WSJ: NBC Prepares $2.5-Billion-a-Year Bid to Pluck NBA Rights From TNT
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As a teen who played a shit ton of roundball rock, that theme brings back memories. Although, I watched very few NBA games. Part of it was having no idea who and when they were playing. Other part was I would rather play at the courts than watch. So my few memories consist of only MJ games. Especially the one where he returned.
NBA on ESPN is terrible. Case in point.
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Their nba coverage is such a joke. It blows my mind that this is the same network that produces college game day. ESPN doesn't care at all and losing inside the nba would be such a shame if this is the alternative.
I dig their NHL and College stuff and WNBA stuff is legit but how the fuck is this their panel? When Windy is best guy there?
It's just a terrible product. It's the very definition of doing the bare minimum.
ESPN's coverage of the NBA is never going to be good as long as they put idiots like SAS and Perk front and center.
Supposedly it is a done deal. They are going to be streaming regular season and post season games. The full amount is unknown at the moment.
The NBA desperately needs coverage by people who A. actually watch NBA games and B. actually enjoy the NBA. Inside the NBA is whatever. They need to stop treating the NBA as if it's a meme and advertising factory and invest in people that are passionate about basketball and can discuss it in a way that audiences come out knowing more about the game.
ESPN's studio show needs to have people with actual NBA experience, like former players and coaches. No disrespect to most of the regulars there, but when Kendrick Perkins is the only main contributor that has actual NBA experience there is a problem.
ESPN gets the A package but less games (rumor is they will give up Wed or Fri but keep everything else.)
Amazon gets the B package (rumor is they will gain the games ESPN gives up + some of the games TNT will give up)
Comcast/WBD were fighting for the third package and yeah, they actually may gain the games TNT is doing now.
Being outside of America, the only reason I got into the NBA is the first place is through finding YouTube clips of Inside the NBA and specifically Charles Barkley roasting people and joking about those big ol' women down in San Antonio.
Losing that crew would be a travesty.
Losing that crew would be a travesty.
Perfect first post lol. Literally the first thing that popped in my mind.
Second was losing Ernie, Chuck, Kenny and Shaq :/
I could definitely see Amazon bringing Chuck and company to their games then.
I'll probably be done watching outside of the finals if this happens.
I'm Canadian and my only knowledge of San Antonio is the basketball team over the years and how big the women must be over there
God, Barkley has really done a number on that city 🤣
You are assuming that's what the audience wants instead of entertainment. There is a reason why Inside the NBA is so successful compared to the podcasts such as Lowe Post or Old Man and the Three.
Maybe they should try developing some basketball fans so their ratings don't crater when there aren't stars playing
I am sure they would love to but the NBA isn't the NFL where folks tune in just cause. A lot of their growth is overseas and they haven't made an effort to reach out since the China fiasco.
Hasn't chuck been talking about retiring? Feel like he'd take this as a good time to call it quits rather than move over or do some show untied to the actual broadcast
I like the idea of nbc getting games but not at the expense of tnt crew. Also, weren't there rumors of some bundled big sports package between multiple streamers?
This fall, Disney/FOX/WBD but that was WBD banking on keeping the NBA.
Amazon is getting their piece. The NBA thought they would get a lot more interest and money but from what I've read they'll come close to doubling the current deal. So not all is lost.
Fox Sports uses it in their Big East college basketball coverage.
Absolutely wild to me that when ESPN did their purge of talent fucking Perk of all people kept his job.
I know the NBA was wanting to bundle in the WNBA rights, but if TNT is priced out of the NBA games, bidding on the WNBA rights wouldn't be the worst idea in the world. It would cost a fraction of what the NBA games were, and if you really believe that the WNBA is on the cusp of becoming mainstream, this is a great time to buy in. Turner can't just completely pivot away from sports, they have another decade of NCAA Basketball, another 5 years of NHL, and another 5 years of MLB, and 7 years of NASCAR- they need to fill that hole if they lose the NBA
Inside the NBA is more important to the game than some of the teams. Losing it would be a tragedy
I think the NBA will give at least some sort of package to Warner if their bid is at all competitive. They know how good Inside the NBA is for the sport. The NBA in general seems to have, on average, the least boneheaded ownership collective in major NA sports. I guess we'll see if they prove me wrong or not.
Who knows maybe he's on a cheap deal. He's pretty terrible though.
Who knows maybe he's on a cheap deal. He's pretty terrible though.
If Turner loses the NBA they will have no real reason to continue to employ Chuck, Shaq, Kenny (wonder if Ernie's contract is different) and probably the NBA TV talent as well. I imagine those folks will all be free agents to a certain degree and will be free to join Amazon or NBC
Yeah true but Chuck seems like he would rather retire than move over to another network. He's been contemplating retirement for a while anyway. The magic would be gone without at least Ernie, Kenny, and Chuck on the same show.
