The end of the NBA on TNT is close, but not for many most familiar faces on the network.
NBC announced Tuesday This longtime game analyst of TNT and guardian of the ex-Pacers of the Reggie Miller table will join the network for his return to the coverage of the NBA next season. Miller will assume the same role he occupied for years with TNT as the main analyst of NBC.
NBC’s NBA cover team
Miller will continue to work for TNT until the end of the 2024-25 season, then will join NBC next fall for his new NBA cover era. Miller will join a broadcasting stand that will feature veterans of the Mike Tirico and Noah Eagle network as the main Play-By-Play advertisers. NBC also hired the NBA veteran Jamal Crawford As a game analyst.
The finalist of the renowned temple Carmelo Anthony would have Join NBC as a studio analyst.
Amazon’s NBA cover team
Miller’s move to NBC means that he will no longer work with Kevin Harlan or Ian Eagle, who both called the game alongside TNT. Eagle has concluded an agreement to join Amazon for its NBA coverage, which will make its debut next season. Harlan would also be in talks With Amazon to join his cover team.
Amazon’s studio show will be Characteristic TNT RECORDER TAYLOR ROOKS Like his host alongside old NBA Dirk Nowitzki and Blake Griffin players as analysts. Rooks already works for Amazon as a journalist for the cover of the NFL Thursday evening in the streamer.
The NBC and Amazon coverage teams remain a work in progress while everyone continues to build their list.
Where things stand with “inside the NBA”
And then, of course, is the biggest news of TNT / NBA benefits. To the delight of the NBA fans, the Studio TNT show “Inside The NBA” will remain intact and will continue to be produced by Turner Sports. Turner Sports will allow it to distribute on ESPN by an agreement between the two networks which were would have been led by the president of ESPN Jimmy Pitaro.
In return, TNT SPORTS will resume exclusive rights on a list of Big 12 football basketball matches and ESPN male basketball in addition to a preexisting agreement he has with the network for the rights of the games University football playoffs.
This means that Hernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal will continue to welcome the beloved studio show which has been a basic food for the coverage and culture of the NBA for decades. O’Neal would have accepted a contract last week worth 15 million dollars per year, which will maintain it in the program.
Barkley had previously committed to returning to TNT on a 10 -year contract which he signed in 2022 estimated at $ 21 million per year. Smith should sign a new long -term agreement with TNT, and Johnson should also stay With the show.
The Shuffle is due to the 11 -year agreement on NBA media rights with Disney, NBC and Amazon which will start next season. The agreement means the end of NBA coverage on TNT after a partnership of nearly four decades.
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