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The Smartest Basketball Mind Outside The NBA

Brilliant 29-year-old Ben Falk, former NBA executive for the Blazer and the Sixers, last year launched Cleaning the Glass, an innovative online experience for true lovers of the game. With his experienced insight and intelligently nuanced analytical perspectives, the site has virtually exploded in its inaugural year, garnering a 95% renewal rate for the website…

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March 12, 2018, 5:16 PM UTC

The Smartest Basketball Mind Outside The NBA

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Brilliant 29-year-old Ben Falk, former NBA executive for the Blazer and the Sixers, last year launched Cleaning the Glass, an innovative online experience for true lovers of the game. With his experienced insight and intelligently nuanced analytical perspectives, the site has virtually exploded in its inaugural year, garnering a 95% renewal rate for the website and multiple highly attractive industry employment offers for its developer. For now, Falk is content to create rather than conform and to lead instead of follow, with confidence that Cleaning the Glass will continue to evolve.

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