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List of current NBA broadcasters

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The following is a list of current National Basketball Association broadcasters for each individual team entering the 2024–25 NBA season.

Regional broadcasters

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Eastern Conference

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Atlantic Division

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Television
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Sideline reporter(s) Flagship TV Station Streaming Service
Boston Drew Carter Brian Scalabrine
Eddie House (select games)
Abby Chin NBC Sports Boston[1] None
Brooklyn Ian Eagle (primary)
Ryan Ruocco (during Eagle's CBS Sports/TNT Sports commitments)
Noah Eagle (select games when Eagle and Ruocco are on assignment)
Chris Shearn (select games when Eagle and Ruocco are on assignment)
Chris Carrino (select games)
Sarah Kustok
Richard Jefferson (select games)
Vince Carter (select games)
Meghan Triplett YES Network
WWOR-TV (during April conflicts with the Yankees)[2]
The Gotham Sports App
New York Mike Breen (primary)
Kenny Albert (during Breen's ESPN & ABC assignments)
Bill Pidto (select games)
Gus Johnson (select games)
Walt Frazier
Wally Szczerbiak
Alan Hahn
Monica McNutt
Jamal Crawford
Rebecca Haarlow MSG Network[3]
Philadelphia Kate Scott (primary)
Tom McGinnis (select games)
Alaa Abdelnaby Taryn Hatcher (home games) NBC Sports Philadelphia[4] None
Toronto Matt Devlin Jack Armstrong Kayla Grey TSN[5] (41 games) TSN
Alvin Williams Savanna Hamilton Sportsnet[5] (41 games) Sportsnet+
Radio
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Flagship Station
Boston Sean Grande (primary)
John Wallach (select games)
Cedric Maxwell (Primary)
Abby Chin (When Cedric Maxwell is off)
WBZ-FM
WROR-FM (will carry games that are in conflict with Boston Bruins hockey games or New England Patriots football games; WBZ-FM also being the Bruins' flagship)
Brooklyn Chris Carrino
Bob Heussler (when Chris Carrino is on YES Network)
Tim Capstraw WFAN AM and FM
New York Tyler Murray
Kenny Albert (During Murray's Absences)
Don La Greca (select games)
Pat O'Keefe (select games)
Monica McNutt (Primary)
Alan Hahn (select games)
Wally Szczerbiak (select games)
WHSQ
Philadelphia Tom McGinnis
Matt Murphy (select games)
WPEN
Toronto Eric Smith Paul Jones CJCL
Paul Jones Jevohn Shepherd CHUM
Spanish
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Flagship Station
Brooklyn Max Pérez-Jiménez Ino Gómez WADO
YES Network SAP
New York Clemson Smith-Muñiz Ramón Rivas WADO
MSG Deportes
French
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Flagship Station
Toronto Alexandre Tourigny
Mathieu Jolivet
Will Archambault
Max Paulhus-Gosselin
RDS
RDS2

Central Division

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Television
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Sideline reporter Flagship TV Station Streaming service
Chicago Adam Amin (primary)
Mike Monaco (select games)
Mark Schanowski (select games when Amin and Monaco are on assignment)
Zach Zaidman (select games)
Stacey King K. C. Johnson (select games)
Ruthie Polinsky (select games)
Chicago Sports Network[6] CHSN
Cleveland John Michael Brad Daugherty
Austin Carr (select games)
Serena Winters FanDuel Sports Network Ohio[7] FanDuel Sports Network
Detroit George Blaha (primary)
Johnny Kane (fill-in)
Greg Kelser Johnny Kane
Natalie Kerwin
FanDuel Sports Network Detroit[8]
Indiana Chris Denari Quinn Buckner
Eddie Gill (home games)
Jeremiah Johnson FanDuel Sports Network Indiana[9]
Milwaukee Lisa Byington
Dave Koehn (fill-in)
Marques Johnson (primary)
Steve Novak (backup)
Stephen Bardo (backup)
Melanie Ricks FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin
WMLW-TV (5 games)[10]

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Radio
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Sideline reporter Flagship Station
Chicago Chuck Swirsky Bill Wennington WSCR[11]
Cleveland Tim Alcorn Jim Chones WTAM/WMMS[12]
Detroit Mark Champion (FanDuel Sports Network Detroit games)
George Blaha (national/non-televised games)
Rick Mahorn WXYT
WWJ
WDZH (both conflict with the Detroit Red Wings)
Indiana Mark Boyle Eddie Gill Pat Boylan WFNI[9]
Milwaukee Dave Koehn
Josh Maurer (select games)
Ben Brust (home games)
Justin Garcia (select games)
WTMJ[10]
Spanish
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Flagship Station
Chicago Miguel Esparza Elio Benitez, Jorge Moreno WRTO
Cleveland Rafael Hernández Brito WLFM-LP

