Congratulations to the NBA Mind Health team for winning FOUR Creative Awards for the work on Mind Health’s 2024 Mental Health Awareness Month campaign! NBA Mind Health’s Campaign: “Join the Squad” was featured during #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth (May 2024). Aiming to elevate the conversation around mental health and #wellness and make it engaging and accessible to all, the campaign focused on six approaches to enhancing mental wellness. An interactive quiz allowed fans to match themselves to a team of animated personas each representing one of the six approaches: The Mind Health Squad included: (1) Move- Dynamic Defender, (2) Play- Playful Point Guard, (3) Pause- Centered Center, (4) Learn- Clever Coach, (5) Connect- Trusty Teammate, and (6) Nourish- Fueled Forward. Join the #NBAMindHealth Squad at: https://lnkd.in/gzEQpUed The dotComm Awards honored Mind Health with Gold Awards in two categories - Best Website Illustration and Best Website in the Health category: https://lnkd.in/eZbetGgw The NY Digital Awards honored Mind Health with Gold Awards in two categories - Best Website (Sport) and Best Website (Health): https://lnkd.in/gGwghJ2G
National Basketball Association (NBA)
Spectator Sports
New York, NY 552,124 followers
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About us
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a global sports and media organization with the mission to inspire and connect people everywhere through the power of basketball. Built around five professional sports leagues: the NBA, WNBA, NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League, the NBA has established a major international presence with games and programming available in 215 countries and territories in more than 50 languages, and merchandise for sale in more than 200 countries and territories on all seven continents. NBA Digital’s assets include NBA TV, NBA.com, the NBA App and NBA League Pass. The NBA has created one of the largest social media communities in the world, with 2.1 billion likes and followers globally across all league, team, and player platforms. Through NBA Cares, the league addresses important social issues by working with internationally recognized youth-serving organizations that support education, youth and family development, and health-related causes.
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https://careers.nba.com/
External link for National Basketball Association (NBA)
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- New York, NY
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100 Plaza Drive
Secaucus, New Jersey 07094, US
Employees at National Basketball Association (NBA)
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Tara Mulcahy
Head of Global Marketing Partnerships
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Rodrigo Vicentini
Rodrigo Vicentini is an Influencer CEO | Board Member | LinkedIn Top Voice
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Kelly Cooke
NBA Asia: Head of Content Partnerships and DTC
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Roger Ahlgrimm
Retail & Licensing Senior Director at National Basketball Association (NBA)
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The NBA Foundation recently celebrated its 4th anniversary with its 12th round of grants, awarding over $119 million to more than 240 organizations in all 28 NBA markets. The NBA Foundation hosted an anniversary celebration with 125 guests, partners and social impact leaders at the NBA offices for a panel discussion, networking event and the announcement of the latest grant round, which will provide $13.2M in grants to 47 nonprofit organizations. The panel discussion, moderated by Angela Yee, included people that have directly benefited from the Foundation’s grant-making and signature programs such as the All-Star Pitch Competition and HBCU Fellowship. To learn more about the NBA Foundation and its impact, visit NBAFoundation.com
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Looking to crossover into the Business of Basketball? Applications for our third year of the Future Basketball Operations Stars (FBOS) program are now open! This six-month virtual training initiative delivers basketball operations and professional development content on topics including scouting, roster construction, on-and-off-court player development, analytics and the NBA Salary Cap. Applications close on August 9 - #BringYourGame and apply for this unique opportunity today! https://lnkd.in/eWmRanpq
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On July 16, we hosted our third annual NBA Launchpad Demo Day at the NBA 2K25 Summer League in Las Vegas. The 2024 NBA Launchpad companies presented the results of their six-month R&D projects to NBA league and team executives, investors and partners. Congratulations and thank you to our 2024 NBA Launchpad cohort for your partnership that will drive #innovation on and off the court! Reboot Motion Tonsser Plantiga TextQL Dimension Studio Launchpad is the league's platform to source, evaluate, and pilot emerging technologies to advance the NBA’s basketball and fan experience priorities. To learn more about NBA Launchpad and its participants, visit https://lnkd.in/dTWHUdp
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National Basketball Association (NBA) reposted this
"It's a great privilege to compete against you," says Coach Steve Kerr as USA Basketball and South Sudan are set to tip-off at #Paris2024. 🏀 Alongside Kerr, Wenyen Gabriel shares his thoughts on what it means to play at the Olympics.
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National Basketball Association (NBA) reposted this
🏀 Like a little brother to LeBron James 🏀 Olympian UNHCR supporter Wenyen Gabriel is a former refugee himself. He's seen the struggles people forced to flee endure firsthand. And at #Paris2024, he and the South Sudan basketball team are giving hope to millions.
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A record 139 current and former NBA and WNBA players to compete in #Paris2024! The games will feature 51 current NBA players and 31 current WNBA players. Watch the #Paris2024 Opening Ceremony today at 1:30pm/et on NBC and Peacock.
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Today, we're celebrating #NationalInternDay by highlighting a few of our interns from our Summer Intern program and our HBCU Fellowship program. Click through the collage and learn about their enriching experiences this summer! Thank you to all our interns and fellows who have been doing great work across the leagues and teams. #BringYourGame and see your career flourish with us. Check out open roles here: careers.nba.com If you don't see an open role that fits you, join our Talent Community and be notified of future openings: https://lnkd.in/eXghyHZY Yafiah A. Sean Jackson Bella Alfaro Talha Shafik
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Most-viewed WNBA All-Star Game ever! ABC's presentation of the AT&T 2024 WNBA All-Star Game delivered a record audience with 3.4 million average viewers. The game was also the third most-viewed WNBA event ever and the largest WNBA audience since the league’s first two nationally televised games in 1997.
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The Miami Heat are the NBA 2K24 Summer League Champions 🏆 After the Miami Heat defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 120-118 in overtime, Josh Christopher was named the Summer League Championship MVP. Christopher, 24th pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, is among the group of rookies, sophomores, G League players and more who participated in this year's competition. The NBA 2K24 NBA Summer League serves as a crucial opportunity for promising young players to compete with NBA-level competition and showcase their talents on a nationally broadcasted stage.