The Greatest Basketball Player of All Time turns 49 Today! Happy Born Day MJ! [more pics and video after the jump]
Jordan is an active entrepreneur and his Jordan brand generates up to $1 Billion annually for Nike.
NBA website states, “By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.” Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was considered instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. Read More
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Lil Wayne drops his third installment of the Weezy Sports Network. More videos after the jump.
LA Lakers' Owner Jerry Buss pictured above with Derek Fisher and Kobe Bryant
The LA Lakers are the most valuable franchise in the NBA. According to Forbes: “Blockbuster television deals and a new collective bargaining agreement have lifted the value of the average NBA team to a record $393 million, up 6.5% over last year. No team has benefited more from the explosion in TV money than the Los Angeles Lakers, who have unseated the New York Knicks as the league’s most valuable franchise. The Lakers struck gold last year with a new 20-year television deal with Time Warner Cable worth an average of $200 million annually beginning with the 2012–13 season. The agreement drives the value of the Lakers up an NBA-high 40% to $900 million. Read More
Where do you go from the top? You go over the top. The #KobeSystem: Success for the Successful is Kobe’s winning, results-oriented philosophy on how to adapt to succeed. You’re Welcome.
Derrick Rose is at the top of his game. The reigning MVP, and arguably one of the best players in the league, is set to sign a $250 million contract with adidas this year. The “lifetime” deal would keep him in adidas attire for the next 10 years. If the deal goes through, this would make the Chicago Bulls player the highest-paid shoe endorser in the NBA.
Nice! 3 Stripes 4 Life!
Scuffles and riots broke out across the country for the release of the Jordan Retro 11’s last night.
The shoes are an exact replica of the original Air Jordans 11 from 1996.
Ever since Michael Jordan retired, his shoe line has generated $1 billion every year.
While wearing these particular shoes, Jordan won MVP for the 1995-96 season, the all-star game and the NBA finals.
A new pair of the Air Jordans will set you back $180.
“I was fortunate enough to rock these kicks when MJ was still in the league” –Beezy Tarantino
There are 57 NBA Players whose contracts pay $10 million or more this season- more than double the number of All Stars in a given year. Each player will miss 19.5% of their salary due to the 35 game lockout this year. Checkout the full list of Highest paid NBA players and salaries for the 2011-2012 season after the jump. Read More
Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert called the New Orleans Hornets’ proposed trade of Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers a “travesty,” and urged NBA commissioner David Stern to put the deal to a vote of the league’s 29 owners in an email obtained by Yahoo! Sports.
Check the letter after the jump… Read More
Brent Darby, who led River Rouge high school (Michigan) to Class B basketball titles in 1998 and ’99, died today in a Detroit hospital. He was 30 years young.
Darby had experienced problems from blood clots for more than a year, and they were the cause of his death.
Darby graduated from River Rouge in 1999 and played four seasons at Ohio State before graduating in 2003. He played professionally in Spain and Italy before returning to Michigan. His last season in Italy was 2009.
R.I.P. Brent Darby. This is horrible news. Our prayers go out to the Darby family. #TheGoodDieYoung
Darby isn’t the 1st Michigan standout basketball player to pass this year. The city of Detroit lost former NBA player Robert “Tractor” Traylor earlier this year to a heart attack in Puerto Rico. Traylor was a former McDonald’s All American and University of Michigan star who passed on May 11,2011 while talking to his wife on the phone.
Spotted: HuffingtonPost
From the basketball court to the tasting room? That’s the latest move from recently retired NBA star Yao Ming, who has started his own Napa Valley wine company: Yao Family Wines. This isn’t the first venture into the business world for 31-year-old Ming, who also owns the pro basketball team Shanghai Sharks.
Under the brand name YAO MING, Yao Family Wines has released its first wine — a 2009 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon — which will be immediately available for distribution in China. Capitalizing on the regions’ wine boom, Ming’s label intends to cater to the top tier of the Chinese market. The first 5,000-case production is priced at 1,775 yuan (US $289) per bottle. Read More
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