I love watching the Pacers. They beat the Lakers last night to win their 19th game of the season, but winning is only part of the work they have done to win my heart. In the star-driven NBA where brand value often trumps success in the eyes of fans, the Pacers are an anomaly. They excel without […]
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NBA discourages toughness, rancor, and fan engagement by suspending Embiid and Towns
The greatest explanation of toughness and competition in sports is communicated in a speech by Sean Connery’s character in The Untouchables: “You want to get Capone? Here’s how you get him. He pulls a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue! […]
There is one consequence that ensures an idiot will keep his mouth shut in a situation where he might otherwise spew racial epithets and profanity – the threat he will get his ass kicked. In major league sports, the last time I can remember a player going into the stands to issue a physical counter-measure against a fan […]
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“I don’t want to get into a word or sentence feud with Daryl Morey, but I believe he wasn’t educated on the situation at hand, and he spoke. And so many people could have been harmed not only financially, physically, emotionally, spiritually. So just be careful what we tweet and say and what we do, even […]
NBA stands for “National Basketball Association.” National as in America. The NBA is American but has done a brilliant job of building itself into a global brand. There are 1.4 billion people in China alone. That’s more than four times as many people living in the United States. Many millions in China love the NBA, […]