NBA-Rakuten extension in Japan helps league dodge troubled market

(Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
(Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
The NBA's media rights value in Japan will drop slightly under a previously-unannounced extension with Rakuten.

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