Nike Close To Landing Apparel Deal With The NBA

According to reports, the details state that the agreement is close and that Nike and the NBA have completed the “necessary” framework that will be presented to the league’s Board of Governors today. Now granted the agreement seems to be closing in, according to reports, there is still some groundwork left to make this partnership a reality. The deal will take full effect during the 2017-2018 season and with the Adidas partnership ending shortly before and grossing over $400 million in 11 years, Nike is expected to surpass that number.

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NBA Provides Exclusive Rights To PepsiCo

PepsiCo has won exclusive sponsorship rights for the National Basketball Association, ending Coca-Cola’s 28-year run as the league’s official sponsor.

Mountain Dew will be the leading soft drink in the partnership, which PepsiCo is expected to announce on Monday, the industry journal Beverage Digestreports.

Aquafina, Lipton Brisk, and some Frito-Lay snack products will also be featured in the campaign.

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Pistons’ Greg Monroe Denies He Has A “Done Deal” With The Knicks

Greg Monroe said he hasn’t “discussed anything with anybody” when it comes to where he will be playing next season – a direct contradiction of a N.Y. Daily News report saying Monroe to the New York Knicks “is about as close to a done deal as you can get.”

The Detroit Pistons big man was asked to respond to the report before today’s Palace finale against the Charlotte Hornets.

Monroe, who will be an unrestricted free agent this summer, is growing weary of being the subject of the NBA’s rumor mill.

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Cauley-Stein Likely Going To The NBA

“It’s time to take another step,” Cauley-Stein said. “I mean, obviously I’m not a hundred percent on it, but I’m pretty sure I know what I want to do. I have to talk to a couple more people, but that probably was my last game here.”

Cauley-Stein is projected as a top-10 pick by both ESPN and Draft Express, a designation he shares with potential top overall choice Karl-Anthony Towns. Towns, however, wasn’t willing to join his fellow forward in addressing the specifics of the decision he’s now facing.

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