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Going Off The Grid: A Jam Session With NBA Team Execs

A weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. For our NBA preview issue, team execs weigh in on issues from the league's next big foreign market to their favorite basketball flick:

  • Warriors CMO Chip Bowers
    – Very invested in pop culture, specifically music.
  • Nuggets Basketball Analytics Manager Tommy Balcetis
    – Valar Morghulis.
  • Wizards and Mystics VP/Marketing Kim Frank
    – Netflix, ESPN and TMZ keep her up-to-date.
  • Bucks VP/Ticket Sales & Service Jamie Morningstar
    – "Pitch Perfect" changed her life.

Going Off The Grid
Best basketball movie Player who could be future team owner Dream "NBA Jam" duo NBA's next big foreign market Customized shoes or player's signature

Bowers
"Hoosiers" Michael Jordan, Stephen Curry India  Signature

Balcetis
"White Men Can't Jump" Kevin Garnett Jason Williams, Tracy McGrady South America Signature

Frank
Marcin Gortat Patrick Ewing, Steve Nash Dubai Customized my own ... KSoles

Morningstar
"Love & Basketball" Kevin Garnett, LeBron James, Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant John Havlicek, Bill Russell Both (I'm a shoe guru)
Do you want to get your thoughts in the Grid? If so, shoot an email to jperez@sportsbusinessdaily.com.

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