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NBA’s Dallas Mavericks’ Shop to Give Rewards to Customers Paying With Dogecoin and Other Cryptos
3.9.2021
The professional basketball team owned by the billionaire Mark Cuban, the Dallas Mavericks, announced “Mavs Cryptomania,” which gives Dallasmavs.shop customers a $25 e-gift card if they pay with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ethereum, bitcoin cash, and dogecoin. The Mav’s...
Adored Anime Slam Dunk Returns Fall 2022
13.8.2021
The legendary basketball anime is back! Slam Dunk will return next fall, with creator Takehiko Inoue not only writing the script, but also directing. After a long absence, the timing could not be better. Slam Dunk first debuted as a manga in Weekly Jump in 1990 and ended its run six years later....
Fan Tokens Spread to the Basketball Industry Too
13.8.2021
Japan’s sports club token craze has spilled over from the world of football and has made its debut on the basketball court – with a Yokohama-based team releasing Japanese professional basketball’s first-ever cryptoasset.
The franchise in question is the Yokohama B-Corsairs, and the move, once...
Fans Can Buy Game Moment NFTs In Person at the NBA Summer League Games in Vegas
5.8.2021
Attendees of the upcoming NBA Summer League games in Las Vegas at the Thomas & Mack Center will be able to purchase NBA Top Shot non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles in person. For the first time ever, NBA Top Shot fans will be able to buy an NFT moment from a game they saw in person....
Top Shot to sell exclusive NFT moments at live basketball games
4.8.2021
Three exclusive Top Shot NFTs will be minted to commemorate this weekend’s NBA Summer League games
Digital Ticket Stubs: New York Knicks Launch Team’s First NFT Collection
31.7.2021
On Tuesday, the New York Knickerbockers, in partnership with Sweet, launched the NBA team’s first-ever non-fungible token (NFT) collection. The NFTs feature limited edition digitally designed 3D game tickets made specifically for the Atlantic Division basketball team. With less than 24 hours...
The NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers to Collaborate With Blockchain Firm Socios.com
27.7.2021
Following the announcement from the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Boston Celtics, the Cleveland Cavaliers has officially partnered with the blockchain firm Socios.com. The partnership is aimed at increasing the Socios brand and awareness via the Cavaliers’ global asset...
Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team joins fan token platform Socios
26.7.2021
“This is the start of an exciting partnership that we believe can eventually lead to greatly enhanced fan engagement for fans of the Cavaliers around the world,” said Socios and Chiliz CEO Alexandre Dreyfus
Fortnite Drafts NBA Star LeBron James
12.7.2021
The latest Fortnite crossover is all about NBA star LeBron James, who will appear in the game on July 14 ahead of his turn in the terrible-looking Space Jam sequel this weekend. Oh, and he has a Taco Tuesday outfit for some reason. Mmm, tacos.Read more
The Best Sports Video Game Of All Time
12.7.2021
The latest sports games are not always the best.Read more
Boston Celtics basketball team joins fan token platform Socios
7.7.2021
Tokenizing professional sports players and franchises seems to be a competitive game among blockchain firms
NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers Partner With Crypto Cashback Company Stormx
3.7.2021
In 2021, there’s been a plethora of cryptocurrency-related announcements about professional sports teams, leagues, and famous athletes. On July 1, the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Portland Trail Blazers announced the professional basketball team has partnered with...
NBA Star Spencer Dinwiddie’s Crypto-Fueled Social Media App Raises $7.5 Million
2.7.2021
According to an announcement revealed on Thursday, Spencer Dinwiddie’s token application called Calaxy has raised $7.5 million in funding. The American professional basketball player for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets has been a fan of blockchain technology for quite some time, as the point...
Basketball Players in Canada to Be Paid in Bitcoin
19.6.2021
CEBL, the Canadian men’s basketball league, will offer its professional basketball players the option to receive a portion of their salary in cryptocurrency. The new payment option has been enabled through a partnership with the Canadian cryptocurrency exchange Bitbuy. Bitbuy to Convert...
Pro basketball league in Canada will offer players Bitcoin salaries
18.6.2021
"The ability to have part of my salary go directly into an investment that I believe will appreciate greatly over the next 10-30 years is a no-brainer,” said Guelph Nighthawks guard Kimbal Mackenzie
Basketball star turned digital racehorse tycoon: Wilson Chandler on NFTs and the NBA
11.6.2021
A journey that started with trading shitcoins has now become a growing passion for NFTs — part of a wider wave of NBA players and cultural tastemakers taking over the blockchain space
Twitch Sure Seems To Hope This Whole 'Sports' Thing Blows Up
11.5.2021
If you’ve heard of esports, you might also be familiar with “sports,” a spinoff of esports that people somehow play without computers. Twitch, which made its name on esports, has recently become very interested in these un-electronic sports and seems to really hope they’ll catch on.Read more
NBA Team Sacramento Kings to Offer Players the Option of Getting Salary Paid in Bitcoin
7.4.2021
The Sacramento Kings, an American professional basketball team, will offer everyone in its organization the option of getting their salary paid in bitcoin. This includes all players, according to the NBA team’s chairman, Vivek Ranadivé. The Sacramento Kings to Offer Salaries in Bitcoin...
Space Jam 2's First Trailer Looks Like Ready Player One, But With Sports
3.4.2021
People have basically been talking about a Space Jam sequel with Lebron James for as long as Lebron James has been in the NBA. Slowly but surely that finally came together and now, 25 years after the first film was released, there’s a trailer for Space Jam: A New Legacy.Read more
NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition Is NBA 2K21 Without Obnoxious Microtransactions
2.4.2021
One of the most annoying aspects of modern sports games, including the console and PC versions of NBA 2K21, are the obtrusive microtransactions. NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition, released today for the Apple Arcade service, has no microtransactions whatsoever. What a breath of fresh air. Read more