"The industry has spent decades telling talent to be genuine, build trust, and create authentic relationships with listeners. Yet when those same qualities extend beyond sports and into the realities of the business itself, they can suddenly be viewed as liabilities instead of strengths."
"The NBA has a long history of collaborating with talented creators who share our commitment to bringing the excitement of our games and events to fans around the world."
"If you go to an NBA game on Thursday night, you expect to see us. You don’t just expect to see LeBron play. You expect to see Chuck, Shaq, Kenny and Ernie play too."
Credit the TNT crew with playing things about level — nobody tried to pretend this was anything other than a freestyle show — but there is just such a limited audience for the kind of tripe that was on the court in Indianapolis.
The broadcast reached 11.6 million unique viewers across networks, up 20 percent vs. last year. Its average of 5.5 million viewers was up 14 percent YoY.
"It is down 27% from last year. It is also significantly lower than 2021, which saw the smallest audience ever to that point, with an average of under 6 million tuning in."
"The industry has spent decades telling talent to be genuine, build trust, and create authentic relationships with listeners. Yet when those same qualities extend beyond sports and into the realities of the business itself, they can suddenly be viewed as liabilities instead of strengths."
"I, somehow, have been able to survive and adapt. My career is full of different chapters. Every one of those chapters, I never really knew if I’d make it out of it."