MM3 Sports: The business of basketball, explained
Basketball contracts, caps, NIL and the rules for playing overseas, explained with the number and the source.
McKinley Malbrough III, J.D., MS-HRM. Certified WNBA player agent.Former certified NBA agent.
The library
One question per article, answered with the rule, the number and the source, from high school recruiting to the NBA, women’s basketball and the overseas game. Start where you are in the game.
- 1High school and recruiting10 articlesOffers, eligibility and choosing a program
- 2College and NIL4 articlesRevenue sharing, NIL deals and taxes
- 3The NBA7 articlesThe draft, rookie scale and two-way contracts
- 3The WNBA6 articlesPay under the new CBA and the rookie scale
- 4Playing overseas4 articlesFIBA clearance, contracts and club basketball
Series: Becoming a basketball agent · Inside the WPBA
Read the floor
Move across the court. Each column is a zone of the half court, and height and heat show where value concentrates. Every made shot lights up the zone it came from. Negotiation works the same way: know the terrain before you make the offer.
Zones on the court: restricted area, paint, mid-range, corner three and above the break three.
Illustrative terrain. Published shot maps carry their data source and date.
The glossary
277 terms that decide contracts and careers, from Bird rights and the second apron to NIL Go and the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal. The business of basketball should not depend on who you already know.
Start the conversation
Questions about the business of basketball, media requests and speaking inquiries go to the inbox or to Instagram.
The Film Room
Down the tunnel, into the Film Room
Every decision starts with study. The Film Room is a site within this site: a live tactics board where a real set runs pass by pass as you scroll.