ericradford2142 I'm laughing my ass off because some years back me and my friends would be watching the nfl games and they didn't realize what I was talking about when I said they only play the slowed down melodic version when a player was injured and they believed when every game on Fox watching the Sunday Ticket they was like damn we never realized and said I was right.😂😂😂
Bulls won 6, Lakers won 3, My Rockets won 2, and the Spurs Was able to get one in 99! But, there were so many teams that were VERY close to picking some of these. Suns, Knicks, Pacers, Jazz, Sonics, Blazers. A lot of the bulls NBA finals series were down to just one Clutch Play by the Bulls! 🔥 Paxson in 93, Jordan in 98 Etc! For the rockets, Just imagine if Olajuwon DIDN’T block John Starks 3 in Game 6, the Knicks might have taken one of the rockets titles away, SO GLAD that block happened! 🔥 Olajuwon my favorite Center to play!
@@n1c704 I believe the Bulls would have lost in either 94 or 95 to the Rockets. The Rockets didn't have anyone that could have stopped Jordan, but the Bulls didn't have anyone who could stop Hakeem. Jordan did come back in '95 after all-star break, and they lost to the Magic...the same team the Rockets swept in the finals that same year. Now, we all know that wasn't the same Jordan, but the Rockets were a very well-rounded team just like the Bulls. It would come down to who would have the bigger impact: Hakeem or Jordan, and I think the Rockets win one of those series. Hakeem was the best center during that small stretch, which included Robinson, Shaquille, Ewing, etc. and Jordan's Bulls never had a dominant center. Jordan puts Hakeem on his all-time starting 5 for what it's worth. Would have been one of the best series of all time
This is what made the NBA the best ever during this era. Jordan, Rockets, Barkley, Miller vs. Knicks, Stockton/Malone, Lakers 3-Peat, Admiral. I loved this period.
KWCline91 those where real rivalries bulls-knicks pacers-knicks lakers-kings suns-sonics heat-knicks wow i just realize knicks where hated by more teams anyways rockets-jazz and nbc knew how to pump it up more i remember the 1994 all-star game they where interviewing pippen and ewing at same time and ask you guys face each other next week here on nbc but just for tonight you guys are friends right and niether 1 reply back thats how much hatred was back then and made the game more personal and fun
If anything, they should've started showing the NBA on NBC back in the mid 80s. Think of what they would've shown if it wasn't on CBS----the last Bird vs Magic NBA finals, the dawn of the Bad Boys, Bird's steal, the hayday of the Bulls-Pistons rivalry, the shot and the beginnings of several great careers (Stockton, Miller, Ewing, Malone etc).
NBA shouldn’t have never left NBC. This was the end of the NBA as we know it, it hasn’t been the same since. Still good but not great like it was in the 90s. Anybody that grew up watching this in the 90s would understand
Yes man! I feel you on this one. This was my childhood during the 90’s. It was like a magical feeling, especially during the playoffs on NBC. Everything from the opening theme music, to the excellent play-by-play announcing, to the electric atmosphere of watching the games at home. What an experience it was! You’re right, Philly it just hasn’t been the same since.
All this happened in 2002 where I felt like my childhood was ruined. The NBA on NBC came to an end. Disney's One Saturday Morning came to an end on ABC. Then Fox Kids came to an end as well.
You can never beat this era of the NBA..NBA on NBC growing up as a kid was something I will never forget..after espn and abc took over they have brought it down if I had a choice to watch the NBA today or women's crochet I would choose women's crochet..RIP NBA on NBC!!!
Nothing beats looking back at remembering the real true golden era of pure professional 🏀 basketball greatness of the NBA ON NBC (1990-2002). Amazing 12 telecast Year run that began on November 3rd, 1990, then it ended at June 12th, 2002. - This was way back when superstars don't need to be jumping around to form super teams from where we all had Real players, real passion, real defense, real sportsmanship, real love for the game before the old school dream team era ended in 2003 then it went downhill becoming known as the modern soft era. 1992 is where I grew up with the league along with my favorite childhood flim Space Jam released on 11/15th 1996. No matter what happens in the league of the here & now, I'm still a loyal Chicago Bulls fan. Teamwork, Defense & Perseverance win NBA Championships🏆. Thanks For The Incredible Memories. The In - Season & Play - In Tournaments?! Today's NBA as we all know it just went way too soft. 22 years has passed & it's sad that we'll never see an NBA team 3-peat again.
