Former NBA star Carmelo Anthony want to develop into a part of a workforce’s possession group, he stated on his 7PM in Brooklyn podcast (YouTube hyperlink). Nevertheless, he’s not fairly certain the best way to go about changing into a minority stakeholder.
“I’m on the market making an attempt to lift cash now, making an attempt to lift cash with my sports activities fund … it’s arduous to lift cash,” stated Anthony, who earned $250MM+ in NBA contracts over his profession. “… It’s arduous to lift cash. … And getting folks to grasp what sports activities is. It’s a lot cash being spent into sports activities, and other people actually don’t perceive it. Individuals actually don’t perceive sports activities.
“(The NBA) is a small piece of sports activities globally. A small piece within the grand scheme of issues. That is one market. … That’s North America, they management basketball, but it surely’s like, they going international with it.”
Right here’s extra from across the basketball world:
- French guard/ahead Axel Toupane, who received a championship with Milwaukee in 2021, is signing with the Diablo Rojos for the Mexican LNBP season, a supply tells Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports activities (Twitter hyperlink). Toupane appeared in 33 common season video games with three completely different groups over the course of his three NBA seasons. The 32-year-old has had an extended worldwide profession, enjoying for groups in France, Lithuania, Greece and Spain since 2011. He performed for Metropolitans 92 final season in France’s high basketball league (LNB Elite).
- Dan Favale of Bleacher Report lists the most important 2024 offseason win and loss for every of the NBA’s 30 groups. For the defending champion Celtics, Favale views Derrick White signing a long-term extension as their greatest win, whereas their greatest loss was shedding high assistant coach Charles Lee, who’s now head coach of the Hornets. On the different finish final season’s standings, Favale preferred the contract the Pistons handed out to Simone Fontecchio (two years, $16MM), however was not a fan of the commerce that shipped Quentin Grimes to Dallas for Tim Hardaway Jr. and three second-round picks.
- In case you missed it, Actual Madrid and Guerschon Yabusele have reached an official settlement to finish his contract, clearing the way in which for the French ahead to finalize his reported deal with the Sixers.
