New Broadcast Deal Already Benefits Teams
Crickex Sign Up reports that the NBA’s long-anticipated new broadcast deal has finally been finalized. Despite ending its partnership with TNT, the league surprised many by extending its contract with ESPN and signing fresh deals with NBCUniversal and Amazon. This monumental agreement will take effect starting in the 2025–26 season and run through 2035–36, spanning 11 years with a staggering total value of $76 billion. To put that into perspective, Crickex Sign Up notes that the NBA’s previous broadcast deal—already considered astronomical—was worth $24 billion over nine years, making the new contract more than three times larger. While this deal…