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Larry Coon
Born (1962-07-28) July 28, 1962 (age 61)
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science, National Basketball Association
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Irvine

Larry Coon is a

National Basketball Association collective bargaining agreement. The New York Times writes that Coon is cited more frequently than basketball inventor James Naismith.[1]

Coon maintains, edits and answers questions about the NBA salary cap and updates his website, CBAfaq.com, when any corrections or new information are brought to his attention.[citation needed] He has written for The New York Times,[2] ESPN.com[3] and Hoopsworld.com,[4] makes occasional television (ESPN's Outside the Lines)[citation needed] and radio appearances, and frequents NBA fan forums such as RealGM.[5]

The

collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for fans to inspect,[6] but simply links to Coon's website for users who have specific questions about the contents of the CBA.[7] In The Book of Basketball, sportswriter Bill Simmons calls Coon an "Internet hero" for his detailed, 40,000 word site.[8] TNT's David Aldridge lists Coon among the innovators of the Basketball Blogosphere which he called the NBA "innovation of the decade".[9] Aldridge also lists Coon among the "power players of the 2010 free agent market".[10]

In July 2011, Sports Illustrated named Coon to their "Twitter 100", which listed the 100 most essential people in the sports world to follow on Twitter.[11]

Coon also is the General Manager[12] of Sports Business Classroom, a six-day seminar run amidst the NBA Summer League, aimed at individuals who are interested in obtaining jobs in the NBA, and industry personnel seeking in-depth understanding of the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement. Coon and the 2016 Sports Business Classroom were featured in the Orange County Register.

References

  1. ^ Beck, Howard (13 January 2009). "Got a Question About the N.B.A. Salary Cap? He's Your Man". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Larry Coon - off the Dribble Blog - the New York Times".
  3. ^ "Larry Coon News, Videos, Photos, and PodCasts - ESPN". Archived from the original on 2010-07-17. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
  4. ^ "HoopsHype".
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-11-06. Retrieved 2009-11-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "NBA Player's Association". Archived from the original on 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  7. ^ "NBA Player's Association". Archived from the original on 2005-10-25. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  8. ^ Simmons, Bill. The Book of Basketball: The NBA According to the Sports Guy. ESPN, 2009. 150.
  9. NBA.com. Archived from the original
    on 2009-12-24. Retrieved 2009-12-24.
  10. NBA.com. Archived from the original
    on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2011-07-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "Sports Business Classroom | Break into Basketball".

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