The Bally Sports activities community is owned by Diamond Sports activities and is reportedly hanging on by a monetary thread. The NBA not too long ago introduced a brand new nationwide media rights deal (with ESPN/ABC, NBC and Amazon), which kicks in for the 2025-26 season. It may additionally mark the tip of groups’ association with Bally.
“Previous to us finishing our nationwide offers, I feel 18 of our RSNs had been both defunct or in chapter,” Silver instructed reporters. “So if you happen to look again, kind of simply graph it over the previous couple of years by way of each decline in variety of properties lined by these RSNs and decline in income, that’s the actuality in that side of our enterprise, and it’s one thing we’re paying a number of consideration to.”
Magic
The Magic superior to the Jap Convention playoffs final season, stretching their collection towards the Cavaliers to seven video games. Now, they’ve a championship-winning guard in former Nugget Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and that might make this younger group a real darkish horse within the 2025 NBA playoffs.
“The 2-time NBA champion is among the league’s greatest position gamers and provides quick seasoning to a younger Magic roster that’s seeking to construct on its playoff look this previous season,” wrote Chris Herring of ESPN. “Caldwell-Pope, 31, offers Orlando one more robust wing defender to pair with stoppers Jalen Suggs and Jonathan Isaac.”
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“Extra particularly, he additionally offers the Magic one thing they sorely lacked in 2023-24: perimeter taking pictures. No group made fewer 3s than Orlando final season, however Caldwell-Pope has hit greater than 100 in every of his previous 4 campaigns — taking pictures over 40% on his 3s throughout that stretch.”
Warriors
The Warriors and ahead Jonathan Kuminga seem like at a standstill in terms of a contract extension.
“Kuminga and Moses Moody are each extension eligible as they enter the ultimate season of their rookie offers,” Anthony Slater of The Athletic wrote final week. “The deadline to get one thing completed is Oct. 21 or they may enter restricted free company subsequent July. Six weeks out and there hasn’t been vital progress towards a deal in both case, league sources mentioned.”
Kuminga is predicted to finally change Andrew Wiggins as a starter, because the Warriors reportedly made sure to maintain Kuminga out of commerce talks.
“Kuminga’s state of affairs would be the one tracked closest, contemplating his stature and potential price ticket,” Slater wrote. “Drafted seventh total within the 2021 NBA Draft, he’s expressed a want to stay with the Warriors long-term when requested up to now. However these brighter feedback and emotions have usually come when his courtroom alternatives have been on the upswing and his place as a big rotational puzzle piece felt safe.”
