Toronto Raptors Coach Dwane Casey Wants Team to Avoid Friendly Greetings with Opponents
Via Toronto Sun For a man that knows the value of physically dominating an opponent, Dwane Casey isn't a big fan of all the friendly exchanges between teams once the whistle blows. Whether it's the pre-tipoff hugs or the bum pats during a game or even helping an opponent up from the hardwood, the [...]
Oklahoma City’s Scott Brooks is a “Player’s Coach”
Via NewsOK.com For the Monday Oklahoman, I wrote about Kendrick Perkins and his Celtic ties. You can read that column here. I also had a conversation with injured Boston star Rajon Rondo, who isn’t giving interviews but agreed to chat about his old pal Perk. And one of the things I asked him is how Perkins [...]
Twitter May Soon be Offering Analytics to Everday Users
Via TechCrunch.com Twitter has begun experimenting with an account, called @AchievementBird, that will direct message you ‘achievements’ that you earn with your tweets. The account is protected but has granted follows in the past few days. Once you’re on the list, the account will occasionally send you messages about how one of your tweets has performed. [...]
10 Web Analytics Trends for 2014
Via Mashable.com Last year was a great year in the web analytics world. We saw awesome advancements from just about every vendor in the web analytics industry. Some of my favorite achievements of the past 12 months were: -Google rolled out the Google Tag Manager to the masses and launched very cool functions such as [...]
This Man Wants to Make the NBA a Social Network — And Take It Global
Via wired.com One Thursday night in May, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Vivek Ranadive pulled a Sacramento Kings basketball jersey over his purple pinstripe dress shirt and walked onstage as 10,000 people roared. The crowd packed Cesar Chavez Plaza in downtown Sacramento to celebrate Ranadive’s $534 million acquisition of the team and his promise to keep it [...]
Digital Spending to See a Big Boost in 2014
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Dwane Casey Named Eastern Conference Coach of the Month
via www.nba.com NEW YORK -- The Toronto Raptors' Dwane Casey and the Phoenix Suns' Jeff Hornacek today were named the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month, respectively, for games played in December. Casey led the Raptors to an 8-6 (.571) record, including road wins over the Dallas Mavericks and Oklahoma City Thunder. The [...]
Mark Cuban Explains Why Coach Rick Carlisle is One of the Best
Via Dallas News Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban recently joined Ian Eagle and Steve Kerr on SiriusXM NBA Radio. Here are some highlights. On what makes Rick Carlisle such a good coach: “I think there are a couple of things. One, he’s completely open-minded, and he’s always learning. He’s not set in his way, whether [...]
NBA Analyst George Karl Leads Boulder Clinic
Article via Daily Camera Former Denver Nuggets coach George Karl ran a special one-day clinic for youth basketball teams at the Boulder YMCA on Wednesday. Karl was named the NBA's 2013 Coach of the Year after Denver won 57 games. In June, he was fired after nine seasons with the Nuggets. He began as Denver's [...]
2013 Lott IMPACT Trophy Award Ceremony a Huge Success
December 8th, 2013 was a spectacular night at the Pacific Club in Newport Beach for the HallPass Media team and our new Lott IMPACT Trophy partners Mercedez-Benz USA and United. Televised live on FOX Sports West / FOX Sports Regional Networks, the 10th annual Lott IMPACT Trophy award banquet was a star-studded night to remember [...]