TNT is OUT after 40 years. The new 11-year, $76 billion deal split coverage across Disney/ESPN/ABC + NBC/Peacock + Amazon Prime. Plus your local team's RSN (Local Sports) — and most NBA RSNs (Local Sports) are stuck in Main Street Sports Group (FanDuel Sports Network) which is facing insolvency. Here's exactly what to subscribe to.
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The NBA's new 11-year media deal kicked in for the 2025-26 season. TNT lost its NBA package. The new lineup: ESPN/ABC and NBC/Peacock split the national games, with Amazon Prime carrying Thursday night NBA plus opening-week games. There is no more 'NBA on TNT' as of 2026. TBS and TNT still air NBA playoff games through 2025-26 only as a transition — fully gone by 2027.
For all national games, yes — three services. Most fans get away with two: ESPN+ (or full ESPN via a live TV service like YouTube TV) for ESPN/ABC games + Peacock for NBC games. Amazon Thursday games are the gap if you skip Prime. League Pass covers out-of-market regular-season games but blacks out nationally televised games — so it complements rather than replaces national rights.
League Pass Team is $99.99/yr ($9.99/mo) for one out-of-market team. League Pass full is $149.99/yr. If you live in your team's home market, you don't need League Pass — your team's games are on the local RSN. If you're an expat fan (e.g., Knicks fan living in Denver), Team Pass is the right call.
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