All this points to one radical question: Shouldn't the NBA just eliminate the draft and allow everyone to enter the league as a free agent?
That doesn't mean the NBA's fine of San Antonio wasn't completely over the top, or doesn't provoke troubling questions (should TV relationships be valued over player relationships?).
Iverson isn't the first NBA player to dominate thanks to one move.
Woodson isn't the only NBA coach who places trust in his veterans.
Fisher remains president even though he isn't on an NBA roster, having asked the Dallas Mavericks for his release after a brief stint earlier this season.
That's not to say that there isn't a place for him in the NBA. Even if he isn't picked up ahead of next season, a team may seek his services as injuries pile up and the February trade deadline nears.
He said he doesn't understand why the NBA would want the bad publicity of taking a quarter-billion dollar public subsidy.
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Unlike in baseball, left handedness doesn't receive much attention in the NBA. "Other than scouting reports, it doesn't received much attention, " said Jeff Van Gundy, former head coach of the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets.
It won't be the first 3D NBA experience of all time, but it will be the first of this magnitude.
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Unlike baseball, the NBA didn't ink a centralized deal for ticket resales.
The NBA didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Knicks are imperfect, but with Lin at least they're now interesting to watch, and the Lin bandwagon can't help but elevate the NBA and hearten Charles Barkley, too.
"The NBA doesn't produce a lot of data, so you have to find your own, " Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban recently told an industry conference in Boston about finding competitive advantage.
While some college basketball coaches have seen children become coaches (Bobby Knight, Eddie Sutton and Rick Pitino, among others), the NBA hasn't had a notable coach whose father was a star, too.
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"Brooklyn" alone works on a basketball jersey, on a T-shirt, in an NBA conversation.
Mr. Leffelman said he was surprised that NBA defenders haven't done much of that.
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The president of the team, Bob Williams, acknowledged that most NBA athletes don't want their playing days to end.
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In addition to facing serious financial penalties if they leave, these players wouldn't be able to sign with NBA teams.
The company doesn't do anything comparable with its NBA sponsorship and badly trails rival DHL in gaining that lift in loyalty and brand distinction.
Since 'T-Mac' entered the NBA in 1997, straight out of Mount Zion Christian Academy High School, he has embarked on a rapid uphill climb toward the ranks of the league's elite players.
If Mr. Carter were to represent basketball players, it is believed he would have to sell his share in the team, although he hasn't shown an interest in representing NBA players, according to people familiar with the matter.
But the World Baseball Classic is not about helping the sport compete with the NBA for European cap and T-shirt dollars.
"I haven't seen a young team win an NBA title in the last 15 years, " he told the Associated Press last week.
Until 1971, players weren't permitted to declare early for the NBA draft.
In fact, according to NBA sources, he collaborated with t he Nets and Adidas on the design of the team jerseys.
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"The Big Ten just doesn't have the 6-foot-6 athletic NBA player, " Dakich said.
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Williams then knocked down one more 3, equaling Stephen Curry for the most in the NBA this season, but couldn't add another.
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