Sports Business Classroom is excited to announce that NBA Assistant Coach Shawn Respert will be a featured speaker for the 2020 Business of Basketball Virtual Conference taking place August 10-14, 2020

Designed for those looking to break into the sports business world, the immersive, five-day Business of Basketball Virtual Conference provides registrants the opportunity to learn from top executives while performing real work in multiple in-demand disciplines, including team video, scouting, analytics, social media, digital branding, broadcasting, and the league salary cap.

Respert will join an all-star lineup of sports business executives that will be teaching and joining the Sports Business Classroom Virtual Conference, including Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni, Washington Wizards General Manager Tommy Sheppard, Play-by-Play Commentator NBA on ESPN & ABC Mike Breen, Chief Creative Officer at Momentum Worldwide Omid Farhang, WNBA Champion Renee Montgomery, Bleacher Report Staff Writer Mirin Fader, and the Vegas Summer League co-founders Warren LeGarie and Albert Hall.

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Past speakers have included NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, TNT’s David Aldridge, Houston Rockets Head Coach Mike D’Antoni, NFL Network’s Andrea Kremer, Dallas Mavericks Head Coach Rick Carlisle, the cast of NBATV’s The Starters, ESPN’s Mark Jones, Los Angeles Lakers General Manager Rob Pelinka, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, and NBA Executive VP of Basketball Operations Kiki Vandeweghe, just to name a few.

 

 

SBC SPEAKER BIO: SHAWN RESPERT

Shawn Respert, an NBA veteran of five seasons, comes to the Bulls having served in multiple developmental roles as an assistant coach in the NBA … prior to Chicago, he was a regional scout and assistant coach with the Memphis Grizzlies … while with the Grizzlies, he was a member of David Joerger’s staff for three seasons (2013-16) … prior to that, Respert spent three seasons in Minnesota as an assistant coach with an emphasis on player development … he also spent four seasons with the Houston Rockets as an assistant coach (2008-11)… before entering the coaching ranks, he spent two seasons as Director of Basketball Operations for the NBA D-League (2006-08) … the Detroit native worked in a similar capacity at Rice University where he was the Owls’ Director of Basketball Operations for two seasons (2004-06) … a former college Player of the Year at Michigan State (1990-95), the Portland Trail Blazers selected him with the eighth pick in the 1995 NBA Draft … following a draft-night trade to the Milwaukee Bucks, he played for the Bucks (1995-97), the Toronto Raptors (1997-98), Dallas Mavericks (1998) and Phoenix Suns (1999) … after his career in the NBA, he went on to play four more seasons in the European Basketball League.

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