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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ESPN’s NBA Draft chyron hilariously trolled the Knicks’ draft needs
ESPN had no chill when it came to the New York Knicks draft needs.
NBA subreddit that provided illegal streams of games gets shut down
The subreddit had over 400,000 subscribers before it was shut down.
NBA Finals Game 3 ties decade-plus low, provides worst overnight of the series
This year's NBA Finals continues to not produce great U.S. numbers.
NBA Finals Game 2 overnight ratings down from last year, but it’s not all bad news
The overnights are down 20 percent compared to last year’s Finals.
ESPN2’s alternate broadcast of Warriors-Blazers was not received well
Interesting idea, horrible execution.
NBA’s main Turkish broadcaster won’t broadcast WCF due to Enes Kanter, won’t show Finals if Portland makes it there
Turkish broadcaster S Sports isn't showing the Western Conference Finals thanks to Turkey's government's feud with Trail Blazers' center Enes Kanter. And they won't show the Finals if Portland gets there.
Robin Roberts will receive the Sager Strong Award at the NBA Awards show
Roberts will be the third recipient of the award.
NBA ends relationship with vendor who ran official NBA Turkey Twitter account for not mentioning Enes Kanter in tweet
The reason is due to the current political scene in Turkey.
Charles Barkley breaks the fourth wall yet again by saying NBA TV is “where we put the games we don’t care about”
"Name me how many times LeBron played on NBA TV. He's never been on NBA TV." "Players Only?" "That's not the same." "Not during the playoffs."
Giannis Antetokounmpo turned down a chance to team up with LeBron James…in Space Jam 2
"I don't like being Hollywood. I don't like all this extra drama. I am just going to try to be me."
2019 NBA All-Star Game ties for all-time record low rating
The lower number continues the trend of lower ratings for the NBA this season
NBA and Facebook Watch secure highlight rights deal
Highlights from NBA, WNBA, G League and 2K League will be shown on Facebook Watch.
Despite interest from Yahoo and Turner, Cassidy Hubbarth is staying at ESPN
Hubbarth will be hosting a new show on Twitter before ABC’s Saturday night NBA games
Verizon and Disney strike carriage agreement, keeping ESPN and ABC stations on Fios, but there’s a Cox-Nexstar blackout looming (UPDATED)
While the Verizon-Disney dispute has been resolved, the Cox-Nexstar one is still ongoing, and has a midnight deadline.
