NBA Ratings Decline Could Lead to TNT Dropping the League

[TMC]

The NBA is preparing to enter negotiations for their next broadcasting rights deal with television networks...and Adam Silver is looking to triple the current deal. This has Warner Brothers CEO David Zaslav contemplating TNT's future with the NBA.

We reveal and react to a recent Forbes interview with David Zaslav...where he made some interesting comments about the NBA. We analyze NBA ratings under the old deal prior to 2016...and compare those ratings to NBA ratings under the current deal. We discuss how Adam Silver is overvaluing the NBA...and explain why the NBA needs TNT more than TNT needs the NBA.

[Mikey Osmond]

NBA is definitely best on TNT.

[Yong Fang]

The NBA doesnt really interest me that much, unless my hometown team the Memphis Grizzlies are having a good season and made strides in the post season. I am concerned if Memphis won the NBA championship and the thugs and the crazy people burn down the city. But that maybe is an unfounded fear.

The NBA season is just way too long, from November until June.

[AMackII]

Ratings Decline?? I Disagree on that, NBA Broadcasts belong here on TNT & ABC/ESPN

[Sal]

I think it's great! They can remove the NBA and add the NHL. That would be a major upgrade!

[TJ]

Originally Posted by Sal

I think it's great! They can remove the NBA and add the NHL. That would be a major upgrade!

They already have the NHL as of last season. Their contract is for 7 years. The NHL is in pretty good shape in the USA with them being on ESPN as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL_on_TNT

I don't watch many complete NBA games. I would miss Inside the NBA if TNT lost the package. They have a very fun and entertaining show.