Basketball

Social networking website Facebook has appointed Dan Reed, president of the National Basketball Association’s Development League, as its head of global sports partnerships.

Liga ACB, the top division of basketball in Spain, will be reduced to 17 teams for the 2014-15 season after the Bilbao Basket team was excluded from the competition.

Marc Lasry and Wesley Edens, the new owners of the Milwaukee Bucks, have received approval from the NBA basketball league for a number of individuals to join the franchise’s ownership group, including Teddy Werner, vice-president of business development for MLB baseball team the Milwaukee Brewers.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has admitted the Los Angeles Clippers may not have a new owner in place by the start of next season and revealed that the North American basketball league is considering introducing a new mid-season tournament.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has raised the league’s salary cap by 7.5 per cent to an all-time high of $63.065m (€46m) for the 2014-15 season and has appointed Pamela El as its new chief marketing officer.

The trial which will determine the future ownership of NBA basketball franchise the Los Angeles Clippers got underway on Monday, with disgraced owner Donald Sterling failing to make an appearance as his lawyers were defeated in a bid to move the case to federal court.

The DBB, basketball’s governing body in Germany, has confirmed that it will submit a bid to host the EuroBasket 2015 national team tournament, which is operated by the Fiba Europe division of the International Basketball Federation (Fiba).

Ahead of this month’s Manila Masters, Rob Ridley looks at how 3x3 basketball could be set for a significant growth curve, helped by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA)’s new tie-up with IMG.

Sports and athletic performance analysis companies Stats and Catapult have joined forces on a project to offer teams streamlined data on their athletes’ to aid injury prevention.

Fiba Europe, the governing body for basketball in Europe, has stripped the EuroBasket 2015 national team tournament from Ukraine, it was announced today.

The saga surrounding the ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers NBA basketball franchise will proceed to trial next month, with a court hearing set to determine whether Donald Sterling was correctly ousted as an administrator for the family trust that owns the team.

Donald Sterling will pursue a lawsuit against the National Basketball Association and will not approve the sale of his franchise, the Los Angeles Clippers, to Steve Ballmer.

Donald Sterling has signed off on the sale of the Los Angeles Clippers NBA basketball franchise to former Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer for $2bn (€1.47bn).

Fiba Americas, which represents the International Basketball Federation in the American continent, has elected Usie Richards as its new president.

The National Basketball Association has cancelled its planned Tuesday hearing to terminate Donald Sterling’s ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers after confirming a deal for his estranged wife Shelly Sterling to sell the franchise to Steve Ballmer.

New NBA (National Basketball Association) Commissioner Adam Silver spoke exclusively to Matt Cutler about succeeding David Stern, his approach to leadership and international opportunities for the league.