SHOOT AROUND: It’s been a while since I’ve sat down to jot about the game that I love to live for. Many things have happened and since then, I’ve continued to keep my eyes on the game and meeting like minded guys who also love to engage about the game. In this, I would like to send a shout out to the crazy bunch in the AWBOWhut group, unfortunately membership is purely by invite and the mogul is fortunate enough to catch a lot of insight from some of the vets in there. Continue reading »
Jan 29
Talk is cheap.
Let your game speak (Michael Jordan)
Very well done.
[and notice the subtle emphasis on the youngsters who are the future of the game!]
Nov 04
Part 2
Oooook, so part 1 ended when we got back to the hotel from the NBA training session where we got to meet Jay Z, Pat Riley, the Nets and the Heats during practice. Wow, I thought the NBA is quite something. People get excited to just watch a practice session???? Well, that’s the power of marketing. David Stern has created the NBA to be something to be idolized just like how people idolize people in the entertainment industry. I would not be surprised if Jay Z was offered the Nets shares at a discount as David Stern’s strategy to create hype and grow the audience around the NBA. You gotta give it to the business vision of the NBA Commissioner Mr. David Stern. Well done to him. Just so you know, the NBA is toying around introducing NBA China and NBA Europe where logistics are being looked at around getting teams from China and Europe to play in the NBA. Whether that is logistically possible or not, remains to be seen, but given what NBA has achieved in the past 100 years, I would say anything is possible. At this point, one would ask himself, why not NBA SA? Or even NBA Africa? Well, that was a suggestion roaming around in the early 90′s but I guess it was bureaucracy, politics and corruption that may have been one of the reasons that NBA did not follow through with the idea. Either way, I believe Africa should learn to take ownership of its own issues and sort them out before seeking help somewhere. The best we can do for now, is to learn from the best and implement ourselves. Continue reading »
Jul 30
A few weeks back, I asked a few basketball people in the know their opinion on what has been happening in the sport over the past few years and what we should look forward to. Tshepo Ditshego provided me with this article he had published in Tribute magazine in South Africa in April 2007 and I thought it provides more insight in the state of our game a year on.
Hop on the Basketball Roller coaster ride
I have no doubt in my mind that basketball is the most exciting sport in the whole world. Don’t take my word for it; ask the 350 million people that the international basketball federation (FIBA) estimates are playing basketball worldwide. They can’t all be wrong can they? This is a sport that was only recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1930. Since then the game has caught on in over 213 countries, 53 of which are in the motherland. Continue reading »
Jul 05
One thing that many people in business struggle with is a constant battle to keep your mind open to new and innovative ways of doing things.The reason this happens is simple – we get caught up in day-to-day reality and worrying about the details that take up all our valuable time. To be successful, we have to rise above this and take our “game” to a new level.
I have great respect for Michael Jordan as an athlete, one who embodies success. Here are five traits he exhibited which can teach us a lot about how we conduct ourselves and our businesses: Continue reading »
