another year to have him host the next group of bright students. Larry Coon is [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]