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  • J_Posse
    Greatness Personified
    • Jun 2005
    • 11255

    #3736
    Re: NBA Off Topic Thread

    Originally posted by Majingir
    Inside the NBA is staying!


    Glad they matched Amazons deal. If the full deal will be ABC/ESPN, NBC/Peacock and TNT, that's great news.
    Well, it isn't completely over.

    The NBA has the option to take the Amazon deal or take the matching deal by Warner Discovery.

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    • Majingir
      Moderator
      • Apr 2005
      • 47496

      #3737
      Re: NBA Off Topic Thread

      Originally posted by J_Posse
      Well, it isn't completely over.

      The NBA has the option to take the Amazon deal or take the matching deal by Warner Discovery.

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      They better take the TNT one.

      Amazon I'm sure they could work out a deal for something else later on. If you don't go with TNT, that's it. Inside is done, TNT probably doesn't get back into NBA stuff for quite some time if ever again.

      Who has the ASG rights? As boring as ASGs have become, my fave part of the weekend is always the Inside the NBA coverage leading up to it.

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      • J_Posse
        Greatness Personified
        • Jun 2005
        • 11255

        #3738
        Re: NBA Off Topic Thread

        Originally posted by Majingir
        They better take the TNT one.

        Amazon I'm sure they could work out a deal for something else later on. If you don't go with TNT, that's it. Inside is done, TNT probably doesn't get back into NBA stuff for quite some time if ever again.

        Who has the ASG rights? As boring as ASGs have become, my fave part of the weekend is always the Inside the NBA coverage leading up to it.
        Here is X post going into greater - but just as convoluted - detail:


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        Last edited by J_Posse; 07-23-2024, 01:12 PM.
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        • dubcity
          Hall Of Fame
          • May 2012
          • 17872

          #3739
          Re: NBA Off Topic Thread

          Amazon is unquestionably the bigger/better partnership in terms of the future of business. I honestly wonder how much the NBA cares about Inside, or how valuable they think it is.

          It's funny that we are thinking about this purely in the context of Inside The NBA, and not about the actual NBA games on TNT. I started watching the NBA on TNT and TBS in 1996, so I have some level of appreciation and nostalgia attached to the Turner+NBA partnership. But when it comes to the actual presentation of the games in real time does anyone care what network/service it's on? If Inside streamed live on YouTube with full highlights would it matter to anyone what channel the actual games were on? I'm assuming no.

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          • The 24th Letter
            ERA
            • Oct 2007
            • 39373

            #3740
            Re: NBA Off Topic Thread

            Life long Clippers fan PG said it was like playing for the “B-Team” now, lol




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            • Majingir
              Moderator
              • Apr 2005
              • 47496

              #3741
              Re: NBA Off Topic Thread

              Originally posted by dubcity
              Amazon is unquestionably the bigger/better partnership in terms of the future of business. I honestly wonder how much the NBA cares about Inside, or how valuable they think it is.

              It's funny that we are thinking about this purely in the context of Inside The NBA, and not about the actual NBA games on TNT. I started watching the NBA on TNT and TBS in 1996, so I have some level of appreciation and nostalgia attached to the Turner+NBA partnership. But when it comes to the actual presentation of the games in real time does anyone care what network/service it's on? If Inside streamed live on YouTube with full highlights would it matter to anyone what channel the actual games were on? I'm assuming no.
              Originally posted by The 24th Letter
              Life long Clippers fan PG said it was like playing for the “B-Team” now, lol




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              There'll always be that for many teams.

              Yankees over Mets
              Dodgers over Angels
              Lakers over Clippers
              Rangers over Islanders

              And so on. Nothing wrong with being "the other team", you just have to win to make people not care about that fact.

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              • Majingir
                Moderator
                • Apr 2005
                • 47496

                #3742
                Re: NBA Off Topic Thread

                Inside the NBA is officially done after the upcoming season.

                NBA announced the new tv deals and said WB didn't match the Amazon deal.

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                • dubcity
                  Hall Of Fame
                  • May 2012
                  • 17872

                  #3743
                  Re: NBA Off Topic Thread

                  I'm assuming it came down to reach and exposure, as well as the obvious advantage Amazon has in terms of growth and $. Linear cable TV just can't match Amazon Prime, even if you throw in Max and stuff like YouTubeTV.