Chicago Bulls brought me to the NBA on NBC back in 1991 when they first won the NBA championship in the 1st repeat with Michael Jordan and his teammates and again in the 2nd 3-peat but it was an honor to be part of the Last Dance when I was a little boy!!!!
Even the WNBA on NBC was worth watching. ESPN/ABC tries to much to manufacture drama instead of building on it naturally like NBC did. It seemed like NBC and CBS before that really embraced the league and it's brand potential.
My issue with ABC (Disney)/ESPN is, it's all watered down. The timing couldn't have been worse. The only time I ever watched the NBA (after '02) was a year later. It sure wasn't the same. Wide World Of Sports should have still be on. Thank God for the Spanish/foreign channels (I love their real, raw, old-school style/approach).
I’m hearing rumors that ESPN/ABC might cut ties with the NBA after 20 years. This means NBC has a shot to get the NBA back which would be happy joys for us basketball 🏀 fans.
The sad end of the very best, and ultimate golden era of basketball. The Clippers and Grizzlies could play each-other, and NBC could still have somehow found a way make that game seem epic, like it was Game 7 of the NBA Finals, or at least close to it! That, and made you want to go outside and play some basketball as soon as you were done watching it on that great channel. It's too bad they can't take back the NBA, while ESPN should just have the NHL once more. That of which was the ONE sport they actually DID do right (unlike the other three), but unfortunately no longer have!
If I was commissioner of the NBA, I'd make 2016 ABC/ESPN's FINAL YEAR covering the NBA, then give the rights back to NBC to start the 2016-17 season. ABC and ESPN have screwed up NBA coverage for THE LAST TIME! Commissioner Silver, please....rethink your decision on the network deals following the 2015-16 season. We NBA fans have waited 13 years for the NBA on NBC, what's 1 more year compared to the 9 you'd be making us wait if you go through with this? BRING BACK THE NBA ON NBC!
So sad when the said goodbye to the NBA. I remember hearing "Roundball Rock" over and over again their first season during the 1991 finals with when the Bulls and Lakers played each other.
I just realized something: in the 12 years on NBC only one team didn't repeat (San Antonio); outside of them, everyone else repeated (Bulls 2 3-peats, Rockets back to back, Lakers 3-peat)
With the NHL leaving NBC at the end of the season it's a long shot I know but NBC should try to go after the NBA again. It's a long shot but never say never
Classic! I think CBS closing montage was a hair better. How will ESPN/ABC go out? Who knows, the NBA is mighty profitable now and has plenty of "stars" to keep it relevant. NBC made a huge mistake back then, not riding out the "after Jordan" trail. If one thing history had shown us, and obviously the suits at NBC didn't understand is..."there is ALWAYS another". If they had rode it out, LeBron was just 4 years away.
sigh, miss these days. end of an era. NBA On ABC is boring imo. I liked NBA On ABC when it was started, but once the 2010's came, i thought it went downhill
Picture that the NBA on NBC had the two of the greatest play-by-play guys in Mike Breen and of course, Marv Albert. From Michael's 6 championships to Los Angeles' three-peat. Man, NBC's coverage was simply not just ordinary.
This was right in the middle of a dark period for NBC having lost the NFL in 1998 and MLB in 2000. After losing the NBA, they had none of the four major sports in North America for four years and only had the PGA Tour and the Olympics as their major properties until the NFL and NHL came back to NBC in 2006. Since then they have added the English Premier League, Indycar, acquired the British Open and regained the US Open. Hopefully NBC doesn't enter another dark period going forward even though they are losing the NHL at the end of this season and may lose the Premier League at the end of this upcoming season.
the end of real basketball this was the phil jackson era he won 9 out of the 12 championships that nbc had and he didnt coach 1 year the other years jordan was retired nba on nbc was the best of times
NBC is in the works of bidding for the NBA TV rights for 2025 during this years playoffs, but Turner is the odd one out. Anyways this is good news for us roundball rock fans.
I hope the closing credits for the NHL on NBC when they appear this Sunday (or earlier if Tampa wins the Stanley Cup before Sunday) are as good as this. I also hope that the NBA returns to NBC in 2024 when the current deal with ESPN/ABC expires.
I was sad when Dick Stockton saw off the NBA on CBS. The NBA on NBC seemed silly...then it became the gold standard. ABC gets a lot of crap, but they've gotten MUCH better as the years have gone by. That first Finals with Brad Nessler and Tom Tolbert was symbolic as the Spurs and Nets was the worst Finals I've watched. Lowest rated Finals in the modern era. But they got better. It's not on NBC's level, but it's absolutely watchable now.
