NBA to announce 9-year, $24 billion TV deal with ESPN, Turner

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  1. PDXFonz

    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    They could always buy Africa but what effects does ebola pose for future nba drafts? Could we send magic johnson to teach them how to cure diseases that have no cure?
     
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    ESPN deal lets you stream live NBA games without needing TV service

    ESPN has made plenty of forays into streaming video, but services like WatchESPN typically require that you already have TV service. That partly defeats the point of viewing online, don't you think? However, you might not face that limitation for much longer. According to sources for the Wall Street Journal, the NBA has signed a pact with Disney (ESPN's parent) to launch a new streaming service that doesn't demand a cable or satellite subscription -- a big deal for ESPN, which still makes most of its money from paid TV. Just how it differs from the NBA's own League Pass isn't clear, although both are focused on live regular season games. In other words, you'll still have to fire up an old-fashioned TV to watch the playoffs in real-time. Just when it arrives isn't clear, although you may not have to wait long for an announcement. If the tipsters are accurate, the NBA will announce its partnership as early as Monday.


    http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/05/espn-nba-live-streaming-service-leak/
     
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  4. BlazerBeav

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    Glad my season tickets went up 45% in price this year - the NBA clearly needs more of my money.
     
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  5. blue32

    blue32 Who wants a mustache ride?

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    annnnnnnnd this is why I don't go to games.
     
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    Yep. You would think that at least the upper levels would always have some dirt cheap prices. I remember when I was a kid I would buy them for $2.50 and sit up there, but the carrot was that we could go and sit court side an hour before tip off and watch them warm up. I understand that for security reasons kids will not be able to stand by the doors to see the super stars come out, but being 11-12 years old and getting to stand 2 feet from Wilt Chamberlain was memorable.

    Of course memorial coliseum did not have that many bad seat to begin with and we could always sneak down by the 2nd quarter because there were so many empty seats.
     
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  7. illmatic99

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    You know the owners won't lower prices.

    Also, they need to give the players their fair cut and prevent a lockout.

    Good lord, really? That is a massive increase.
     
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    I know I'm not the fan that the NBA really cares about, I see maybe five games a year live and never buy swag. But I feel like the product is getting diluted. Every interview the athletes have now been coached to say the same thing, rivalries only seem to be between fan bases and not between the actual teams. The cost is getting out of hand and at every turn I'm being sold or advertised something different. I still like the sport, but a little less than I used to.
     
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    I think players dislike OKC, Houston and the Clippers. Those could develop into somegood rivalries. But it takes a playoff series with a team to really get the hatred elevated.
     
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    The problem with the NBA rivalries stems from AAU, all the guys know each other from an early age.
     
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    We also remember rivelries as more then they actually were. It made for more intense games and the fans sure got into it but the players still hugged and shook hands most of the time.
     
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    LeBron vs Bulls is a good rivalry. I think they genuinely hate each other.
     
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    I wonder how much more cap space the NBA will give teams next year?
     
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    Pretty good article (long)

    "Teams that have planned carefully for cap flexibility will be unhappy when other teams simply luck into it. The players union has to look out for its entire membership, and a single-year mega-leap would benefit one slice of that membership at the expense of everyone else"

    I do not see it helping the Blazers. I see it speeding up the rebuilding process for the Lakers.
     
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  17. BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94

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    I read somewhere that 91.2mil was a possibility for 2016.
     
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    The league needs to use this money to expand.

    I would really love to see teams in Seattle, Vancouver BC and Vegas.
     
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  19. Pinwheel1

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    They don't need money to expand. They make more money when they expand. But it dilutes the product. Plus with the expanded salary cap, teams can pay more money and become deeper. More teams is a bad idea IMO.
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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