TNT have officially lost the NBA's broadcast rights, after the league announced it would take over the media rights deal Amazon instead and Stephen A. Smith says that the network is completely and completely football.
He also supported Charles Barkley saying that Warner Bros. Discovery's CEO David Zaslav and other executives are responsible for the loss of The NBA on TNT.
“TNT dropped the ball here,” Smith said on his latest podcast episode. “I'm talking about copper TNT. It started years ago when they talked about how unimportant the NBA was to the brand itself and the resistance they gave to reaching a new deal.
“Actually, according to my sources, Adam Silver, the commissioner, spoke to the dignitaries at the time. The acquisition of Warner Bros before a deal was agreed weeks ago. Basically let them know, 'Hey, you need to match, here's where we are.' And there was a lot of hemming and hewing.”
Zaslav suggested how unimportant the NBA was TNT brand less than two years ago, “We don't have to have the NBA,” he said.
Many NBA fans are now up in arms over the loss of the iconic show Inside the NBA and Zaslav would quickly learn how important this part was.
“I don't know where that network came from,” Smith said. “I mean how many episodes of Law and Order can you stream… How many old movies can you stream? It will be very interesting for them to see what they will do beyond the next season because there is no way they will win this case. I don't see it. I can see a fix happening…I don't see them winning this and forcing the NBA to make them part of this package…NBA deadline The NBA on TNT it will come next season.”
TNT they won't go down without a fight, and are threatening legal action against the NBA as the network says they are. Amazon rights.
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