Southeast Division

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Television
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Team Play-by-play Analyst(s) Sideline Reporter Flagship TV Station Streaming service
Atlanta Bob Rathbun
Mike Morgan (fill-in)
Dominique Wilkins
Vince Carter (select games)
Tabitha Turner FanDuel Sports Network Southeast[13] FanDuel Sports Network
Charlotte Eric Collins Dell Curry Shannon Spake
Miami Eric Reid John Crotty Kristen Hewitt
Will Manso
Kelly Saco (select games)
Jeremy Tache (select games)
FanDuel Sports Network Sun[14]
Orlando David Steele Jeff Turner Dante Marchitelli FanDuel Sports Network Florida[15]
Washington Chris Miller Drew Gooden
Glenn Consor (select games)
Meghan McPeak Monumental Sports Network[16] Monumental+
Radio
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Flagship Station
Atlanta Steve Holman Mike Conti WZGC[17]
WVEE
Charlotte Sam Farber Matt Carroll WFNZ
Miami Jason Jackson Amy Audibert WQAM
Orlando Jake Chapman WYGM[15]
WTKS-HD2
Washington Dave Johnson Glenn Consor WTEM[16]
Spanish
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Team Play-by-play Analyst(s) Flagship Station
Miami José Pañeda Joe Pujala WQBA[18]

Western Conference

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Northwest Division

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Television
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Sideline reporter Flagship TV Station Streaming service
Denver Chris Marlowe Scott Hastings Katy Winge
Chris Dempsey
Altitude Sports
KTVD/KUSA (20 games)[19]
Altitude+
Minnesota Michael Grady Jim Petersen Katie Storm
Lea Olsen

Jon Krawczynski
FanDuel Sports Network North[20]
WUCW (select games during conflicts with FanDuel Sports Network North, branded as 'FanDuel Sports Network Extra on The CW Twin Cities)[21]
FanDuel Sports Network
Oklahoma City Chris Fisher Michael Cage Nick Gallo
Paris Lawson
FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma
Griffin Media[a] (5 games)[22]
Portland Kevin Calabro
Travis Demers (select games)
Lamar Hurd
Michael Holton (fill-in)
Brooke Olzendam Rip City TV Network [b][23] BlazerVision
Utah Craig Bolerjack Thurl Bailey Lauren Green
Holly Rowe (select games)
KJZZ (primary)
KUTV (select games)
Jazz+

Notes

  1. ^ Includes:
  2. ^ Affiliates include
Radio
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Sideline Reporter Flagship Station
Denver Jason Kosmicki Scott Hastings (national/non-televised games) Katy Winge (national/non-televised games) Altitude Sports 92.5 FM[24]
Altitude Sports AM 950[24]
Minnesota Alan Horton KFXN (selected games)
Oklahoma City Matt Pinto WWLS[22]
Portland Travis Demers
Rich Burk (fill-in)
Michael Holton
Antonio Harvey (fill-in)
KPOJ
Utah David Locke Ron Boone KSL[25]
Spanish
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Flagship Station
Oklahoma City Eleno Ornelas WKY[22]
Utah Nelson Moran Isidro Lopez and Francisco Vazquez KTUB[25]

Pacific Division

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Television
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Sideline Reporter Flagship TV Station Streaming service
Golden State Bob Fitzgerald Kelenna Azubuike Kerith Burke NBC Sports Bay Area[26] None
Los Angeles Clippers Brian Sieman Jim Jackson
Mike Fratello (select games)
Kristina Pink
Jaime Maggio
FanDuel Sports Network SoCal (most games)
FanDuel Sports Network West (some games)
KTLA (15 games)[27]
FanDuel Sports Network
ClipperVision
Los Angeles Lakers Bill Macdonald[28] Stu Lantz[28] Mike Trudell[29] Spectrum SportsNet[30] Spectrum SportsNet+
Phoenix Kevin Ray
Tom Leander
Eddie Johnson
Ann Meyers Drysdale
KTVK/Arizona's Family Sports[31][32][33][34][35][36] Suns Live
Sacramento Mark Jones (primary)
Kyle Draper (when Jones is on assignment for ESPN)[37]
Kayte Christensen NBC Sports California[38] None
Radio
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Flagship Station
Golden State Tim Roye Tom Tolbert (home games)
Jim Barnett (road games)
KGMZ[26]
Los Angeles Clippers Carlo Jiménez Adam Ausland
Mike Fratello (select games)
KLAC[27]
KEIB (if conflict with Los Angeles Dodgers)
Los Angeles Lakers John Ireland Mychal Thompson KSPN[39]
Phoenix Jon Bloom Tim Kempton KTAR
KMVP
Sacramento Gary Gerould KHTK[38]
Spanish
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Flagship Station
Los Angeles Clippers Armando Garcia KWKW
Los Angeles Lakers Fernando González Jose Mantilla and Francisco Pinto
Phoenix Arturo Ochoa Gerardo Romo KPHX
Sacramento Armando Botello KRCX

