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Going Off The Grid: NBA Execs Dive Into The Holiday Spirit

"Going Off The Grid" is a weekly survey of sports execs and personalities offering their thoughts on a handful of pressing (and trivial) issues in sports and pop culture. This week, THE DAILY caught up with several NBA execs to discuss some of their holiday favorites.

  • Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment Senior VP/Business Operations Susan Williamson
    -- Her childhood dog, Dixie, appeared on an episode of "Sesame Street."
  • BSE Global Exec VP/Programming & Development Keith Sheldon
    -- His favorite TV show is "Mad Men," and his favorite movie is "The Departed."
  • Warriors Senior VP/Marketing Jen Millet
    -- Watches "The Office" whenever she needs a good laugh.
  • Bucks VP/Partner Strategy & Management Kareeda Chones-Aguam
    -- Is looking to launch a voice-over production company in '20.
Going Off The Grid
 

Thoughts on ugly sweaters? Best gift you have received? Favorite holiday movie? Snowy weather or 70s and sunny? Biggest sports business story in '20?
Williamson
Expected holiday party attire
A toy train set from my dad when I was eight
"Home Alone"
Snowy holidays with a white Christmas
Media rights negotiations

Sheldon
If you're going to do it, you better go all out
As a kid, a Joe Montana uniform kit
"Christmas Vacation"
Let it snow
Sports betting
 
Millet
Love them -- the uglier the better
The Millennium Falcon Lego set I got when I was nine
"Diehard"
Snow -- I'm a purist
First female GM of an NBA team!

Chones-Aguam
LOVE THEM
Diamond necklace from my husband on our first year of marriage
"Christmas Vacation"
70s and sunny on Milwaukee's lakefront
Bucks win the NBA championship

Do you want to get your thoughts in the Grid? If so, shoot an e-mail to mchupita@sportsbusinessdaily.com.

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