Tag: NBA

"Fanta will handle play-by-play duties next Tuesday night for the matchup between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Portland Trail Blazers."

"NBC had the Super Bowl in the middle of the Olympics. Then had the NBA All Star game in the middle of the Olympics. But they’re not going to stop having the Olympics. They still want their Olympics prime time, so they moved everything up."

"If sports radio truly believes its hosts are the most trusted voices in the market, then the time has come to prove it — not after the game, not the next morning, but live, in the moment, as part of the experience itself."

"I want to make sure that I’m doing the due diligence for all of those people who have been watching for decades."

"This is like working one day a week at your job and being upset that the person who works 50 hours a week, five days a week, makes more money than you."

"Leagues can survive temporary ratings dips and negative media cycles. What they can’t survive is indifference. Indifference creeps in when fans start asking, “Is he playing?” before they ask, “What time is tipoff?”

"This is nonsense. We paid for your product, not for people sitting on the bench."

"I don’t think I do what ‘Woj,’ Shams, or any of the great people who have come through Yahoo have done. I came here to collectively build something great, and I feel we are."

"BasketCast has intrinsic value because, through the wingspan of NBA TV, it brings these slick pockets of pro basketball intelligence to a widespread national audience."

"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."