RIP Bill Walton, Steve Jones & Kobe Bryant.
Rip Bill Walton, Steve ‘Snapper’ Jones & Kobe ‘Bean’ Bryant. You legends will never be forgotten
22 years later, the NBA on NBC is back 😮
RIP Bill Walton
November 5, 1952-May 27, 2024
RIP to a basketball legend
NBA on NBC had such a professional class that never truly was reproduced on any other network.
23 years later and the NBA returns to NBC. RIP NBA on TNT
this is really sad. i rather see NBA back on NBC, than to see it on ABC.
Kim Martin or FOX as well as long as they don't play the FOX injury music whenever a player is injured.
ericradford2142 I'm laughing my ass off because some years back me and my friends would be watching the nfl games and they didn't realize what I was talking about when I said they only play the slowed down melodic version when a player was injured and they believed when every game on Fox watching the Sunday Ticket they was like damn we never realized and said I was right.😂😂😂
I like ABC because it has the ESPN crew
ABC/ESPN is horrendous.
@@ericjohnson4514 I thought I was the only one. It's like somebody died.
RIP Bill Walton what a legend
4 teams won the NBA championship during the 12 year NBC run...
Roundball Rock is the greatest sports theme in History
Bulls won 6, Lakers won 3, My Rockets won 2, and the Spurs Was able to get one in 99!
But, there were so many teams that were VERY close to picking some of these. Suns, Knicks, Pacers, Jazz, Sonics, Blazers. A lot of the bulls NBA finals series were down to just one Clutch Play by the Bulls! 🔥 Paxson in 93, Jordan in 98 Etc!
For the rockets, Just imagine if Olajuwon DIDN’T block John Starks 3 in Game 6, the Knicks might have taken one of the rockets titles away, SO GLAD that block happened! 🔥 Olajuwon my favorite Center to play!
@@Biggrittzimagine if Jordan never retired and the Rockets played against the Bulls in the finals.
@@n1c704 I believe the Bulls would have lost in either 94 or 95 to the Rockets. The Rockets didn't have anyone that could have stopped Jordan, but the Bulls didn't have anyone who could stop Hakeem. Jordan did come back in '95 after all-star break, and they lost to the Magic...the same team the Rockets swept in the finals that same year. Now, we all know that wasn't the same Jordan, but the Rockets were a very well-rounded team just like the Bulls. It would come down to who would have the bigger impact: Hakeem or Jordan, and I think the Rockets win one of those series. Hakeem was the best center during that small stretch, which included Robinson, Shaquille, Ewing, etc. and Jordan's Bulls never had a dominant center. Jordan puts Hakeem on his all-time starting 5 for what it's worth. Would have been one of the best series of all time
Phil Jackson won 9 of those 😮
This is what made the NBA the best ever during this era. Jordan, Rockets, Barkley, Miller vs. Knicks, Stockton/Malone, Lakers 3-Peat, Admiral. I loved this period.
KWCline91 those where real rivalries bulls-knicks pacers-knicks lakers-kings suns-sonics heat-knicks wow i just realize knicks where hated by more teams anyways rockets-jazz and nbc knew how to pump it up more i remember the 1994 all-star game they where interviewing pippen and ewing at same time and ask you guys face each other next week here on nbc but just for tonight you guys are friends right and niether 1 reply back thats how much hatred was back then and made the game more personal and fun
If anything, they should've started showing the NBA on NBC back in the mid 80s. Think of what they would've shown if it wasn't on CBS----the last Bird vs Magic NBA finals, the dawn of the Bad Boys, Bird's steal, the hayday of the Bulls-Pistons rivalry, the shot and the beginnings of several great careers (Stockton, Miller, Ewing, Malone etc).
jail blazers as well
Don't forget the Bulls' TWO threepeats.
RIP Bill Walton
RIP Kobe Bryant
RIP Steve “Snapper” Jones
Saddest day in my years following sports broadcasting.
This makes me cry every single time. I knew at the time it would never be the same again. I just didn't anticipate how much worse it would get.
I never liked the idea that ABC had the nba rights. I wanted it to continue for a long time.
NBA during the 90's best time in pro basketball and on NBC.