Southwest Division

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Television
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Sideline reporter(s) Flagship TV Station Streaming service
Dallas Mark Followill Derek Harper
Devin Harris
Jeff Wade
Jeff Wade
Lesley McCaslin
Dallas Mavericks Broadcast Network[a][40][41] MavsTV[42]
Houston Craig Ackerman Ryan Hollins
Mario Elie (select games)
Vanessa Richardson Space City Home Network None
Memphis Pete Pranica Brevin Knight Rob Fischer FanDuel Sports Network Southeast[43] FanDuel Sports Network
New Orleans Joel Meyers Antonio Daniels Andrew Lopez Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network
WVUE-DT (Select games in New Orleans)[44][45][46]
Pelicans+[47]
San Antonio Jacob Tobey Sean Elliott
Matt Bonner (select games)
Fabricio Oberto (select games)
Dan Weiss FanDuel Sports Network Southwest (most games)
KENS (10 games)
WOAI-DT2 (12 games)[48]
FanDuel Sports Network
Notes
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  1. ^ Affiliates include
Radio
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Team Play-by-play Color commentator(s) Flagship Station
Dallas Chuck Cooperstein Brian Dameris KEGL
Houston Matt Thomas Adam Clanton
Adam Wexler
KBME (primary)
KTRH (if there's a conflict with Houston Astros)
Memphis Eric Hasseltine Elliot Perry
Michael Wallace
WMFS-FM
New Orleans Todd Graffagnini John DeShazier WWL-AM & WWL-FM
San Antonio Bill Schoening WOAI[48]
Spanish
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Team Play-by-play Flagship Station
Dallas Victor Villalba KFLC
Houston Adrian Chavarria KYST
San Antonio Paul Castro KXTN
New Orleans Emilio Peralta WODT

National broadcasters

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Play-by-play announcers

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Color analysts

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Sideline reporters

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Spanish Commentators

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ESPN Deportes, ABC in Spanish on SAP

  • Andrés Nocioni
  • Ernesto Jerez
  • Carlos Morales
  • Claudia Trejos
  • Fabricio Oberto
  • Fernando Álvarez
  • Fernando Tirado
  • Jerry Olaya
  • Leonardo Montero
  • Marcelo Nogueira
  • Miguel Angel Briseno
  • Nicolás Ledesma
  • Pablo Viruega
  • Sebastián Martínez Christensen
  • Julia Headley

Play-by-play announcers

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Color analysts

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Play-by-play announcers

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Color analysts

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Sideline reporters

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Spanish commentators

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Available on SAP

  • Marcelo Godoy
  • Pete Manzano
  • Fernando Palacios

International broadcasters

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Americas

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Central America and Mexico

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South America

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North America and Caribbean

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Europe

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Sub-Saharan Africa

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Middle East and North Africa

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Asia-Pacific

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Oceania

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Eastern Conference matchups (including conference playoffs) and interconference matchup involving Eastern Conference sides only in the regular season except NBA Finals
  2. ^ Toronto Raptors live telecasts are handed rights to Bell Media, Rogers and Groupe TVA but NBA TV Canada does show Raptors highlights
1. ^ Some Chicago Bulls games on WGN-TV were simulcast nationally on its superstation feed WGN America through the 2013–2014 season. Those simulcasts have been discontinued.

