The 2021-22 NBA season has seen the Western Conference lose its stranglehold as its dominant collection of teams. The East has 10 teams with winning records. The top four seeds have nearly identical records. Even the New York Knicks, who won't make the play-in tournament, would slot 9th in the West. Meanwhile, the Phoenix [Read More]
Just because a team can go under the salary cap doesn't mean they should. This July, the Portland Trail Blazers may face that decision with just $65.2 million in guaranteed salary locked in for the 2022-23 season. The NBA has a salary cap projection of $121 million, so the franchise would undoubtedly have [Read More]
On Monday, the Philadelphia 76ers and Milwaukee Bucks took part in battles against two of the Western Conference’s top teams. The Bucks took down the Utah Jazz, but the 76ers fell to Most Valuable Player-hopeful Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. And while one game usually has little impact on the playoff picture, that [Read More]
After participating in Sports Business Classroom’s GM Academy in December, my perspective and appreciation for the work it takes to make a trade in the NBA have changed forever. Before SBC, my perspective was like most fans, caught up in the excitement of a rapidly changing NBA landscape with the prospect of big names [Read More]
At Sports Business Classroom, one of the most common questions we get from students who are eager to find an NBA job is "How?" It's a simple word with no single answer. But let's tackle one specific path—the NBA G-League. The NBA itself has grown tremendously over the past decade. Front offices have exploded [Read More]
