You’re right, TNT’s announcers are among the best in sports. I was just comparing NBC to ESPN. I was assuming that guy was trying to compare ESPN’s wack ass coverage with whatever NBC will have in 2025. ESPN is bottom tier in everything that they do with regards to NBA coverage.
Update: The NBA is nearing an 11-year deal with NBC, ESPN and Amazon that would bring in about $76 billion in revenue
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You’re right, TNT’s announcers are among the best in sports. I was just comparing NBC to ESPN. I was assuming that guy was trying to compare ESPN’s wack ass coverage with whatever NBC will have in 2025. ESPN is bottom tier in everything that they do with regards to NBA coverage.
He would know about that considering he arguably helped create this conundrum in the first place by overplaying for the last round of television rights.
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He's probably right but this could be going to court
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When are they going to step their game up?
Never
And why would they?
They got The Finals for 10+ more years
Like I said, ESPN is like the Madden of sports broadcasts
The NBA should have charged them an additional $1 billion for those exclusive rights. $100 million a year to maintain the status low
When people clamor and cheer on entities like Inside The NBA, of course you’re going to get imitations just like it.
But they don’t even give them enough time to do that. And you can’t fake the chemistry. Stephen A just doesn’t work in that format.
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Funniest timing ever is they run an ESPN BET commercial where Stephen A says he can do whatever he wants
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Y'all mad at the wrong people, be mad mad at Zaslav since all of this is his fault.
Still doesn't change how shytty ESPN's coverage of the NBA is and has always been.
ESPN has had the NBA since 2002-03…
I might have to disagree with Paulsen about ESPNs early work with the NBA. IIRC They had strong commentators Snapper Jones, Walton, Hubie Brown, John Saunders, Al Michaeks, Nessler, Musberger.
Also an Underrated theme
I think right around the mid 2000s is when it started to get worse ironically when Skip started to become more prominent and when SAS came back to ESPN
Also an Underrated theme
I think right around the mid 2000s is when it started to get worse ironically when Skip started to become more prominent and when SAS came back to ESPN
That one tweet was correct I remember fans trashing ESPN for their soccer coverage then they stepped it up big time with the World Cup. Got credible commentators and analysts. It helped that Skipper was a soccer fan. Might need NBA fans to apply the pressure on social media.