In Joe Tsai and David Levy: a case of mismatched expectations, NetsDaily on 2/17/20 summarized the emerging explanation for the curiously brief term of Nets/arena CEO David Levy, who was gone after less than two months.
Tsai recently told Bloomberg News it was a case of differing expectations:
Tsai recently told Bloomberg News it was a case of differing expectations:
“He was already looking ahead at how to grow the J Tsai sports portfolio, but we also needed someone to do the nuts and bolts,” Tsai said during the interview. “Maybe he thought that he wanted to do something that’s bigger and he could just bring in other people to do it, and I’m of a view that before you outsource something you should do it yourself.”As NetsDaily noted, Levy talked about such things as mobile betting, esports, and new sports technology: "Still, one team insider told NetsDaily that Levy was surprised to be managing something as small as the Nets after running Turner Media."
As previously noted, Levy told the Times, "It wasn’t one thing. It just wasn’t the job I signed up for." It wasn't, he said, about owner Joe Tsai's much-criticized defense of China's pushback on Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey, after he supported protesters in Hong Kong.
It probably wasn't Levy's absurd claim that the Barclays Center would be busy 285 days a year, either. However, keeping the arena reasonably busy would qualify as "the nuts and bolts."
It probably wasn't Levy's absurd claim that the Barclays Center would be busy 285 days a year, either. However, keeping the arena reasonably busy would qualify as "the nuts and bolts."
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