NBA fans may have to work through some growing pains this season as the way they consume games changes drastically for the first time in decades. After many years of ESPN and TNT acting as the primary broadcasters of NBA basketball, four different services will be showing games next year: ESPN, NBC, Peacock, and Amazon Prime.
While it will eventually become a new normal, it may prove a rocky transition for fans looking to find where to watch their favorite teams. Not to mention expensive, given Peacock and Prime will be separate expenses from a standard cable package, which used to be enough to catch nationally broadcast games. NBA commissioner Adam Silver was asked about the latter issue during a press conference on Wednesday and failed to take the opportunity to assuage fans' worries. Instead he offered a strange response, stating that an enormous amount of the league is available for free— via highlights, on social media platforms.
