By TERRY LYONS
NEW YORK – Traditionally the summer months do not bring about much activity in the sports business world. The juggernauts of the winter sports calendar, the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League end their seasons with the crowing of a new champion at the annual NBA Finals and the awarding of the Stanley Cup, the most coveted trophy in all of sport.
When the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Golden State Warriors accepted their hardware, sports execs closed the books on hockey and men’s basketball for 2016-17 and the respective league drafts turned the page to look towards the fall and 2017-18 when the two leagues begin training camp.
Allen Iverson of 3’s Company reacts in the game against the Ball Hogs during week one of the BIG3 three on three basketball league at Barclays Center on June 25, 2017 in New York City. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
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- Length of the games and the event itself
- Horrible shooting, chalked up to “rusty” aging players
- Injuries
Allen Iverson of 3’s Company reacts in the game against the Ball Hogs during week one of the BIG3 three on three basketball league at Barclays Center on June 25, 2017 in New York City. (Al Bello/Getty Images)
3 Headed Monsters player Jason Williams (55) is helped off the court after an injury during a BIG3 Basketball League game on June 25, 2017 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY (John Jones/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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