• by Karl Greenberg , December 20, 2010

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Express have signed a multi-year deal that makes Amex official partner of the NBA, USA Basketball, the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), and the NBA Development League (NBA D-League).

American Express will use the partnership to give Cardmembers access to regular-season and playoff games, NBA All-Star, the NBA Draft, and NBA Games – London 2011, the league’s first-ever regular-season games in Europe.

American Express also will serve as the presenting partner of the NBA All-Star Entertainment Series.