Diamond Sports activities Group – the dad or mum firm of the Bally Sports activities regional networks – introduced on Friday that it has reached an settlement with the NBA to proceed native broadcasts for 13 groups for the 2024/25 season, in keeping with Evan Drellich and Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic.
Diamond’s agreements, together with a take care of the NHL to proceed broadcasting 9 groups’ video games, will have to be authorized by a federal chapter decide. That listening to is scheduled for September 3, per Drellich and Vorkunov. Whereas the brand new offers will solely cowl the 2024/25 season for now, they may prolong past that if Diamond will get out of chapter.
Diamond gained’t be transferring ahead on offers with the Pelicans or the Mavericks, in keeping with Friday’s announcement. The Pelicans information was reported earlier this month, with the group planning to broadcasting its video games at no cost over the air via Grey TV.
The Mavericks’ broadcast plans for the approaching season stay unclear. Nevertheless, The Athletic characterised the cut up with Dallas as mutual, and an NBA spokesperson instructed The Dallas Morning Information that the Mavs “declined to proceed distributing their video games” via Diamond/Bally Sports activities, so it sounds just like the membership has a brand new plan within the works.
The 13 groups whose video games will proceed to air on Diamond’s regional sports activities networks in 2024/25 are the Hawks, Hornets, Cavaliers, Pistons, Pacers, Clippers, Grizzlies, Warmth, Bucks, Timberwolves, Thunder, Magic, and Spurs.
Listed here are a number of extra odds and ends from across the basketball world:
- Saturday’s farewell sport in honor of Goran Dragic‘s retirement – dubbed “The Night time of the Dragon,” will stream on the NBA App at 2:00 pm Jap time, the league introduced as we speak (Twitter hyperlink). Luka Doncic and Nikola Jokic will group up as a part of “Staff Luka,” whereas Dragic’s roster options former MVP Steve Nash. Eurohoops revealed the total rosters on Twitter.
- Talking to reporters forward of Dragic’s farewell sport, Dirk Nowitzki advised that he wish to proceed working in basketball in some capability, however he doesn’t plan on changing into a full-time coach for any group. “I don’t assume I see teaching in my future,” Nowitzki mentioned, per Cesare Milanti of Eurohoops. “Issues might change in a short time, however I don’t see myself as a group coach. I see extra myself as a person coach.”
- Former Bucks assistant Josh Oppenheimer has accepted a job on Porter Moser‘s teaching employees at Oklahoma, studies Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter hyperlink). Milwaukee parted methods with Oppenheimer – who had a “shut working relationship” with Giannis Antetokounmpo, in keeping with Wojnarowski – again in Could as Doc Rivers made adjustments to his employees forward of his first full season with the Bucks.