References

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  1. ^ Boston Celtics schedule
  2. ^ Brooklyn Nets schedule
  3. ^ New York Knicks schedule
  4. ^ Philadelphia 76ers schedule
  5. ^ a b Toronto Raptors schedule
  6. ^ Chicago Bulls schedule
  7. ^ Cleveland Cavaliers Announce 2024-25 Local Broadcast Schedule
  8. ^ Detroit Pistons schedule
  9. ^ a b Indiana Pacers schedule
  10. ^ a b Milwaukee Bucks schedule
  11. ^ Chicago Bulls Radio Network
  12. ^ Kleps, Kevin (October 3, 2014). "Trading Dion Waiters would not be a wise move for Cavaliers". CrainsCleveland.com. Crain Communications. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  13. ^ Atlanta Hawks TV schedule
  14. ^ Miami Heat schedule
  15. ^ a b Orlando Magic schedule
  16. ^ a b Washington Wizards schedule
  17. ^ Atlanta Hawks Radio Network
  18. ^ HEAT signs Radio Contract with 790 The Ticket NBA.com
  19. ^ "Altitude Sports Announces New Ways to Watch Nuggets and Avalanche Games". Altitude Sports. September 26, 2024. Retrieved September 26, 2024.
  20. ^ Minnesota Timberwolves schedule
  21. ^ "Bally Sports North: Tripleheader plans, channel assignments for spring sports". Fox Sports. March 27, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  22. ^ a b c Oklahoma City Thunder schedule
  23. ^ "Portland Trail Blazers Announce Future of Trail Blazers Broadcasting". NBA.com. September 24, 2024. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  24. ^ a b "Home of the Denver Nuggets - Altitude Sports Radio". www.altitudesportsradio.com. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  25. ^ a b Utah Jazz schedule
  26. ^ a b Golden State Warriors schedule
  27. ^ a b Los Angeles Clippers schedule
  28. ^ a b Lakers Broadcast Information Los Angeles Lakers official site
  29. ^ "James Worthy, Chris Mcgee, Dave Miller and Mike Trudell Join Time Warner Cable Sportsnet On-Air Team". NBA.com.
  30. ^ Time Warner Scores L.A. Lakers Regional Sports Network Rights Multichannel News February 14, 2011
  31. ^ "Arizona's Family announces transformative broadcast partnership with Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury". KTVK/KPHO (Press release). Gray Television. April 28, 2023.
  32. ^ Duane Rankin (April 28, 2023). "Phoenix Suns, Mercury leaving Bally Sports Arizona for Gray Television, Inc". Arizona Republic. Gannett.
  33. ^ Jon Lafayette (April 28, 2023). "Phoenix Suns Fast-Break to Broadcast With Gray From Bankrupt Bally RSN". Broadcasting & Cable. Future plc.
  34. ^ Duane Rankin (April 28, 2023). "Diamond Sports Group accuses Phoenix Suns of breach of contract in leaving Bally Sports Arizona". Arizona Republic. Gannett.
  35. ^ "New network to bring Suns and Mercury games to southern Arizona viewers". KOLD-TV. Gray Television. April 28, 2023.
  36. ^ Daniel Kaplan (May 3, 2023). "Diamond Sports sues Phoenix Suns, Mercury to block efforts to form new media outlet". The Athletic. The New York Times Company. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  37. ^ "Kings Add Kyle Draper as Additional TV Play-By-Play Announcer, Pregame and Postgame Host". NBA.com.
  38. ^ a b Sacramento Kings schedule
  39. ^ Los Angeles Lakers schedule
  40. ^ "Dallas Mavericks, WFAA sign multi-year deal to broadcast games over-the-air for free". wfaa.com. 2024-09-06. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  41. ^ "Mavericks announce further broadcast details, including which providers will carry games". dallasnews.com. 2024-10-17. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
  42. ^ "Dallas Mavericks announce launch of subscription streaming service". The Dallas Morning News. October 21, 2024. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  43. ^ Memphis Grizzlies schedule
  44. ^ Clark, Christian (August 6, 2024). "Pelicans ditch Bally Sports, enter partnership with local station for new TV deal". NOLA.com. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  45. ^ "New Orleans Pelicans and Gray Media bringing games to Gulf Coast markets". Fox 8. September 17, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
  46. ^ "Gulf Coast Sports and Entertainment Network brings Pels games to Acadiana with Lafayette deal". Fox 8. October 19, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  47. ^ "New Orleans Pelicans unveil Pelicans+". NBA.com. October 16, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  48. ^ a b San Antonio Spurs schedule
  49. ^ "NBA 2023/24 live: Drei Top-Spiele zum Start der NBA-Übertragungen bei ProSieben und ProSieben MAXX". Ran. 2023-10-23. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  50. ^ "NBA and TNT Sports announce multi-year agreement to deliver live games and programming to fans in the UK and Ireland". Eurosport. 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  51. ^ "The NBA and WNBA Return to NBCUniversal with 11-Year Agreement for Regular Season and Playoff Basketball on NBC, Peacock, USA Network, Sky Sports, and Telemundo" (Press release). Philadelphia: Comcast. 2024-07-24. Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  52. ^ "DAZN NBA: Das LIVE-STREAM-Programm und alles zur Übertragung | DAZN News DE". DAZN (in German). 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  53. ^ "BBC to broadcast nine NBA games live in UK". basketnews.com. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  54. ^ "NBA and beIN Media Group Announce Multiyear PA" (Press release). Doha: beIN Media Group. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  55. ^ Morales, Luisa (27 July 2020). "NBA returns to Philippine television with TV5, One Sports". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  56. ^ Sports, Manila Standard (2023-09-28). "Cignal is official broadcast, digital partner of NBA, NBA 2K League in the PH". Manila Standard. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
  57. ^ "NBA, Setanta Sports announce multi-year pact to deliver live games, programming to PH fans". Manila Standard. 3 October 2023. Retrieved 6 October 2023.
  58. ^ "FPT Play phát độc quyền giải bóng rổ nhà nghề Mỹ NBA 3 mùa giải liên tiếp". Báo điện tử VTC News (in Vietnamese). VTC News. 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
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