NBA teams saw local ratings decline by 13% this season
Teams like the Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat saw declines of over 50%.
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Mike Tirico to get practice reps for NBA on NBC by calling local broadcasts
Tirico is getting ready for his new role as one of the voices of the NBA on NBC by calling two NBA games this week.
Trail Blazers see huge viewership increase with move off Root Sports
The team has seen a 69% increase in local viewership this season.
NBA viewership rebounds, cuts early-season losses by more than half
The league's viewership is down 5% year-over-year, but was down 19% earlier this season.
Trail Blazers broadcaster Lamar Hurd gives impassioned Grinch defense: ‘1 of the 5 most misunderstood beings in civilization’
"They're killing him, and the whole time, he was trying to help all of y'all out."
Longtime Trail Blazers radio voice Brian Wheeler dies
"The voice of the Blazers to an entire generation."
Scoot Henderson gives bizarre answer about lessons learned from rookie season
"I look back at the good food that I had."
Trail Blazers announce Rip City Television Network, DTC streaming option
Non-exclusive Blazers games will be broadcast in Portland for the first time since 2017.
Trail Blazers leaving Root Sports Northwest
"Good on them for leaving the deal early, I wonder what the cost was to do so."
Portland Trail Blazers radio host Mike Lynch announces ALS diagnosis
"Sadly, this means the end of my radio career. I am thankful for all of those who listened over the last 12 years."
Scott Foster’s officiating has Pacers announcers at loss for words
Scott Foster's questionable officiating marred the Pacers-Blazers game, drawing ire from fans and analysts.
Blazers sideline reporter braved broken foot and icy conditions to make it to game that DeAndre Ayton missed
That had to be pretty awkward for Ayton.
The Portland Trail Blazers were so bad the broadcast went split screen with the weather
"First off, I do want to clarify, not certified as a meteorologist."
Dan Le Batard: Damian Lillard trade to Bucks marks end of player empowerment era
"You want to go to Miami? We're going to send you to something close to the opposite of Miami."
Dan Le Batard: Adrian Wojnarowski ‘bought and paid for’ by Blazers for Damian Lillard trade reporting
"It’s embarrassing that Woj is telling people it might be weeks or months on Lillard."
Neil Everett saw ‘the writing was on the wall’ in his final years at ESPN
“I chose to write my own narrative before they tried to write it for me."
Betting odds emerge on which NBA insider will first report Damian Lillard trade
The Athletic's Shams Charania is the current favorite to break the news, at +110 on offshore sportsbooks.
The Dan Le Batard Show clashes with The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor over Damian Lillard trade talk
"Kevin O'Connor sent out literally the longest tweet in the history of the platform. He's the reason we ran into the rate limit problem."
Chris Russo blasts ESPN’s nonstop Damian Lillard coverage: ‘I don’t need to have a report every 5 minutes!’
"We’ll live if Lillard has to stay in Portland. It’s not the end of the world. The NBA is not going to cease!"
Wild swings in NBA Draft odds show effect of insiders on sports betting
Nikola Jokic’s title win had many looking back at the time ESPN ran Jusuf Nurkic highlights around his extension
In 2018, ESPN accompanied discussion of Nikola Jokić's contract extension with highlights of the Blazers' Jusuf Nurkić.
Neil Everett will host a pair of Blazers “LegendCasts” this month
A pair of Blazers games next week are getting alternate broadcasts.
Jim Barnett, whose shot made ‘Rip City’ a thing, honors Bill Schonely
"R.I.P. Bill! 'Rip City'"
Bill Schonely, Trail Blazers announcer who originated ‘Rip City,’ dies at 93
“You’ve GOT … to … make … your … free throws.”