Business Analysis: The Boston Celtics

The Washington Wizards are one of thirty NBA organizations, and they were founded in 1961. In 1961, they were known as the Chicago Packers before switching their name to the Zephyrs the following season. Starting in 1963, they moved to Baltimore and were known as the Bullets. They landed in Washington in 1973-74 as the Capital Bullets and became known as the Washington Bullets in 1974-75. They kept the Bullets name until 1997 when they became the Washington Wizards (“Wizards History,” Online). The Wizards won one NBA championship in the 1977-78 season when they defeated the Seattle SuperSonics as the Bullets. The organization has been owned by Ted Leonsis since June 2010 as part of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which also owns and operates the Washington Capitals, Washington Mystics, the Verizon Center, and the Washington Valor (“Wizards History,” Online). Since January of 2016 I have interned for the Wizards organization in their basketball operations department. Although I believe the organization runs a smooth operation, there are certain aspects that call for improvement.

The Portland Trail Blazers organization is a sports entertainment company dedicated to not only winning NBA Championships, growing new basketball consumers, providing superior entertainment, value and service to the people but making a real difference outside the basketball arena in the local and regional communities. The Trail Blazers work outside the arena to make a difference in the local and regional communities by effectively serving people in need. The Trail Blazers enrich the lives of all of the people associated with the Trail Blazers brand as we thrive to diverse opportunities and contributions through charitable donations, solid ethnics and morals within the employment hiring’s and extreme respect for all

The Chicago Cubs have agreed to terms with free-agent outfielder Jason Heyward on an 8-year, $184 million deal, according to ESPN's Jerry Crasnick and multiple reports.

In the last 30 years innovation and product development in sports has seen consistent growth even with the micro and macro-economic differences. One of the reasons this happened is because most sports enterprises have smarted up their way of product development through paying close attention to the relationship between sports consumers and product development.

The Boston Celtics seem to be not done yet looking for available superstars that they can add to their roster. In the latest trade rumor, they seem to be still not satisfied with their current lineup and said to be moving to acquire the services of Paul George from the Indiana Pacers in exchange for 3 players.

Every company has a set of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Even Foot Locker with its dismal situation in the United States still has strengths and opportunities. When doing any type of company analysis these categories need to be considered for they can be a clear indicator if this particular organization has a possible future. SWOT analysis involves specifying the objective of the business venture

The Philadelphia 76ers continue to struggle in the ongoing regular season. Though they saw some brilliance lately, winning 6 out of their last 10 games, they are still at the bottom half of the Eastern Conference standing. Recent reports are now saying that they might trade Nerlens Noel to the Portland Trail Blazers before the trade deadline ends.

Regarding physiological needs, the Brooklyn Nets have done well in providing basic needs. Specifically, the water cool is almost always full and there was only one period of time during my internship in which I witnessed it not being full. The water fountains are always kept, the nozzles are also clean. Also, there is food constantly being given at company meetings. I mention this because in these facts because I have worked for employers who never treated their employees to food. Also, I have had employers that have had dirty, unkept water fountains for their employees. These former employers had high turnover.

The Celtics received a burst of energy from their young core, and Kyrie Irving contributed 22 points, but it was Smart’s defense and scrappy play that led the charge back from 18 points down. Smart finished with nine rebounds, 12 points, three assists, two blocks, and two steals off the bench. In our NBA staff predictions, I picked Marcus Smart as my “Sixth Man of the Year,” but he may ultimately become one of the Celtics’ key

The Chicago Bulls campaign this season is hanging in the balance. Currently, they are sitting at the 8th spot of the Eastern Conference division holding a 21-22 win-loss record. Recent reports are saying that they considering of trading Jimmy Butler and it looks like the Minnesota Timberwolves could be a potential destination for him.

In 2012, when Leslie Osborne, Taryn Hemmings, and Courtney Jones brainstormed a business plan for a makeup line, the three had no clue what they were doing. After all, at that time the three women were playing semi-professional soccer for the Boston Breakers.

When researching if a NBA franchise has a positive effect on the city it resides in from multiple sources economists mostly all agree there is little if not any impact. “If every sports team in Chicago were to suddenly disappear, the impact on the Chicago economy would be a fraction of 1 percent,” Leeds says. “A baseball team has about the same impact on a community as a midsize department store.” (Bergman, 2015).

The abbreviation, SWOT, stands for strength, weakness, opportunities, and threats respectively. In this paper, I will utilize and explain how the SWOT analysis will apply to an organization identified as Athlete’s Warehouse. This paper will identify three examples of SWOT that are evident for Athlete’s Warehouse and aid in forming an overall conclusion of the department using both internal and external analysis tools.

All throughout my life I have remained involved in a wide variety of organizations including clubs, sports, youth groups, and honor societies. My free time is consumed by all of these, and still I am still willing to venture out and attempt so much more. Despite constantly contributing my life to numerous things, it is undeniable that Basketball is what I am ultimately passionate about.

The focus of the SWOT analysis is to identify the key internal and external factors that are important to achieving the objective. SWOT analysis groups key pieces of information into two main categories; internal factors and external factors. The internal factors are the strengths and weaknesses that are internal to the company while the external factors are the opportunities and threats that presented by the external environment. The internal factors are determined by their impact on the company’s objectives. What may represent strengths with respect to one objective may be weaknesses for another objective. The external factors may include technological change, legislation, cultural changes, and changes in the marketplace or competitive position (Wood, 2008).