And-Ones: P. Gasol, Head Coaches, Tanking, Incentives

The NBA’s tank-off isn’t just embarrassing. It’s unnecessary | NBA - Corruption By Cops

The Toronto Raptors aren’t new to losing. But they are new to whatever this is. After taking over as the Raptors’ president of basketball operations in 2013, Masai Ujiri refused to embrace the blatant, in-your-face tanking that Sam Hinkie and the “process” Philadelphia 76ers were busy popularizing during that same era, instead opting to build from the middle. “I’m not sure the karma is great when you do stuff like that,” Ujiri said about tanking…

Report: Ex-Lakers star emerges as favorite to be proposed the position of CEO of NBA Europe league

The NBA is seemingly exploring the idea of establishing its own league on the continent of Europe. The NBA’s commissioner Adam Silver along with FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis recently proposed a new 16-team league, with 12 permanent teams and four more spots available to play into. A Los Angeles Lakers legend and one of the greatest European-born basketball players ever has reportedly emerged as a favorite to become the CEO of the NBA E…

The establishment of the new league has not yet been officially announced, but it has been reported in Europe that Pau Gasol, one of the greatest basketball players to come out of the continent, is the leading candidate to be appointed CEO • In the NBA, praise: "He has widespread support from team owners"

The former Spanish international Pau Gasol, legend of the game in Europe, is the preferred candidate by the NBA to become the boss of a future European division, if it was born.

And-Ones: P. Gasol, Head Coaches, Tanking, Incentives

Former NBA star Pau Gasol is gaining momentum to become the CEO of the NBA’s proposed European league, according to a report from Eurohoops. Citing Gasol’s “strong links” to both the NBA and European basketball, a league source tells Eurohoops that the idea of the Spaniard taking on the CEO role for the new league has “universal approval” among the NBA’s governors. A six-time All-Star and two-time champion in the NBA, Gasol played for FC Barcelo…

NBA Europe – Pau Gasol would be the favorite to take the lead in the European league of the NBA. It must be said that it represents the perfect bridge between the two... Read more » Basket USA - The best of the NBA: news, live, results, stats, videos, transfers, rumors, jerseys, calendar, NBA 2K