The saddest Day in NBA Sports Broadcasting History...Please Bring Back NBA on NBC
After bill Walton and Steve called out the league and officials on national TV during the WCF "02 finals. NBA on NBC got canceled
chicagobullsfan03 NBC was outbid by ABC/ESPN in 2001.
it's about to be 20 years and i still miss hearing that theme song
NBA on NBC (1990-2002)
NBA shouldn’t have never left NBC. This was the end of the NBA as we know it, it hasn’t been the same since. Still good but not great like it was in the 90s. Anybody that grew up watching this in the 90s would understand
They definitely will be back on NBC or sign with Fox when their tv deals are up
Yes man! I feel you on this one. This was my childhood during the 90’s. It was like a magical feeling, especially during the playoffs on NBC. Everything from the opening theme music, to the excellent play-by-play announcing, to the electric atmosphere of watching the games at home. What an experience it was! You’re right, Philly it just hasn’t been the same since.
Unfortunately there is no way NBC will ever outbid ABC/ESPN (Disney) for the Game of the Week & Playoffs ☹️
@@dreamcage1801 I doubt it. No reason to think it won't stay on ESPN/ABC and TNT.
@@dreamcage1801 Fox ruins everything it touches.
This is the NBA I grew up with and will always remember
Same here and I want that back
R.I.P. Kobe Bryant
R.I.P. Steve "Snapper" Jones
R.I.P Kobe Bryant
Yes, I enjoyed the banter between him and Bill Walton over the years ….. great memories and may he rest peacefully.
RIP Dock Enberg
RIP Marv Albert
RIP Bill Walton
The NBA on NBC was my childhood I miss those days
My pops used to record games on NBC when I was a shrimpo
Glad that NBC is coming back to the NBA in two years it looks.
RIP Inside the NBA on TNT though... they might get wrecked in the new media deal
It's been 17 years since this final broadcast. Thank you,NBC for bringing us the NBA's greatest moments.
NBC is trying to get the NBA rights back
rip bill walton，and welcome back NBA ON NBC
Rest In Heaven Kobe Bryant!!!!
RIP Steve “Snapper” Jones.
But isn't he a rapist?
Damn, I miss the NBA on NBC!
Me to
I love it so much and miss it a lot.
R.I.P. Bill Walton
It was a privilege to watch all twelve seasons as they happened. I'm so glad I was alive during this time, it all feels like yesterday.
All this happened in 2002 where I felt like my childhood was ruined. The NBA on NBC came to an end. Disney's One Saturday Morning came to an end on ABC. Then Fox Kids came to an end as well.
i was born in 2002 lmao
Also TNBC ended that year as well
agreed i was 11 when this all happened
@@chadbaughman401 TNBC?
@@georgeespinoza245 Yea
R.I.P bill walton. Would have been nice to see him come back when the nba goes back to nbc 😢.
I fell in love with basketball during this time because of Kobe Bryant and the NBA on NBC theme song
You can never beat this era of the NBA..NBA on NBC growing up as a kid was something I will never forget..after espn and abc took over they have brought it down if I had a choice to watch the NBA today or women's crochet I would choose women's crochet..RIP NBA on NBC!!!
Nothing beats looking back at remembering the real true golden era of pure professional 🏀 basketball greatness of the NBA ON NBC (1990-2002).
Amazing 12 telecast Year run that began on November 3rd, 1990, then it ended at June 12th, 2002. -
This was way back when superstars don't need to be jumping around to form super teams from where we all had Real players, real passion, real defense, real sportsmanship, real love for the game before the old school dream team era ended in 2003 then it went downhill becoming known as the modern soft era.
1992 is where I grew up with the league along with my favorite childhood flim Space Jam released on 11/15th 1996.
No matter what happens in the league of the here & now,
I'm still a loyal Chicago Bulls fan.
Teamwork, Defense & Perseverance win NBA Championships🏆.
Thanks For The Incredible Memories.
The In - Season & Play - In Tournaments?!
Today's NBA as we all know it just went way too soft.
22 years has passed & it's sad that we'll never see an NBA team 3-peat again.
Chicago Bulls brought me to the NBA on NBC back in 1991 when they first won the NBA championship in the 1st repeat with Michael Jordan and his teammates and again in the 2nd 3-peat but it was an honor to be part of the Last Dance when I was a little boy!!!!
RIP NBA On NBC (1990-2002)
Will be reunited within 2 years
Bring that theme back. Celtics fan here but grew up watching the GOAT (23 In Red) every Sunday on NBC
2001 can never be shown without mentioning Iverson. Amazing year for him.
Absolutely! Can’t forget Vince.
