The NBA announced an 11-year national television deal with Disney , Comcast, and Amazon last July, airing all nationally televised games from the 2025-26 season through the 2035-36 season on ABC , ESPN, NBA TV, Peacock , and Amazon Prime. The deal netted the NBA roughly $76 billion.

NBA Hall of Famer and analyst Charles Barkley recently expressed his discontent with where the league is headed on the Bill Simmons Podcast , even asserting that the association doesn't care about its fans.

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"I think the NBA has a big problem," said Barkley. "Sometimes the game is gonna be on Peacock. And it's not gonna be on NBC . I think that's a huge dilemma for the NBA ."

Simmons responded, "Guess what, t

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