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April 26, 2024 | 3:59 pm EDT Update
Michael Scotto: The New Orleans Pelicans signed Matt Ryan to a three-year, $6.1 million deal, which is guaranteed for $1.5 million this season, non-guaranteed for the 2024-25 season, and includes a team option for the 2025-26 season, league sources told @hoopshype. pic.twitter.com/D8jNbM09Nk
Dane Moore: Karl-Anthony Towns on Rudy Gobert’s impact: “To just talk about defense, he does things that doesn’t show up on the stat sheet. So thank god we’re more in the statistical era where Synergy and stuff like that can help us understand the impact he makes on our team.”
ClutchPoints: “Steve Nash against San Antonio, he got hit in the nose and his nose was crooked… he didn’t even go out, he just readjusted his nose by himself and kept playing.” 😳 Goran Dragic talks about Steve Nash’s toughness on the court. (via @theOGsShow) pic.twitter.com/Z4D8xmQU94
Jim Eichenhofer: Jose Alvarado on importance of defense for #Pelicans in Round 1 series vs. Thunder: “We’ve got to guard. We’ve got to take pride in it. Hopefully we’ll get a different result tomorrow.”
Christian Clark: Brandon Ingram’s shot distribution in Games 1 and 2 – 2 of 5 at rim – 8 of 20 midrange – 0 of 2 from 3 Willie Green: “Keep making winning plays. … We don’t want to focus on force-feeding him. If we make winning plays over and over again, things will open up for us.” pic.twitter.com/ftF5TRkvUy
Tony East: Warmups for Khris Middleton, who is currently listed as questionable: pic.twitter.com/xky7h2xiB7
Jim Eichenhofer: Willie Green on Larry Nance Jr.’s status after he exited Game 2 in Oklahoma City with injury: “He had a little soreness after the game, but today he went through a full practice, so that’s good for us.”
Amazon Prime Video, NBA have framework of deal that will put games on Amazon streaming network
In what will be a landmark move in sports media history, the NBA and Amazon Prime Video have the framework of a deal that will make the streaming service one of the main homes for the league’s games, executives with direct knowledge of the talks told The Athletic. It is expected that Prime Video’s package will include significant regular season and postseason games, perhaps even some conference finals. The anticipation is that the final contract will be for at least a decade and begin the 2025-2026 season.
ESPN/ABC, as the website Puck reported Thursday, also has a framework of a deal with the expectations that an agreement will be completed. ESPN/ABC are expected to keep the Finals on its networks for the duration of its deals. Like Amazon, ESPN’s new contract is also expected to be at least a decade in length.
All of the details are not finalized yet, but all sides are under the expectations they will get done. The NBA, Amazon and ESPN all declined to comment. The NBA prefers to have three companies involved in its new deals, but has not ruled out adding a fourth. The NBA is finishing up nine-year deals that pay it $2.6 billion on average from ESPN and TNT Sports. Those contracts end after the 2024-2025 season.
