Lev Akabas
@LevAkabas
Followers
10K
Following
10K
Media
4K
Statuses
8K
NBA 🏀 & sports business 💵 data viz 📊 for @Sportico All opinions are my own
Manhattan, NY
Joined October 2012
If you like data visualization on sports 🏀🏈⚾️, #SportsBiz 💵💰📈, or other interesting topics, give me a follow on Instagram! https://t.co/1gATiKm6BP Sneak preview: 👀👇
2
3
40
The Lakers sale for $10 billion is approved @Sportico ranks them as the 5th most valuable sports franchise in the world
0
0
5
Every NBA team's value has grown dramatically in recent years 🏀💰 (average is +83% since 2022), but the teams with lower valuations have seen by far the biggest gains 📈
0
0
2
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina surpassed $10 million in career prize money yesterday 🎾💲 He has still never won a title
1
0
1
The Detroit Pistons dunked a LOT last year The Chicago Bulls... not so much
0
3
27
Interesting data from @KevinOConnor via @YahooSports... NBA teams are using full court press way more often this season Some teams, like the Portland Trail Blazers, are taking the strategy to the extreme
1
4
13
There are now 23 NBA players from Canada 🇨🇦 and 19 from France 🇫🇷 Brazil 🇧🇷, on the other hand, has gone from 9 NBA players to 1 over the past decade
0
3
199
The highest-paid athlete in each sport last year 👇 Any names surprise you?
3
0
16
Ok I know it's early in the season, but I think we have to talk about the fact that the Brooklyn Nets defense is allowing 132 points per 100 possessions
7
5
130
Shoutout to my friend who won his fantasy football matchup by 0.1 points last night because Mahomes lost 1 yard on the final play kneel down
0
0
5
.@kbadenhausen breaks it down https://t.co/0Zw09qPsSc
How did the @Dodgers become the first MLB franchise to generate $1 billion in gross revenue? @kbadenhausen explains 📷
0
0
1
The Los Angeles Dodgers overtook the New York Yankees in total revenue last year
1
2
8
Ohtani only made $2 million in salary this year because his contract is structured like this 👇
0
1
6
Shoehi Ohtani earned roughly $102 million this year $2 million from salary, and $100 million from endorsements No other baseball player makes >$10 million from endorsemenets
2
0
15
Shohei Ohtani is the first player to reach base 7 times in a postseason game 🐐
0
1
13
Mazzulla has yet to find five guys that'll rebound https://t.co/NdSN7UWoHO
Joe Mazzulla had a very clear message postgame: “Find five guys that will rebound.”
0
1
38