Five takeaways from the 2019-2020 NBA national television schedule
This year's schedule features less Knicks, more Clippers and Pelicans, and earlier starts to many nationally-televised Western Conference games.
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The 2019-20 NBA on TNT schedule will feature a whole lot more of the Clippers and Pelicans
Zion Williamson and the Pelicans and Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers will be prominently featured on TNT this year.
Dennis Rodman 30 for 30 reportedly set to premiere on September 10th
There's certainly plenty of material to use.
Steve Nash will take part in TNT’s NBA coverage in addition to his Champions League work
The NBA side of things feels like a natural fit for Nash, who will continue his TNT and B/R Football work as well.
Twitch announces new deals with USA Basketball and the NBA; will stream Team USA exhibitions and Jr. NBA games
Twitch was already streaming G League and 2k League matches.
NBA Christmas Day games include new teams (Raptors, Clippers, Pelicans, and Nuggets), with Knicks, Thunder, Jazz, and Blazers dropped
The Knicks have played on Christmas Day 53 times, more than any other team, but they won't be doing so this year.
CBS/NFLN’s Nate Burleson called Fox’s Jason Whitlock out over a ridiculous LeBron take
"I didn't even mention the fact that there's so many young African-American boys and girls that look up in the stands and see nobody. A black man showing up at the gym, showing his kid love and putting on a show for the fans that are there? That's a great thing. Pssssh. Y'all sound crazy."
Stephen vs The Game finale “The Town” uses pundit takes for “tension and conflict,” but also shows how Stephen Curry disregards takes
Director Gotham Chopra spoke to AA about why he featured pundits like ESPN's Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman in the final episode of Stephen vs The Game, and how Stephen Curry reacts to being under a punditry microscope.
PGA Tour to begin bid process for rights deals, all of which are up after 2021
Fox, ESPN, and Amazon are all expected to bid, along with current partners NBC and CBS.
Warriors shift long-time analyst Jim Barnett to radio, replace him on TV with Kelenna Azubuike
Barnett has been with the Warriors for more than three decades.
TNT won’t air Players Only NBA broadcasts this season
The oft-criticized Players Only broadcasts won't return to TNT this season.
Jay Onrait says the only news Chris Broussard made in NBA free agency “was getting called out on your bullshit by a foreign...
'That clapback took you two weeks? Who are you, George Costanza? You know what else you could have been doing the past two weeks? NBA reporting!"
Chris Broussard responds to Jay Onrait criticism by comparing himself to Damian Lillard
"It was like someone in the G League criticizing Damian Lillard."
Steve Buckhantz learned he was being replaced while at a hospital with his mother, adding further insult to the way the Wizards treated...
NBC Sports Washington's poor handling of letting go of Steve Buckhantz included stringing him out for months, only to inform him via a phone call while he was at a hospital with his mother.
MSG releases bizarre statement claiming Daily News reporting on James Dolan is fueled by a “vendetta”
The statement alleges that negative coverage of the Knicks is fueled by Tribune Publishing CEO Timothy Knight.
