National Basketball Association, The: Business, Organization And StrategyWorld Scientific, 19 oct. 2010 - 280 pages The National Basketball Association (NBA) is widely recognized as an entertaining and innovative league whose teams play regular season and postseason games in packed arenas at home and away sites in the United States and Canada. This book discusses the development, growth, and success of the 61-year-old NBA from a business perspective. Covering the late 1940s to 2009, it focuses on the league's expansions and mergers, team territories and relocations, franchise organizations and operations, basketball arenas and markets, and NBA domestic and international affairs. Readers will gain an insight into when, how, and why the NBA emerged, reformed, and gradually matured to become one of the world's most dominant, prosperous, and popular professional sports organizations today. |
Table des matières
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Chapter 2 League Expansions and Mergers | 19 |
Chapter 3 Team Territories and Relocations | 59 |
Chapter 4 Franchise Organizations and Operations | 107 |
Chapter 5 Basketball Arenas and Markets | 149 |
Chapter 6 NBA Domestic and Foreign Affairs | 187 |
Tables | 225 |
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American and/or Angeles Lakers athletes Atlanta Hawks attendances average basketball fans Basketball League Boston Celtics Chapter Charlotte Bobcats Chicago Bulls cited city’s Cleveland Cavaliers club’s coaches and players competitive conference titles Dallas Mavericks Denver Nuggets E/SVPs executives expansion team FCIs franchise’s Furthermore home games Hornets Houston Rockets included Jersey Nets Knicks league’s located Los Angeles Clippers Los Angeles Lakers Louis Memphis Grizzlies metropolitan areas Miami Heat mid-sized million moved naming rights National Basketball Association NBA arenas NBA championship NBA clubs NBA expansion NBA franchises NBA seasons NBA teams NBA’s officials Oklahoma City organizations Orlando Magic Orleans percent performed Phoenix Suns playoffs popular population postseason professional basketball professional sports leagues programs ranked regular seasons relocation revenue San Antonio Spurs San Diego sponsors sports fans sports markets Stadium Staples Center Table team’s Timberwolves Utah Jazz Vancouver various Warriors Western Conference Wizards WNBA York