Both preseason games will officially be on Fox Sports NOLA.

It’s crazy that it’s 2020-21 and we’re once again having to resort to illegal streams.

This was a problem when cord cutting first started but then for a few years you could watch games pretty much no matter what service you used.

Now we’re regressing.

The NBA needs to hop on the stream bandwagon. I'm not gonna pay for it, but still.

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Or on an illicit stream somewhere on the interwebz for our cordcutters.

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and for those who DISH Network doesn't allow to watch b/c DISH & FSN are still fighting a contract battle that's already more than a year old

I think your only legal option to watch is through your local cable company. Or, if you are out of South Louisiana, you can get League Pass and watch.

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The NBA needs to hop on the stream bandwagon

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They have a streaming solution in League Pass, the problem is they understandably don't want to compete with the national and local broadcast deals that make up so much of the league revenues, so it's useless to most fans.

I do think they're going to need to do something though. The ratings were down big time in the bubble and everything from politics to being out of season was blamed. I think Cord Cutting was a big part of the ratings decline. That's going to get even worse since about half the league broadcasts on Fox Sports Regional Networks.

In 2021 there should be the option to watch every single game of the team you like. Here in Canada it’s worse because Raptors get precedence over Americans teams even in other provinces.

Its not. Our first game is dec 23.

less preseason games = less opportunities for pels players to get hurt

During a break in the Brooklyn/Washington game, that they are showing the Pels game tomorrow.

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They have a streaming solution in League Pass, the problem is they understandably don't want to compete with the national and local broadcast deals that make up so much of the league revenues, so it's useless to most fans.

I do think they're going to need to do something though. The ratings were down big time in the bubble and everything from politics to being out of season was blamed. I think Cord Cutting was a big part of the ratings decline. That's going to get even worse since about half the league broadcasts on Fox Sports Regional Networks.

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I should have clarified. They need to get into streaming without ties to television networks. I haven't paid for cable since 2010 and I'm not paying $50-$60 to watch NBA basketball if there's even a slight chance of a blackout or not being able to watch multiple games at a time. I really hate cable companies. The fact that blackouts exist are completely mind boggling to me and endlessly infuriating. I have a hard time dealing with inefficient shite like that.