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Mark Cuban says NBA streaming results will make or break sports media
“So this season, right, starting with the NBA season, how well that does in terms of driving subscriptions and reducing churn, that's going to make or break everything that comes forward for all sports.”
Sarandos predicts sports leagues like the NFL will go direct-to-consumer
“I think the winner will be NFL.com. That they'll just go direct to consumer, and there's plenty of people who pay an outrageous amount of money for a subscription for NFL, or NBA, or MLB, and ultimately the winners will be the league anyway, so.”
Mark Cuban ranks Tyrese Haliburton as a top 15 NBA player
“Halle is not a top five NBA player, right? Maybe top 15.”
Wiener: High school star Mac McClung will reach the NBA despite skeptics
“I would say that most of the basketball population does not believe he's going to go to the NBA. I do, because I'm a supporter.”
Mark Cuban predicts NBA teams will award fewer max contracts
“I think the strategy is changing right in front of our eyes. I think there'll be fewer max players coming up.”
Horowitz: College football per-game TV ratings surpass NBA ratings
“The college football Television ratings are much higher than NBA ratings for, you know, any given game.”
Gaskins: NBA instituted dress code after Allen Iverson repeatedly paid fines
“Allen's showing up, like, I'm not going to be like Mike, I'm wearing the white tee with the Yankee fitted with Timbs, and that's how I'm coming to the games, and the NBA's like, mm-mm, that's a 50,000 dollar fine, fine, I'll pay it. Mm-hmm, that's a 100,000 do…”
McClusky: US sports leagues will see major changes adopting overseas performance tech
“We're actually really far behind in the U.S. On a lot of this, and so seeing some of the things that have happened in Australia and the U.K. Make their way into major U.S. Team sports, I think we're going to see a lot of changes in NBA, NFL.”
Seven-foot American males have a 25% chance of playing in the NBA
“If you're a seven foot tall American male, you have roughly a 25% chance of playing in the National Basketball Association. If you are a six-six, which again, is really tall, you have like a .2% chance of playing in the NBA.”
Belch: STRIVR has signed six NFL and seven college football teams
“To date, we have six teams in the NFL, seven in college football. We do have a basketball and a hockey team in the NBA and the NHL, respectively”
Magic Johnson: Michael Ovitz reworked his NBA contract for free
“He reworked my contract to make me one of the highest paid in the NBA, But he did it, and then I said, well, how much I owe you? He said, I don't want nothing from you.”
Mark Cuban says NBA could not find a buyer for New Orleans
“In 2010, The NBA couldn't even sell the New Orleans franchise. There were no buyers. And the valuation had gone down.”