
The NBA has also enjoyed a 50% growth in subscribers and 52% increase in viewership this season, the CTO adds, attributing the wins to the NBA’s tight partnership with Microsoft and its three-point action plan that began in earnest three years ago.

“We got about one billion video views this season, which is more than triple last year’s total.” “We’re trying to create a truly differentiated basketball experience for our fans,” Bhagavathula says, noting the return on investment to date has been significant. NBA EVP and CTO Krishna Bhagavathula, a former NBC News CTO who has been with the National Basketball Association for almost six years, says the launch last October of the NBA League Pass streaming application along with a new partnership with Hawk-Eye Innovations for 3D optical tracking demonstrates the advanced pace of digital change happening in the NBA. The NBA’s full-court press on digital technologies has revolutionized the fan, player, and team experience, thanks to accelerated deployment of cloud, analytics, AI, and computer vision technologies since the association launched its digital transformation in 2020. Majority of Republicans vote down Greene, Gaetz Ukraine billsĬruz and Rubio pitching bill to ban federal use of ‘Latinx’įive non-climate reasons why danger of extreme heat is risingĪppeals court rules Catholic school can fire counselor over her same-sex. Russia investigating if North Korean test missile crashed in its waters Geraldo Rivera says he was ‘very offended’ by Tucker Carlson’s portrayal. Oppenheimer exits: Damon, Blunt, Murphy walk out of premiere as strike starts George Will: Trump and DeSantis will be GOP primary losers Judge upholds stringent Oregon gun control law as constitutional Kari Lake: ‘I believe I’m the only one who can win’ Arizona Senate raceĬarlson interview with Tate highlights far-right’s effort to redefine. Kari Lake’s team ordered to pay more than $122K in sanctions over Maricopa. Many Gen-Xers facing retirement ‘nightmare’ due to lack of savings: report Tucker Carlson aggressively questions Pence over Jan. ‘Historically strong’ El Niño possible: What it means for winterĢ024’s Social Security COLA increase might be slightly larger than last. They were rookies once, too.Įx-Secret Service agent ‘not surprised’ about White House cocaine incident Worry not, Thomas and Abdul-Jabbar told him. He airballed a couple of 3s, got dunked on once, and there were times he knew he was making a mistake. Wembanyama had nine points on 2-for-13 shooting, eight rebounds, five blocked shots and three assists in his Summer League debut on Friday night while helping San Antonio beat the Charlotte Hornets. You said it’s an honor for you to be with us, but it’s truly an honor for me to be with you two guys.” “It just means a lot and shows who the people who care truly are and who the people who are interested in the new generation are. “It truly means something to me that such great people were in attendance for my game yesterday,” Wembanyama said, seated to the left of Abdul-Jabbar and Thomas. Hundreds of people crammed into a small space to hear the conversation many more who couldn’t get in stretched their phones near the doors, desperate for even a look. You have things to learn,” Abdul-Jabbar told him on the stage during the 30-minute conversation that Thomas moderated, one of the featured attractions at the inaugural NBA Con. And they may have given the San Antonio Spurs rookie a bit of solace by revealing that when they were breaking into the league, they had moments when they were lost as well. Wembanyama shared the stage for a conversation on Saturday at NBA Con with a pair of champions, Hall of Famers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Isiah Thomas.
