That really stinks. NBA needs to be on TNT/TBS. Period.
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Amazon has interest in pursuing TNT's "Inside the NBA" cast following locking up NBA media rights.

"I would say, first and foremost, ‘Inside the NBA,’ we view it as the gold standard studio program," Prime Video's Jay Marine told SBJ.
https://t.co/EvDKP2u8uR via @sbj pic.twitter.com/SfF1O6Uiaz

— Sports Business Journal (@SBJ) July 25, 2024

Good luck getting EJ to leave Turner.
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Hopefully ratings go to shit
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They will. People already have a hard time getting excited for regular season basketball as it is.
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I've loved Chuck since he was in Philly, but even I would have trouble watching without EJ. He's been the consistent force since I got cable and began watching in 94-95.
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BREAKING: TBS and Warner Brothers Discovery have just filed a lawsuit against the NBA in New York County Supreme Court over the league’s rejection of WBD’s attempted match of the Amazon media rights bid (h/t @ls87NY) pic.twitter.com/WUHHPZF8z8

— Daniel Wallach (@WALLACHLEGAL) July 26, 2024

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They're going to try to replace EJ with some nobody Ryan Seacrest clone, and it's going to be awful.
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I admittedly don’t watch regular season NBA but will still turn Inside the NBA on regularly. I’d assume most people are in the same boat since ItNBA is more of a topic than the games themselves.
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I've been guilty of that. Crazy the NBA even wants to think about getting rid of that show.
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Knicks have acquired Karl-Anthony Towns from Minnesota for Julius Randle, Donte DiVincenzo and a first-round pick via Detroit, sources tell me and @JonKrawczynski. pic.twitter.com/FafQlY48Y1

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 28, 2024

!!!????
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I don't know what to think about this
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Not a KAT fan (as you know), but I think I like it for the Knicks. They’ve got better spacing and defense now with him over Randle and I think they are more of a threat to the Celtics. They’re very clearly going all in.

That’s a pretty decent package for the TWolves though. The pick is of significant value, but it is interesting that they thought they had to break up their most successful team in decades. KAT/Gobert was always a really weird fit for modern NBA.
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Have seen a couple NBA twitter accounts saying a third team needs to get involved in this for the money to work.
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Which probably means Randle is going somewhere else
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Yeah even one of the ESPN insiders now saying the same thing.

The Knicks have been in contact with multiple teams to expand this trade, sources tell ESPN.

To absorb additional salary, expect a third team to get involved.

— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) September 28, 2024

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