NBA 2025-26

[HoneyBadger]

Some healing in the world ... the NBA is back on NBC, Josh Tesh's iconic theme is back in the NBA, and we get to admire Maria Taylor more than once a week.

 

[gnomesayin]

Buh buh buh buh buh basketball
Gimme gimme gimme the ball because I'm gonna dunk it!

Yes, the NBA on NBC just feels right, at least to this child of the '90s.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Yes, the NBA on NBC just feels right, at least to this child of the '90s.

The only sports theme more iconic than Josh Tesh's Roundball Rock is John Williams' Bulger's Dream/Olympic Fanfare ... also attached to NBC.

 

[HoneyBadger]

NBC might be the thing to get the NBA back on track. They're making a regular season doubleheader feel bigger than ESPN on ABC makes an NBA Finals series feel.

 

[HoneyBadger]

This is a hell of a game between Houston and Oklahoma City.

 

[HoneyBadger]

Going to overtime!

 

[HoneyBadger]

Warrior/Lakers underway on Peacock too.

 

[HoneyBadger]

MORE OVERTIME!

 

[HoneyBadger]

The Thunder rolls!

 

[HoneyBadger]

Steph Curry is good at basketball.

(don’t mind me, I’m new to the NBA)

 

[HoneyBadger]

I would marry Maria Taylor.

 

[FLRacingFan]

The AI Jim Fagan voiceover is a bit too much nostalgia bait for me, but no question that NBC is a breath of fresh air to NBA coverage and net more overall exposure for the league. ESPN trading for the Inside crew was fantastic as well - the show tonight was indistinguishable from its TNT production outside of the network logo.

 

[FLRacingFan]

Wemby is gonna win the damn MVP if he stays healthy for most of the year. ‘Alien’ indeed.

 

[Blaze]

Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat's Terry Rozier arrested in federal gambling-related investigation

Rozier was arrested Thursday morning in Orlando, according to two senior law enforcement officials.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Blaze]

 

[HoneyBadger]

ESPN trading for the Inside crew was fantastic as well - the show tonight was indistinguishable from its TNT production outside of the network logo.

That's because it's literally being produced by TNT Sports.

 

[FLRacingFan]

That's because it's literally being produced by TNT Sports.

And fortunately ESPN is completely hands off and hasn’t tried to ‘influence’ it in any way. It’s only for certain portions of the season but the less we have to see Kendrick Perkins and SAS the better.

ESPN using more Tim Legler is also a move in the right direction.

 

[HoneyBadger]

And fortunately ESPN is completely hands off and hasn’t tried to ‘influence’ it in any way. It’s only for certain portions of the season but the less we have to see Kendrick Perkins and SAS the better.

ESPN using more Tim Legler is also a move in the right direction.

I think it was part of the settlement between the NBA and WB Discovery, that TNT produces the show without interference.

 

[rd45usa]

Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat's Terry Rozier arrested in federal gambling-related investigation

Rozier was arrested Thursday morning in Orlando, according to two senior law enforcement officials.

www.nbcnews.com

Just waiting for the NFL to be next.

 

[muggle not]

Just waiting for the NFL to be next.

If guilty, throw the book at them. Especially in the NBA, how much money do they need. It ruins the game for all fans.

 

[Charlie Spencer]

Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat's Terry Rozier arrested in federal gambling-related investigation

Rozier was arrested Thursday morning in Orlando, according to two senior law enforcement officials.

www.nbcnews.com

And these are just the people that got caught. Anyone think there aren't more?

This is the result of sanctioning bodies partnering with gambling firms at the organizational level while barring the actual competitors from wagering.

 

[HoneyBadger]

 

[gnomesayin]

This is the result of sanctioning bodies partnering with gambling firms at the organizational level while barring the actual competitors from wagering.

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Generally yes, this was a terrible precedent for the major sports leagues to set in the quest to gobble up more revenue.

Regarding what has been reported about these stories so far, the investigations and alleged crimes seem to stretch back several years. In the Billups case, they involve underground mafia-connected poker games that could have been a thing 20, 40, or even 100 years ago. Some really old-school vice utilizing some fancy new tech.

 

[rd45usa]

This is just the tip of the iceberg on sports betting, it will go much deeper than the NBA.