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Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: evaluation
30 Sept 2020 Acquired The NBA
“Totally, and it wasn't until after the merger, I think that the three-point contest would be added in some of the other stuff around All-Star Weekend, but that was so innovative because it was the first sports entertainment content that wasn't a game.”
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- David Rosenthal
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- evaluation
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- 30 Sept 2020
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- Acquired
- Episode
- The NBA
Transcript context
…Yeah. He wanted a television spectacle that he could put in slow-mo. There's nothing better than slam dunk footage for that. Totally, and it wasn't until after the merger, I think that the three-point contest would be added in some of the other stuff around All-Star Weekend, but that was so innovative because it was the first sports entertainment content that wasn't a game. It was ancillary content to the game, but it was just as if not more exciting, hype building, and televisable. Yeah, and you could build hype for weeks before and weeks after. There's just so much you can talk about leading up to the dunk competition. Flashing forward to today, the NBA has tried to replicate the success of the Slam Dunk Contest with a bunch of different other types.…
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