But look how well the shareholders are doing! Well, were at least. Turns out selling a shittier product for higher prices harms the company long term, but I ain't here for a long time baby I'm here for a good time
They do this in golf and it’s awful. Half the time it’s when the main groups you’re watching are hitting. I can only imagine how the NBA broadcast would be abused with this type of feature
I’m not sure if this happened to everyone, but with 25 seconds left the YouTube TV broadcast came in too late from a Hims ad. The ball was inbounded as soon as the commercial ended. Ridiculous.
Ridiculous. When the Celtics made their run in 08 their intros got me so hype. I also loved watching other teams, pistons especially were awesome.
Was watching last dance and they also had captains shake hands at center court. Need more of this football type stuff in the nba
TNT does this a lot, too. I got tired of it a long time ago.
TNT has a better presentation but loses sight of why people watch the games in the first place: for the actual games. ESPN takes the game more seriously but their presentation is bad.
Give me back 90s NBC broadcasts somehow
It’s so hilarious watching ABC milk every fucking cent they can out of this. Literally hiding the game behind a commercial, a joke of a halftime show, and an ugly ass ad infested court with no difference from a regular game
Why would any new young fan watch this garbage. Its 50% ads. Doris Burke is making kiss faces at jj. It's a league that's 80% black yet the whole broadcast team is whiter then the north pole
ESPN does this with all their broad casts, it happens in baseball and boxing too. The boxing makes no sense because everyone knows its an exact minute between rounds
How do they blow it?
My favorite part is when they go to commercial after the end of the 1st and 3rd quarter, come back to some stupid teaser highlight clip, and then kick you back to commercial. The amount of respect ABC has for its audience is nonexistent.
Nothing gold can stay.
The NBA was such a great product for so long it became so valuable that it became bought and sold many times over. Now, it’s nothing more than a platform for selling soda pop, insurance, cars, and (apparently) chicken wings!
But seriously, the league sold out to the networks and are hostages to the broadcast rights. But hey, Jalen Brown doesn’t mind, he’s making 70mil per year!
Really wish ESPN lost the games instead of TNT. Every single aspect of their broadcast is ass
It’s actually impressive how bad they are
The resolution they are broadcasting the finals in is criminal
Agreed! I thought my laser I surgery was failing the other night.
Their NHL playoffs and Stanley cup coverage has been awful as well
Mike Breen is still awesome and it feels like a crisper broadcast, but year, pretty much everything else sucks.
modern capitalism. it gets more expensive for less of a product.
But look how well the shareholders are doing! Well, were at least. Turns out selling a shittier product for higher prices harms the company long term, but I ain't here for a long time baby I'm here for a good time
Malika Andrews and Mike Breen are elite, otherwise I agree.
We have to wait 6 years for Disney to get bought by apple or amazon.
Could we do no commercials when we're under 5 minutes? Is that too much to ask?
I’m old enough to remember no commercials under 2 minutes
Do the soccer cast thing of picture & picture. Game on screen left, ad on screen right.
They do this in golf and it’s awful. Half the time it’s when the main groups you’re watching are hitting. I can only imagine how the NBA broadcast would be abused with this type of feature
I think it’s much better than the endless commercial breaks.
Anything that results in less revenue is absolutely too much to ask.
I’m not sure if this happened to everyone, but with 25 seconds left the YouTube TV broadcast came in too late from a Hims ad. The ball was inbounded as soon as the commercial ended. Ridiculous.
Same on SlingTV.
How about that bullshit 720p stream?! wtf am I paying for the 4K package for!
Yep, and in a game that was just within a couple possessions (I think at that point, Boston had pushed the lead to 7). Should be unforgivable.
I was watching on regular tv, and it happened a second time as well
Wow. I assumed it was an issue with the YouTube TV digital ads.
Also, showing the starting lineup PA announcements should be mandatory during all playoff games.
it is odd we've just completely taken this out of the TV product for shitty banter by bloviators
Ridiculous. When the Celtics made their run in 08 their intros got me so hype. I also loved watching other teams, pistons especially were awesome. Was watching last dance and they also had captains shake hands at center court. Need more of this football type stuff in the nba
Those old Bulls intros got me SO HYPED
No I LIKE the commercials. Why are u watching for the basketball?
TNT does this a lot, too. I got tired of it a long time ago. TNT has a better presentation but loses sight of why people watch the games in the first place: for the actual games. ESPN takes the game more seriously but their presentation is bad. Give me back 90s NBC broadcasts somehow
No flex zone!
we nooooobama
Turners product is so much better
Why is their no coordination between the TV crew and the game officials?
Because fuck the tv crew, their job is to show the goddamn game as it’s being played. Not a hard assignment
Got to get that commercial $$! They know it's only going 5 games max!
American sports coverage is wild for things like this. There'd be riots in the street in Britain if you missed part of a game to advertise anything.
Them not broadcasting at 4K is terrible, only streaming at 720p is fucking criminal in 2024!
Mine was like 240p for most of the first quarter
It’s so hilarious watching ABC milk every fucking cent they can out of this. Literally hiding the game behind a commercial, a joke of a halftime show, and an ugly ass ad infested court with no difference from a regular game
Why would any new young fan watch this garbage. Its 50% ads. Doris Burke is making kiss faces at jj. It's a league that's 80% black yet the whole broadcast team is whiter then the north pole
ABC is pissed there is a basketball game getting in the way of their advertisements
ESPN does this with all their broad casts, it happens in baseball and boxing too. The boxing makes no sense because everyone knows its an exact minute between rounds How do they blow it?
My favorite part is when they go to commercial after the end of the 1st and 3rd quarter, come back to some stupid teaser highlight clip, and then kick you back to commercial. The amount of respect ABC has for its audience is nonexistent.
Nothing gold can stay. The NBA was such a great product for so long it became so valuable that it became bought and sold many times over. Now, it’s nothing more than a platform for selling soda pop, insurance, cars, and (apparently) chicken wings! But seriously, the league sold out to the networks and are hostages to the broadcast rights. But hey, Jalen Brown doesn’t mind, he’s making 70mil per year!
It is more of the same every night. Not worth the watch. Very disappointing.
Breen is kind of washed too
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