"The biggest lesson from Inside the NBA's first season on ESPN isn't that the show suddenly became less talented, less entertaining, or less insightful. It's that audiences can't engage with a show they rarely see."
"...if we can deliver scale or deliver a critical mass and maybe even include it as part of a national arrangement we’re negotiating right now, those opportunities are very intriguing."
Manfred noted that the league currently plans to produce broadcasts for both the Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks in 2024, like it did for roughly half of the 2023 MLB season.
"The biggest lesson from Inside the NBA's first season on ESPN isn't that the show suddenly became less talented, less entertaining, or less insightful. It's that audiences can't engage with a show they rarely see."