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<\/p>\nNBA fans can whine like their favorite marquee player trolling a referee, but nothing will\u00a0stop the league from stuffing its sweatpants with cash from corporate sponsors beginning in 2017, when brand logos for toilet paper\u00a0and tacos\u00a0and pharmaceuticals will start to appear team jerseys. Below is one interpretation of how this branding assist might look, courtesy of Fast Company.<\/p>\n
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One interesting unknown is which NBA organizations the brands will decide to team up with, and how they\u2019ll make that decision. Naturally it\u2019ll come down to dollars (however they determine that), however, in the spirit of sportsmanship, we wanted to give the imminent sponsors\u00a0a hand in figuring out which\u00a0NBA team is specially suited for them.<\/p>\n
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There\u2019s nothing sexy about Amtrak. It\u2019s probably slowest and most boring method of travel next to crawling, but it\u2019s reliable. It\u2019s almost never delayed, it seldom crashes (historically, anyway), so you get exactly what you expect, day in, day out. They remind us of\u2026<\/p>\n
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With the majority of their players over 60 years old, the San Antonio Spurs are the brand ambassadors of\u00a0glacial, dependable functionality. They\u2019re so afraid of high speeds, in fact, that\u00a0they\u2019ll probably prefer to travel from city to city via Amtrak.<\/p>\n
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If Amtrak owns the rails, British Airways (I\u2019m told) owns the skies; they\u2019re classiest, smoothest airline out there.\u00a0At the same time, even the highest flyers are always prone to a devastating crash. Sounds a lot like\u2026<\/p>\n
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In terms of talent, the Clippers are an embarrassment of riches (key word: embarrassment). Jordan and Griffin are two of the most dynamic above-the-rim players in recent history, and Chris Paul remains one the best pilots in the game. Nevertheless, once again, they crashed and burned in the 2016 playoffs.<\/p>\n
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Beats by Dre, it seems, are solid headphones, but considerably overpriced. They get the job done, however they\u2019re nowhere near the quality of similarly priced, premium products. They remind of an overpriced product\u2026<\/p>\n
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It\u2019s not Joe Johnson\u2019s fault he\u2019s probably the most overpaid player in NBA history, but it\u2019s Brooklyn\u2019s fault for buying his insane contract. For not knowing what something is worth, Brooklyn\u00a0would look appropriate, if not quite good, with a Beats by Dre logo on their uniform.<\/p>\n
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RadioShack has tried everything in the playbook, including a recent rebranding overhaul, however nothing is capable of restoring the brand\u2019s former glory, it seems. This sad, doomed mess reminds us of\u2026<\/p>\n
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The Knicks have a history of success, that is, an ancient<\/em> history of success. In recent years they\u2019ve tried a zillion\u00a0different coaches and rosters and, this past year, a skinny 7-foot Latvian power forward. He\u2019s good, however the Knicks aren\u2019t, and, like RadioShack, it\u2019s about time to liquidate.<\/p>\n NBA Branding<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Vatican may not be a conventional company, but they\u2019ve got a whole lot of cash to advertise for new customers. With the brand\u2019s mascot, JC, best known for performing miracles, we think they\u2019d pair perfectly with\u2026<\/p>\n NBA Branding<\/p>\n<\/div>\n JC may have turned water to wine, but Steph Curry has turned turnaround 35 foot-three pointers into a layup, and led a wandering franchise from the desert of post-seasonlessness to the promised land in far less than 40 years. Oh, and SC is pretty vocal about the pact that he\u2019s always pointing up to his main man, JC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NBA fans can whine like their favorite marquee player trolling a referee, but nothing will\u00a0stop the league from stuffing its sweatpants with cash from corporate sponsors beginning in 2017, when…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-branding"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cd0ymzcznguwzdbhnduynddiytjhm2yyzthlmtjjotqwyyznpwu1nja1yjkzmjy1mjq4nwmwowmxmji2mgmxzmnjzguz-1.jpeg",2290,1649,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cd0ymzcznguwzdbhnduynddiytjhm2yyzthlmtjjotqwyyznpwu1nja1yjkzmjy1mjq4nwmwowmxmji2mgmxzmnjzguz-1-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cd0ymzcznguwzdbhnduynddiytjhm2yyzthlmtjjotqwyyznpwu1nja1yjkzmjy1mjq4nwmwowmxmji2mgmxzmnjzguz-1-300x216.jpeg",300,216,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cd0ymzcznguwzdbhnduynddiytjhm2yyzthlmtjjotqwyyznpwu1nja1yjkzmjy1mjq4nwmwowmxmji2mgmxzmnjzguz-1-768x553.jpeg",768,553,true],"large":["https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cd0ymzcznguwzdbhnduynddiytjhm2yyzthlmtjjotqwyyznpwu1nja1yjkzmjy1mjq4nwmwowmxmji2mgmxzmnjzguz-1-1024x737.jpeg",1024,737,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cd0ymzcznguwzdbhnduynddiytjhm2yyzthlmtjjotqwyyznpwu1nja1yjkzmjy1mjq4nwmwowmxmji2mgmxzmnjzguz-1.jpeg",1536,1106,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cd0ymzcznguwzdbhnduynddiytjhm2yyzthlmtjjotqwyyznpwu1nja1yjkzmjy1mjq4nwmwowmxmji2mgmxzmnjzguz-1.jpeg",2048,1475,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":277,"uagb_excerpt":"NBA fans can whine like their favorite marquee player trolling a referee, but nothing will\u00a0stop the league from stuffing its sweatpants with cash from corporate sponsors beginning in 2017, when...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1206,"href":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions\/1206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"rome-in-a-day-vatican-and-colosseum\"](\"https:\/\/imagemme.com\/newsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/rome-in-a-day-vatican-and-colosseum-1024x682.jpg\")
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