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04 Mar Sparky Gonzalez Wins 2017 David “DH” Nordstrom Equipment Manager of the Year Award

Posted at 18:59h in 2021 - 2022

Equipment Manager Sparky Gonzales was named the 2017 David “DH” Nordstrom Equipment Manager of the Year by the NBAEMA (National Basketball Athletic Equipment Managers Association) in Chicago today. Gonzales has been with Kroenke Sports & Entertainment for 40 years and has held his role as equipment manager for...

04 Mar The Gear Guru – go behind the scenes with Jazz equipment manager Adam Klauke

Posted at 18:48h in 2021 - 2022

The truck backs up slowly to the loading dock and the men inside climb out into the dark garage. In 24 hours, the building will be alive and aglow, thousands of fans screaming as the Utah Jazz take on the Memphis Grizzlies. Tonight, however, there...

19 Sep A day in the life of the Raptors’ equipment staff

Posted at 19:07h in 2021 - 2022

Being an equipment manager in the NBA is a tireless and thankless job that offers free travel at the expense of long days and nights. Raptors equipment manager Paul Elliott has worked with the team for 13 years, and recently showed Sportsnet some of the ins and...

23 Aug Brooklyn Nets Equipment Manager Joe Cuomo: Equipment Management Is Way More Than Doing Laundry

Posted at 19:23h in 2021 - 2022

Joe Cuomo is an Equipment Manager for the Brooklyn Nets. This means that Joe leads the charge on a myriad of logistical aspects of the Nets organization from equipment and apparel inventory to transport. I first learned of Joe Cuomo during the 2019 NBA Summer League...

15 Jul ‘Difficult takes an hour, impossible takes 24’: Inside the grueling role of an NBA equipment manager

Posted at 19:13h in 2021 - 2022

SALT LAKE CITY — Eighty-one bags. Seventy pairs of shoes. Sixty-nine jerseys. Sixteen basketballs. One weeklong road trip. On Tuesday, the Pistons returned home from a seven-day stay out West, one that featured four games stuffed into a six-day period. For the players, a road trip of...