2024–25 NBA season
[86] In November 2024, it was further announced that ESPN2 would show an alternate broadcast of the first game, San Antonio–New York, that will use Hawk-Eye and other Sony-owned technology to render a live animated version of the contest portrayed by Mickey Mouse universe characters.[81][83] For the third consecutive season, the league held NBA Rivals Week from January 21 to 25, 2024, with each nationally televised game featuring "classic and budding rivalries between teams and players".[81] For the first time, ABC's March 2 edition of NBA Sunday Showcase will be a lead-in the network's coverage of the 97th Academy Awards.[80] On the final day of the regular season, Sunday, April 13, two games with playoff implications will be flexed into ESPN's afternoon doubleheader.[80] This is the second, and last, season that the streaming service Max will have live access to TNT's games on its Bleacher Report Sports Add-on tier.[91][92] The Portland Trail Blazers and Root Sports mutually agreed to end their television agreement prior to the season.Despite being a long-term deal, if Diamond Sports is unable to get a bankruptcy plan approved by the court, the agreement will expire following the end of the season.[99][100] Meanwhile, the Pelicans announced a new agreement with Gray Television, under which games will be broadcast by the new Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network, with WVUE-DT in New Orleans as flagship.[110] The Thunder will air games on Griffin Media owned KWTV-DT or KSBI (in Oklahoma City) and KOTV-DT or KQCW-DT (in Tulsa).He was replaced by a cast of rotating analysts joining Mike Breen and Doris Burke on the network's lead announce team.[116] The Boston Celtics promoted backup TV play-by-play announcer Drew Carter to full time this season following the retirement of Mike Gorman.[117] The San Antonio Spurs hired Jacob Tobey to be their new TV play-by-play announcer this season following the retirement of Bill Land.
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