Ever since the talks about the possible end of the Inside The NBA show on TNT, there has been speculation on where the NBA would call its home in 2025. It might be time to get the legendary “Roundball Rock” song back in the queue and create compilation clips of the greatest Inside The NBA moments in its existence.
The league is nearing a historic media deal with three different media companies, which can garner not just a lot of money but also some confusion about how to watch desired games.
It would be interesting to see how the deal works, but it can cause some irritation when trying to catch some of the desired games. The evolution of streaming and the decline of television has changed how people consume live sports regularly.
Sometimes, less is more. The NFL started to show some exclusive games on Amazon last season and plans to show the Christmas games on Netflix this upcoming season.
The NBA Is Close To Having A New Home
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The Wall Street Journal first reported that the NBA is nearing a historic eleven-year deal with NBC, ESPN, and Amazon. This deal, if finalized, can also signify the end of the league’s time on TNT and the historic Inside The NBA show.
This would mean that fans can catch the basketball games on NBC for the first time since 2002.
What Would The NBA & NBC Deal Look Like, If Finalized?
The deal is subject to the large media platform paying the league $2.5 billion each year. The league will also have approximately 100 basketball games shown on NBC. Not only that, but nearly half of the games are subject to be exclusive to the Peacock streaming platform.
Some of those games would be shown on Tuesdays and Sundays whenever there aren’t the usual Sunday Night Football commitments.
How Does Amazon Play A Part In This NBA Deal?
Amazon will pay $1.8 billion to show some of the regular season and post-season games. This package will also include the In-Season Tournament Games and the Play-In Tournament games. The company giant is also subject to airing some of the conference finals games.
Disney, which already airs some of the games via ESPN, will retain its rights for $2.6 billion. The rights to the WNBA games are also a part of the deal.
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Can There Be Hope For TNT?
TNT, owned by Warner Bros, could match the package deals or have an entirely new deal available. There were reports that the entity was $40 million in debt and passed on renewing the deal on April 22nd. TNT has aired NBA games since 1988.
Supposedly, they didn’t renew the $2.2 billion per season deal because they were “unhappy with the price relative value to the package.”
Charles Barkley spoke on The Dan Patrick Show about the show’s low morale around right now. He said he felt bad for the people who work with the show and that they have no idea what’s going to happen to the show. It’s possible that Barkley hires the production crew for his media company and continues the show through that platform.
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