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                  • ggsimmonds
                    Hall Of Fame
                    • Jan 2009
                    • 11235

                    #3744
                    Re: NBA Off Topic Thread

                    Originally posted by Majingir
                    Inside the NBA is officially done after the upcoming season.

                    NBA announced the new tv deals and said WB didn't match the Amazon deal.

                    https://twitter.com/ChrisBHaynes/sta...ib0Zy_a7g&s=19
                    This is going to the courts.

                    This isn't my area of legal expertise but I wonder if its a bit like RFA in sports where teams are able to match offers to retain their free agents. In this scenario the NBA is the RFA, TNT is Sacramento, and Amazon is Miami. And it seems like our RFA is saying sorry Minnesota you didn't match the offer because you can't give the same climate and facilities.

                    Originally posted by dubcity
                    I'm assuming it came down to reach and exposure, as well as the obvious advantage Amazon has in terms of growth and $. Linear cable TV just can't match Amazon Prime, even if you throw in Max and stuff like YouTubeTV.
                    But the question is if in TNT's current deal that gives them the right to match are those things spelled out as parameters TNT would need to match?

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                    • l3ulvl
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Dec 2009
                      • 17232

                      #3745
                      Re: NBA Off Topic Thread

                      yeah this gonna be interesting, I'm no expert either, but if the deal was matched, you'd think the original company would retain the rights.


                      legal stuff is so above me, like does WBD take it to the courts to retain the rights or to obtain compensation , like if NBA has the ability to reject the deal, WBD must've matched on purpose for some legal reason
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                      • ProfessaPackMan
                        Bamma
                        • Mar 2008
                        • 63852

                        #3746
                        Re: NBA Off Topic Thread

                        Originally posted by The 24th Letter
                        Life long Clippers fan PG said it was like playing for the “B-Team” now, lol




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                        Man stand up PG lol
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                        • dubcity
                          Hall Of Fame
                          • May 2012
                          • 17872

                          #3747
                          Re: NBA Off Topic Thread

                          Originally posted by ggsimmonds
                          This is going to the courts.

                          This isn't my area of legal expertise but I wonder if its a bit like RFA in sports where teams are able to match offers to retain their free agents. In this scenario the NBA is the RFA, TNT is Sacramento, and Amazon is Miami. And it seems like our RFA is saying sorry Minnesota you didn't match the offer because you can't give the same climate and facilities.
                          Wow, you called it right. Honestly didn't think it was going to happen, but clearly WBD thinks they have a case. I'm not sure how healthy the relationship will be even if they win the lawsuit; whatever "winning" actually means.

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                          • ggsimmonds
                            Hall Of Fame
                            • Jan 2009
                            • 11235

                            #3748
                            Re: NBA Off Topic Thread

                            Originally posted by dubcity
                            Wow, you called it right. Honestly didn't think it was going to happen, but clearly WBD thinks they have a case. I'm not sure how healthy the relationship will be even if they win the lawsuit; whatever "winning" actually means.
                            Edit: Forget all that, whats more interesting is that as part of the lawsuit WBD submitted the full media deal from 2014. Wonder what juicy bits get uncovered:
                            The NBA-Turner media deal, now at the center of a lawsuit, includes info about the league's jersey patch deals, TNT's ticket allotment and more.


                            I think this is inevitably going to result in arbitration and a settlement payout and maybe even a scaled down agreement that gives WBD something, maybe the all star game and one game a week in the second half of the season or something. I don't see the Amazon deal getting axed.
                            Last edited by ggsimmonds; 07-27-2024, 06:13 PM.

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                            • zello144
                              MVP
                              • Jul 2013
                              • 2183

                              #3749
                              Re: NBA Off Topic Thread

                              WB should have never sold off the CW. If they still had that they could easily move NBA games and Inside the NBA over there but they sold it off instead. It's over the air and free and the NBA would have loved that.

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                              • The 24th Letter
                                ERA
                                • Oct 2007
                                • 39373

                                #3750
                                Re: NBA Off Topic Thread

                                Random but I used to love this damn intro

                                Just the perfect combination of highlights



                                That C-Webb pass to Divac was my **** along with the K-Mart dunk and camera stare.


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