Rick Elias is a plane crash survivor.

TED Talk speaker and CEO of Red Ventures, a multi-billion dollar company.

On this show, you'll hear conversations Rick feels lucky to have had with leaders, athletes, and innovators.

Plus, three things you can learn from each.

It's two people, 20 minutes, and three things with Rick Elias.

On this bonus episode of Three Things, Rick talks with NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum

during All-Star Weekend in Charlotte.

They'll talk about how sports betting will change the game, what the NBA is doing right,

and what the NFL is doing wrong.

And Steph Curry finally coming home to play in Charlotte. This is three things with Rick

Elias. As you all know, Mark has been in the NBA for 20 years. He's the deputy commissioner.

He's also the COO.

And we're going to go all over the place.

So if you love hoops, you're in for a treat.

So Mark, you got to the NBA 1999.

So how has the league evolved in 20 years?

So much has changed, including how the game is played, right?

Clearly, even in the last couple of years, the advent of the three, where Brooke Lopez, a seven-footer,

who up until, you know, a year ago, never took a three-point shot in his life, is now one of the leading people of attempts of

three-point shots. So from big men taking three-point shots to the speed of the game, largely

in due part to a lot of the rules changes that we implemented to speed up the game. I think

that's one big part of it. I think the second big part is the influence

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