June 27, 2023

Andrew Marchand

1 hour 3 minutes

In the final episode of the first season of “The Ariel Helwani Basketball Show,” we look toward the future.

With the NBA’s broadcast deal set to expire at the end of the 2023-24 season, it’s unclear whether the NBA will re-up its long-standing partnerships with TNT and ESPN. As we tread deeper into the waters of the streaming era, it’s quite possible the NBA could find a new TV home in the coming years.

And so Ariel Helwani calls upon Andrew Marchand, the world’s No. 1 expert in all things sports media, to make sense of this crazy world the NBA is about to find itself in. The guys discuss topics like:

How this past season’s recent NBA ratings will affect upcoming negotiations (12:47)

The differences between TNT and ESPN and how they each approach their coverage of the NBA (20:25)

Marchand’s prediction for how the NBA media package will look once the current deal ends (26:28)

If NBC, the home of the NBA in the 1990s, has a legitimate shot at getting NBA rights in the next deal (30:04)

Recently retired players and coaches who make good candidates for transitioning to the broadcast booth (50:52)

Plus, Marchand gives Ariel his dream NBA broadcast trio and he also talks about LeBron James’ prospects as a broadcaster once he calls it quits.

Andrew Marchand is a writer for The New York Post. The leading voice when it comes to covering sports media, Marchand is also the host of “The Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast” alongside John Ourand of Sports Business Journal. Formerly of ESPN, Marchand is the go-to for everything about broadcasting deals, industry gossip, on-air talent drama, and more.

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