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After 22 game postponements so far, the NBA has rescheduled some games for the first half, and moved some second-half games up
After 22 postponements so far, a second-half makeup plan was under some threat. So the NBA's now being more flexible with its scheduling.
Grizzlies-Blazers becomes 16th NBA game postponed within first month of the season
21 of the NBA's 30 teams have now had at least one game postponed.
ESPN’s Mike Shiffman talks their NBA coverage this year: “The production will be at its best when we can travel people.”
About half of ESPN's games will feature an on-site truck (and likely on-site announcers as well), with Shiffman saying "The production will be at its best when we can travel people."
The NBA’s Christmas Day games this year look set to include Mavericks-Lakers and Nets-Celtics
The Miami Heat, the Brooklyn Nets, and the Dallas Mavericks are new to the Christmas Day schedule this year.
Adam Schefter broke the NBA news of DeAndre’ Bembry signing with the Raptors
Schefter delivered a rare NBA scoop Sunday night.
NBA reporter Jackie MacMullan to join The Ringer for podcasts, will remain at ESPN
MacMullan will host a narrative NBA podcast, while appearing on several of The Ringer's audio programs.
The NBA plans to have most of its national Turner and ESPN announcers and analysts calling games on-site in Orlando
A few weeks ago, Kevin Harlan said the plan was to have announcers calling games remotely until at least the conference finals. Now, that plan seems to have changed.
Charles Barkley says Turner Sports bosses told him the NBA season will resume
"We're going to play basketball."
Why are the NHL and NBA still considering regular-season resumption? Local TV contracts appear to be a key factor.
Not hitting the minimum number of games promised to RSNs could lead to further issues for both teams and those RSNs.
The NBA’s Instagram account is featuring a concert from Victor Oladipo and a live “Club Quarantine” set from DJ D-Nice
Oladipo and special guests will perform at 3 p.m. ET on the NBA's Instagram account, with DJ D-Nice taking over the account from 7-9 p.m. ET.
The NBA’s “NBA Together” campaign has them conducting daily interviews and streaming classic games each night
After suspending their season in the wake of the COVID-19 coronavirus, the NBA is launching some new digital initiatives to connect with their fans, including player interviews and streams of classic games.
The FreeDawkins YouTube channel’s NBA videos have vanished, but the NBA says they’re not behind that
While FreeDawkins' videos with NBA clips have vanished from YouTube, a NBA source told AA the league didn't launch a copyright takedown, and that their policies on highlights videos haven't changed since Adam Silver's 2015 "Highlights are marketing" comments.
