– League Establishes New Records for Attendance, Viewership, Digital Consumption and Merchandise Sales – NEW YORK, July 23, 2014 –Samsung NBA Summer League shattered all-time records for attendance, NBA TV viewership, digital consumption on NBA.com and NBA Mobile, and overall merchandise sales. This year’s 11-day event, featuring 24 teams, concluded on Monday, July 21, with [...]
The Lott IMPACT Trophy is a defensive college football award named after NFL Hall of Fame inductee Ronnie Lott. The award is unique because it represents the first trophy to give equal weight to personal character as well as athletic performance from a defensive college player and is the first national college football award based [...]
via www.nba.com NEW YORK -- Twenty-four teams, including the Utah Jazz, which will be making its first appearance, will compete in this year's Samsung NBA Summer League July 11-21, at the Thomas & Mack Center and COX Pavilion on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas. The Jazz will join 22 other NBA teams and a team [...]
via www.nba.com NEW YORK -- Samsung NBA Summer League tips off on Friday, July 11, at the COX Pavilion and Thomas and Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas, marking the 10th time the event will be held in the desert. For the second time in the event's history, a tournament-style format will be [...]
Now that spring has arrived, the basketball prep scene shifts its focus to AAU tournaments, invitation-only elite camps and all-star games. Hence, earlier today Adidas announced the dates and location of its offseason grassroots events. More info via their press release: adidas today announced its 2014 adidas Uprising grassroots basketball schedule which includes a four-tournament [...]
Summer Dreams, a 2-hour television special that gave fans an exclusive look at the players, personalities and behind-the-scenes drama at NBA Summer League aired Sunday, March 15th on the CBS Television Network. The documentary profiles two first round draft picks, Michael Carter Williams of the Philadelphia 76ers and Dallas Mavericks' Shane Larkin, two players trying to [...]
Summer Dreams began as an early idea from event organizers Warren LeGarie and Albert Hall to document the trials and tribulations of young players adjusting to life in the NBA and all of the unique characters and situations they encounter along the way. The process of going from big man on campus to a [...]
The East and West rosters for the McDonald's All-American Game that will be played in Chicago on April 2nd have announced. Twelve combined players on these rosters are adidas Nations alumni. Two of which will be headlined as a "must-see matchup between two of the best big men in the country, both of whom call Chicago home, [...]
SAMSUNG AND NBA ANNOUNCE GAME-CHANGING PARTNERSHIP - Samsung Becomes the Official Handset, Tablet, and Television of the NBA, WNBA, and NBA Development League - NEW YORK and RICHARDSON, Texas, Oct. 28, 2013 – Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (Samsung) and the National Basketball Association (NBA) today announced a comprehensive multiyear marketing and technology partnership that will enhance the [...]
The talent pool at the 2013 adidas Nations included the very best in the world, many of which have committed to top collegiate programs for the 2014-2015 season. In the 2014 HS Class of Basketball Players, adidas Nations had five out of the top 10 players in the nation and 15 out of the top [...]
