NBA's revenue reaches historic mark / News - Basketnews.com

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For the first time ever, the NBA's revenue topped $10 billion this year, according to the Associated Press.

The basketball-related income also reached a record-breaking sum of $8.9 billion.

Silver said the numbers are particularly strong considering the league is still grappling with a pandemic, and it wasn't long ago that some questioned whether the sport could survive the virus — at least in that sense of whether people wanted to gather again.

"The numbers surprised me to some extent because they beat forecasts and the forecasts reflect where we think our business is headed," said Silver.

"I think it's pretty remarkable from where we came two and a half years ago," he added.

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