Channel 5 Breaking News

[Patrick]

News on 5

Nothing really earth shattering ...

35 games played in OKC - 6 games played in NO

2007 Exclusive rights for League Meetings
2008 Exclusive rights for All Star Rights


Anyone have any idea what the latter two statements mean?

[windowphobe]

Just that: New Orleans is getting some NBA-related events without, um, an actual NBA team.

[BricktownGuy]

Hope this text helps:

"They added that the city of New Orleans would be granted exclusive rights to negotiate a deal to host the 2008 all-star game. New Orleans will also serve as the host city for the NBA's mid-year marketing meetings, the largest annual gathering of NBA league and team officials."