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NBC Ready to Spend Billions to Elbow Turner Out of NBA
Posted on 4/30/24 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 4/30/24 at 12:23 pm
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NBC is trying to pull off a late-game steal against Warner Bros. Discovery.
As the NBA negotiates its next media-rights deal, NBC is preparing a $2.5 billion package annually to air games in an attempt to squeeze out Turner Sports, a longtime partner of the league. The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. The NBA’s media-rights negotiations are ongoing with Amazon and longtime partner Disney/ESPN is also in the mix.
NBC is no stranger to the NBA. The network had the rights to games from 1990 to 2002, when Michael Jordan and the Bulls dominated the league, and the network’s “Roundball Rock” song has become an icon of that era. NBC Sports currently has broadcasters Noah Eagle and Mike Tirico on its roster, both of whom have extensive experience calling NBA games.
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Should NBC succeed, it would bring into question the future of Turner Sports’ talk show Inside the NBA. The quartet of Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, and Ernie Johnson is revered by fans for their humor and unpredictability; just this week, Barkley made the city of Galveston, Texas, a household name to NBA fans. If the NBA does break up with Turner, WBD would still have the men’s NCAA tournament rights as well as MLB and NHL in its remaining sports arsenal.
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Posted on 4/30/24 at 12:26 pm to RLDSC FAN
Worth it if they bring back the theme song.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 12:32 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Should NBC succeed, it would bring into question the future of Turner Sports’ talk show Inside the NBA.
NBC should just do their NBA on Monday or Friday night. TNT normally only has Barkley on Thursdays.
They just extended their contract for 10 years, how can TNT afford to lose nba rights after that anyway?
Posted on 4/30/24 at 12:35 pm to RLDSC FAN
Wish they spent billions to elbow ESPN/ABC out of the NBA instead.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 12:50 pm to RLDSC FAN
Better not lose Inside the NBA...
Posted on 4/30/24 at 12:59 pm to RLDSC FAN
Ugh why cant they replace espn/abc
NBC/TNT is tGOAT basketball coverage
Dream team. Make it happen.
NBC/TNT is tGOAT basketball coverage
Dream team. Make it happen.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 1:07 pm to RLDSC FAN
I was told nobody would spend on the NBA
Posted on 4/30/24 at 1:14 pm to RLDSC FAN
NBA playoff games on Peacock, forget Palestine, where do we riot?
Posted on 4/30/24 at 1:16 pm to RLDSC FAN
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The quartet of Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, and Ernie Johnson is revered by fans for their humor and unpredictability
Do you guys actually like this show?
Posted on 4/30/24 at 2:16 pm to RLDSC FAN
Losing inside the nba would be a huge blow to the league.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 3:11 pm to RLDSC FAN
No more Barkley!!!
Posted on 5/1/24 at 8:45 am to RLDSC FAN
Just don't dust off Ahmad Rashad. It won't be the same without Marv Albert and the Czar of the Telestrator
Posted on 5/1/24 at 9:55 pm to RLDSC FAN
They need to get ESPN out of the NBA coverage, not TNT. TNT has the best talent out there working for them. ESPN has the absolute worst NBA coverage ever, by any network. I can't watch ESPN's pregame, halftime and postgame shows. Every person on the show is terrible. .
Posted on 5/1/24 at 10:13 pm to RLDSC FAN
For 10 years, hasn't Clay Travis told us the NBA is dead?
Posted on 5/2/24 at 11:51 am to RLDSC FAN
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NBC Ready to Spend Billions to Elbow Turner Out of NBA
Makes it sound like they are going to hire Bill Laimbeer or Rick Mahorn as their color commentator.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 11:27 am to RLDSC FAN
There is no way in hell ESPN would allow Charles Barkley the carte blanche, that he has with TNT.
Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:40 pm to RLDSC FAN
Good for the NBA. Looks like they'll get what they wanted
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Posted on 5/5/24 at 8:56 pm to RLDSC FAN
Media as we know it is collapsing and ‘big’ name media brands we used to know will cease to exist. Very, very soon.
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