There’s never a dull moment watching Steve Ballmer watch his basketball team. The former Microsoft CEO and Los Angeles Clippers owner found himself on national TV and later in memes after… Read More
Golden State Warriors fans now have a new tech-powered assistant at their disposal during the NBA Playoffs. The Bay Area-based NBA team rolled out a new Facebook Messenger bot today… Read More
Editor’s Note: Jeff Shulman, a University of Washington Foster School of Business marketing professor, hosts Seattle Growth Podcast. His second season explores efforts to revive the Sonics in Seattle. He’s also our… Read More
Steve Ballmer is still big on the idea of using technology to give NBA fans new perspectives while they watch games. The former Microsoft CEO and Los Angeles Clippers owner appeared on… Read More
Sneakers squeaking on the hardwood and the “string music” made by a basketball going through the net were the defining sounds in the first half of a unique NBA game… Read More
If you’re an eSports skeptic, hold onto your hats: the NBA announced this week that it is adding eSports teams to every NBA franchise in the country, in partnership with Take-Two,… Read More
The NBA is going big with eSports. The league is creating the first-ever NBA eSports league in partnership with Take-Two, makers of the popular NBA 2K series. ESPN reported the news late Wednesday. Launching next year,… Read More
The NBA will live stream a game on Facebook for the first time, but only to users in India. The league announced today that it will stream the Sacramento Kings vs.… Read More
LAS VEGAS — It was so much fun we had to do it again. GeekWire just reunited with Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley, and Kenny Smith before the Inside the NBA analysts aired… Read More
LAS VEGAS — Over the past several decades, technology has changed the way NBA fans listen and watch games, from radios to televisions and now with the internet. So how will… Read More
Ex-Microsoft CEO and current Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is nothing short of a fun interview, as he’s proven everywhere from late-night television to the stage at the GeekWire… Read More
As the 2016-17 season kicks off today, the NBA revealed more details about the two weekly shows it will stream exclusively on Twitter. First announced in July, the league will live-stream… Read More
The NBA wants to make it easier for fans to watch games on the go. The league today announced a new feature for NBA League Pass subscribers who watch live games… Read More
Virtual reality in sports took another step forward on Thursday as the NBA announced that it will air one game per week this season in VR. The league inked a… Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — Stephen Curry loves Instagram, supports Hillary Clinton, and wants robotic referees — if only to prevent him from throwing any more mouthguards. Those were a few of… Read More
Bloomberg reported Friday that the NBA is nearing a 6-year, $250 million deal with sports data companies Sportradar and Second Spectrum that would support the league’s big data and streaming… Read More
Just a few days after inking a streaming deal with Twitter, the NBA today announced a similar partnership with Facebook. The league will stream nine USA Basketball exhibition games —… Read More
Twitter inked another live-streaming deal today, and this time it’s with the NBA. The two companies announced a partnership to live-stream two new weekly pre-game NBA shows “with first-of-its-kind elements… Read More
Reports surfaced last month revealing how Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and his team are considering a new digital video service that would stream games, even issuing a study to learn how… Read More
Steve Ballmer’s dream of owning an NBA franchise was realized in 2014 when he took over the Los Angeles Clippers. At Wednesday’s GeekWire Sports Tech Summit, he addressed Seattle’s dream of getting… Read More
Embed from Getty Images The Golden State Warriors lured Oklahoma City star Kevin Durant away from the Thunder by offering him a realistic shot at winning an NBA championship, and the chance… Read More
Twitter is in talks with the NBA, MLS and Turner Broadcasting about streaming rights for sports content, according to a report by Recode. Potential deals could include streaming entire games — similar… Read More
Embed from Getty Images Andre Igoudala wants more NBA players to get involved with the tech world. Igoudala, the Golden State Warriors forward and 2015 NBA Finals MVP, is helping launch a… Read More
The NBA Finals are behind us, but LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is still on a mission to upend how games are delivered to fans. According to the Orange County Register,… Read More
NBA fans will get to watch 360-degree videos during pre- and post-game action of this year’s Finals showdown between Golden State and Cleveland. The league is partnering with Samsung, which… Read More
The Sacramento Kings, led by owner and former tech executive Vivek Ranadive, are certainly one of the most tech-savvy franchises in sports, from accepting Bitcoin to partnerships with Uber to the drones at… Read More
Some professional sports franchise owners view their teams solely as an investment. For Paul Allen, the Portland Trail Blazers mean much more than that. The latest evidence of his passion for… Read More
Embed from Getty Images Thanks to Stephen Curry’s heroics, Paul Allen turned into a viral meme late Monday evening. Allen, the Portland Trail Blazers owner and Microsoft co-founder, was absolutely… Read More
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen probably didn’t think that the company he co-founded would one day help his NBA team sell more tickets and engage with fans more effectively. But that’s exactly what the… Read More
The Merriam-Webster definition for “trailblazer” is “a person who makes, does, or discovers something new and makes it acceptable or popular.” So it only makes sense that Portland’s NBA team… Read More