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higher learning

GAME ON

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is far more than a professional sports league. Today it’s known internationally as an advocate for diversity, inclusion and camaraderie, a cultural juggernaut that proves that sport can enhance the way we live. Alongside the game itself, the association has taken its values of community-building, openness, innovation and integrity far and wide. To celebrate its achievements, Monocle is embarking on a series of editorial showcases with the NBA, highlighting its latest initiatives as well as the sport at its heart.
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global expansion

ALL IN PLAY

The National Basketball Association (NBA) might be a sports league at its core but the values that it promotes are deep and expansive, improving the lives of many people across the globe. In Monocle’s second NBA showcase, we sit down with three of the organisation’s key figures. The ambition and scope of their work sees them grow the league’s brand and the sport globally, through values including sportsmanship and teamwork, and the promotion of fairness and diversity, including in regions like the Middle East and Africa, as well the NBA’s home turf in the US.
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