NBC reportedly wants the NBA front office to implement a 1 on 1 or 2 on 2 tournament for future All-Star weekends.

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After successful changes to the All-Star Game itself, the league is looking to continue that improvement.

It’s all happening live this week on NBC and Peacock.

After changing the NBA All-Star Game format once again this season, fans were entertained by the change. But the weekend could still use some spice.

The NBA and NBC are discussing adding another event in All-Star Saturday night festivities to entice fans and generate new interest.

Live coverage begins at 6 p.m. ET with debut of Basketball Night in America and Lenny Kravitz’s Sunday Night Basketball show open.

When the NBA announced its new 11-year, $77-billion media rights deal with ESPN/ABC, NBCUniversal, and Amazon’s Prime Video, the move was widely well-received, particularly for returning the league to longtime partner NBC.

The NFL certainly feels like the king of American sports. They generate north of $13B in annual revenue. That doesn’t that is enough for the empire Roger Goodell has helped expand. After NBC and the NBA agreed to a

Not everyone was thrilled with the NBA on NBC revival.

Charles Barkley was excited for Michael Jordan to enter the NBA media space with NBC, but the highly anticipated partnership has already been a huge letdown. Like most of us, Barkley was initially “shocked” last year when NBC announced Jordan was ...