Bring the NBA back to NBC
You really feels like an end of an era.
A Golden era at that.
Rip nba on nbc 1991-2002
It didn’t die. NBC was outbid by ABC/ESPN 20 years ago.
Then baseball, WNBA and NHL too
...it's no coincidence that the league hasn't been the same since it left the NBC...whoever keeps renewing ABC's deal is an enemy of basketball...
After bill Walton and Steve called out the league and officials on national TV during the WCF "02 finals. NBA on NBC got canceled
chicagobullsfan03 it was because NBC was outbid by ABC/ESPN for the NBA rights in 2001.
NBC needs the nba again!!
Even the WNBA on NBC was worth watching. ESPN/ABC tries to much to manufacture drama instead of building on it naturally like NBC did. It seemed like NBC and CBS before that really embraced the league and it's brand potential.
The WNBA has NEVER been worth watching.
My issue with ABC (Disney)/ESPN is, it's all watered down. The timing couldn't have been worse. The only time I ever watched the NBA (after '02) was a year later. It sure wasn't the same. Wide World Of Sports should have still be on. Thank God for the Spanish/foreign channels (I love their real, raw, old-school style/approach).
I’m hearing rumors that ESPN/ABC might cut ties with the NBA after 20 years. This means NBC has a shot to get the NBA back which would be happy joys for us basketball 🏀 fans.
NBA NBC was the last 3peat era! In 2002
They will return next year
Marv Albert last broadcast is this ECF Finals
Please, bring NBA back to NBC! Go Lakers! 😭
12 years of basketball I’ll never forget
The sad end of the very best, and ultimate golden era of basketball. The Clippers and Grizzlies could play each-other, and NBC could still have somehow found a way make that game seem epic, like it was Game 7 of the NBA Finals, or at least close to it! That, and made you want to go outside and play some basketball as soon as you were done watching it on that great channel. It's too bad they can't take back the NBA, while ESPN should just have the NHL once more. That of which was the ONE sport they actually DID do right (unlike the other three), but unfortunately no longer have!
The NHL will officially coming back to ESPN beginning next season
@@chrisguardiano6143 Oh yeah, and can't wait too!
@@chrisguardiano6143 Sadly though, it was also great on NBC, better in my opinion
@@frankbergin5620 NBA has a shot to comeback to NBC this time around
RIP Kobe Bryant Amen 🙏🙏🙏🙏🏀🏀🏀🏀
The NBA On NBC In The 1990’s Was The Silver Era Of Basketball… I Think.
Golden era
If I was commissioner of the NBA, I'd make 2016 ABC/ESPN's FINAL YEAR covering the NBA, then give the rights back to NBC to start the 2016-17 season. ABC and ESPN have screwed up NBA coverage for THE LAST TIME!
Commissioner Silver, please....rethink your decision on the network deals following the 2015-16 season. We NBA fans have waited 13 years for the NBA on NBC, what's 1 more year compared to the 9 you'd be making us wait if you go through with this? BRING BACK THE NBA ON NBC!
At least bring the NBA on NBC or NBCSN.
Roundball Rock was the best and also my fav theme, hope NBA on NBC will come back
So sad when the said goodbye to the NBA. I remember hearing "Roundball Rock" over and over again their first season during the 1991 finals with when the Bulls and Lakers played each other.
Thanks for uploading! I remember this clip fondly.
The NBA on NBC always had the best coverage of NBA basketball!
Pleases bring the NBA back on NBC.
The End Of My Childhood
I started watching the first season NBC got it. A lucky boy.
RIP Bill Walton
I just realized something: in the 12 years on NBC only one team didn't repeat (San Antonio); outside of them, everyone else repeated (Bulls 2 3-peats, Rockets back to back, Lakers 3-peat)
Sad day I was 15 😢when it when the NBA on NBC was over. Started watching the NBA 96-97
Yes am happy it's back on NBC
Yeah I was 14 year old when the NBA on NBC it was ending I couldn't understand why every show that ended on NBC was my favorite
Bring It Back, Bring Back NBA coverage to NBC
Who’s cutting onions!!! I’m not crying, y’all crying! 😢
With the NHL leaving NBC at the end of the season it's a long shot I know but NBC should try to go after the NBA again. It's a long shot but never say never
NBC will fight very hard to get the NBA back
The glory years
If NBA goes back to NBC, not only they should bring back Roundball Rock, please retain the Inside the NBA crew...
