Watching the 2025-26 NBA video games will likely be costlier than ever.
ESPN and TNT will now not be the primary broadcasters of NBA video games. As a substitute, 4 completely different companies from this season will showcase the sport: ESPN, NBC, Peacock, Amazon Prime.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was requested about rising NBA streaming prices and provided a wierd response.
Silver stated a number of video games to observe are free on TV. He additionally stated the highlights are an enormous a part of the sport and may very well be consumed by way of social media. Silver calls the NBA “highlights-based sports activities.”
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst has recognized the largest problem with rising prices to observe NBA video games.
He spoke with Tim Bontemps and Tim McMahon on the Hoop Collective Podcast.
“I feel the league really has an unbelievable reply to this query: Adam (silver) was in preparation and was on the way in which.
“That is right here in 2025 and he stated he by no means believed this 10 years in the past. He added that there are extra video games on free TV than there have been generations.
“The streaming problem, the excessive value just isn’t a nationwide sport. It is due to native video games as a result of these RSNs did not get an area sport for $39, $49 a month in a few of these cities.”
Peacock will host a double header each Monday, and can air two regional video games each Tuesday.
On Wednesday nights, ESPN frequently wins doubleheaders, and Amazon Prime will air Primetime video games on Thursday night time after Thursday night time’s soccer is over.
Amazon additionally airs doubleheaders on Friday nights, and ESPN typically wins video games on Fridays.
ABC will air Primetime video games on Saturday nights, similar to final yr, however Amazon Prime can even showcase daytime video games.
Sunday’s NBA video games will air on NBC as soon as Sunday night time’s soccer ends.