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES 31 YEARS THIS YEAR
These guys were definitely the inspiration for Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy, and Mark Jackson.
I wish NBC would keep the NBA and ABC could have Monday night football
That, and ESPN also should have kept hockey, which was the ONE sport they did right I.M.O. as well.
NBC killed their product when they the XFL them money.
NBA On NBC Forever
Classic! I think CBS closing montage was a hair better. How will ESPN/ABC go out? Who knows, the NBA is mighty profitable now and has plenty of "stars" to keep it relevant. NBC made a huge mistake back then, not riding out the "after Jordan" trail. If one thing history had shown us, and obviously the suits at NBC didn't understand is..."there is ALWAYS another". If they had rode it out, LeBron was just 4 years away.
Both of the montages were very great. I don't know about the ABC one.
I Laugh At These Ppl Who Say 90s Basketball Was Trash No My Friend This Era You're Watching Rite Now Is 🚮🚮🚮🚮
Hell yea 90's nba kicked ass
This era sucks balls
sigh, miss these days. end of an era. NBA On ABC is boring imo. I liked NBA On ABC when it was started, but once the 2010's came, i thought it went downhill
Picture that the NBA on NBC had the two of the greatest play-by-play guys in Mike Breen and of course, Marv Albert. From Michael's 6 championships to Los Angeles' three-peat. Man, NBC's coverage was simply not just ordinary.
Well Breen is on ABC.
Everyday I wish somehow they would get the rights back nba on nbc was a big part of my youth and it’s odd that it just went away
Such memories...
0:33 how strange. I clicked on this randomly and that hit different. today bill walton lost his battle with cancer 😢
The day the NBA went downhill.
The best 12 year run in NBA history!
NBA on NBC, FSN and TNT is the best
Don’t forget TBS too
"Y'all would still have the NBA if y'all hadn't wasted all that money on the crappy XFL." -- Charles Barkley
The nba was never the same, for the worst
This was right in the middle of a dark period for NBC having lost the NFL in 1998 and MLB in 2000. After losing the NBA, they had none of the four major sports in North America for four years and only had the PGA Tour and the Olympics as their major properties until the NFL and NHL came back to NBC in 2006. Since then they have added the English Premier League, Indycar, acquired the British Open and regained the US Open. Hopefully NBC doesn't enter another dark period going forward even though they are losing the NHL at the end of this season and may lose the Premier League at the end of this upcoming season.
And nbc sports still the Olympics (winter and summer)
This was the worst decision the NBA ever made. NBA on NBC was the greatest!
the end of real basketball this was the phil jackson era he won 9 out of the 12 championships that nbc had and he didnt coach 1 year the other years jordan was retired nba on nbc was the best of times
NBA on nbc night come back … at the expense of nba on tnt .. bittersweet
NBC is in the works of bidding for the NBA TV rights for 2025 during this years playoffs, but Turner is the odd one out. Anyways this is good news for us roundball rock fans.
Returning in 2025-This is the NBA on NBC!
I just saw that
@@jayglenn82I’ve been reading about it for a minute. Media rights deadline is due next Monday.
It was kind of just as well, because 2002-2003 was the beginning of a new era of NBA basketball.
next year should have been on for 67 years long time on nba on nbc
Never alive for this but am sad that it had to end
People act like it shouldn’t have left nbc. NBC didn’t want them anymore. Ratings dipped after Michael retired in 1998.
This was true
NBC was also losing money
NBA on ABC never hit the way NBA on NBC hit. Especially that opening song.
NBA on ABC sucks...bad
Disney, enough said (that's why). Mickey Mouse basketball (doesn't make sense).
I hope the closing credits for the NHL on NBC when they appear this Sunday (or earlier if Tampa wins the Stanley Cup before Sunday) are as good as this. I also hope that the NBA returns to NBC in 2024 when the current deal with ESPN/ABC expires.
If the NBA does return to NBC not only it be happy joy but I hope of the video game companies make a basketball game out of it
Greatest era in NBA...
Bring back the nba it was the best
I was sad when Dick Stockton saw off the NBA on CBS. The NBA on NBC seemed silly...then it became the gold standard. ABC gets a lot of crap, but they've gotten MUCH better as the years have gone by. That first Finals with Brad Nessler and Tom Tolbert was symbolic as the Spurs and Nets was the worst Finals I've watched. Lowest rated Finals in the modern era. But they got better. It's not on NBC's level, but it's absolutely watchable now.
Manu Ginobilis Bald Spot and Bill Walton.