Inside the NBA (ESPN) vs. Amazon vs. NBC

[Im Still Ballin]

Which halftime and postgame studio show are you liking the most so far? I'm really enjoying Amazon's team of Rooks, Haslem, Nash, Griffin, & Nowitzki. It's refreshing to hear from guys who actually watch the games and played in recent history. Inside the NBA is always going to be fun for its antics between the cast, but you get the feeling they stopped caring a long time ago.

NBC, I don't like. I'm not feeling the Melo-McGrady-Vince combo.

[L.Kizzle]

Which halftime and postgame studio show are you liking the most so far? I'm really enjoying Amazon's team of Rooks, Haslem, Nash, Griffin, & Nowitzki. It's refreshing to hear from guys who actually watch the games and played in recent history. Inside the NBA is always going to be fun for its antics between the cast, but you get the feeling they stopped caring a long time ago.

NBC, I don't like. I'm not feeling the Melo-McGrady-Vince combo.

Mac and Vince are cool. I don't care for Melo.

[L.Kizzle]

Which halftime and postgame studio show are you liking the most so far? I'm really enjoying Amazon's team of Rooks, Haslem, Nash, Griffin, & Nowitzki. It's refreshing to hear from guys who actually watch the games and played in recent history. Inside the NBA is always going to be fun for its antics between the cast, but you get the feeling they stopped caring a long time ago.

NBC, I don't like. I'm not feeling the Melo-McGrady-Vince combo.

Mac and Vince are cool. I don't care for Melo.

[Baller234]

Inside wins by default. NBC and Amazon are awful.

One of my biggest pet peeves is the casual dress. It used to be suits with sneakers but now the whole panel shows up to the games dressed like they're going to the movies. No more prestige and ceremony. Kinda takes the air out of everything. This is a live national broadcast, not a podcast. The panel should look sharp.

[Wally450]

I haven't even seen Inside the NBA yet this season. I used to be able to watch replays on NBA TV the following morning. There's no replays that show on ESPN.


I miss TNT.

[Kblaze8855]

Amazon is for people who want to hear basketball discussion. Inside is always where people go for entertainment, but they aren’t really trying to break anything down. I was listening to the Amazon crew talk about the wrinkles some coach had put into an offense to take advantage of looks they were getting from certain down screens. The others not having those discussions.

[999Guy]

Inside wins by default. NBC and Amazon are awful.

One of my biggest pet peeves is the casual dress. It used to be suits with sneakers but now the whole panel shows up to the games dressed like they're going to the movies. No more prestige and ceremony. Kinda takes the air out of everything. This is a live national broadcast, not a podcast. The panel should look sharp.

Yeah you need to look sharp before you talk about fat bitches in San Antonio and complain how you should’ve won MVP in years you weren’t best player on your teams.

I haven’t seen Amazon or NBC’s shows yet but apparently Jokic liked Amazon’s a lot more than TNT.

NBA viewership is also highest it’s been in over 15 years to start this year.

**** ESPN.

[BarberSchool]

Amazon winning so far.

Best eye candy (Taylor Rooks), and by far the Best ex-players, with the most insight.

Because let’s face it, as much as we love Barkley, and love to hate Kenny … nobody, and I mean NOBODY on that set is doing any substantial breakdown or tsar of the telestrator type duties. Kenny imagines he is, but anyone with a brain and BS detector, knows it’s nothing but hot air and nonsensical verbosity, bookended with tired, lame cliches.

NBA on NBC had all the hype going for it, but Absolutley cheaped out with whom they hired. So they blew that chance, to re-establish dominance.

[BarberSchool]

Which halftime and postgame studio show are you liking the most so far? I'm really enjoying Amazon's team of Rooks, Haslem, Nash, Griffin, & Nowitzki. It's refreshing to hear from guys who actually watch the games and played in recent history. Inside the NBA is always going to be fun for its antics between the cast, but you get the feeling they stopped caring a long time ago.

NBC, I don't like. I'm not feeling the Melo-McGrady-Vince combo.

I like Vince & McGrady enough. Melo isn’t good at TV.

[Baller234]

Amazon winning so far.

Best eye candy (Taylor Rooks), and by far the Best ex-players, with the most insight.

Because let’s face it, as much as we love Barkley, and love to hate Kenny … nobody, and I mean NOBODY on that set is doing any substantial breakdown or tsar of the telestrator type duties. Kenny imagines he is, but anyone with a brain and BS detector, knows it’s nothing but hot air and nonsensical verbosity, bookended with tired, lame cliches.

NBA on NBC had all the hype going for it, but Absolutley cheaped out with whom they hired. So they blew that chance, to re-establish dominance.

Kenny is the most equipped to talk X's and O's because he played PG and was an extension of the coach on the floor.

Everyone on the panel should provide something different. The NBC panel of Vince, Mac and Melo is redundant because they were all similar players with similar careers. And where are the coaches on these panels? I think you need that old school boomer coach to level out the rest of the group, but there is not a single coach on any of these shows to be found.

[BarberSchool]

Kenny is the most equipped to talk X's and O's because he played PG and was an extension of the coach on the floor.

Everyone on the panel should provide something different. The NBC panel of Vince, Mac and Melo is redundant because they were all similar players with similar careers. And where are the coaches on these panels? I think you need that old school boomer coach to level out the rest of the group, but there is not a single coach on any of these shows to be found.

somebody hired Michael Malone, I’ve seen him looking less than enthused, recently, about delivering lines off a teleprompter that he didn’t entirely agree with.

But yes, sorely missing are the Mike Fratello’s, Hubie Browns, Jeff Van Gundy’s of the broadcast world. We need more. Legler kind of fits that bill. But I suspect Legler is always on the cusp of being caught with an underage prostitute, and will never ascend to his summit.

[Baller234]

somebody hired Michael Malone, I’ve seen him looking less than enthused, recently, about delivering lines off a teleprompter that he didn’t entirely agree with.

But yes, sorely missing are the Mike Fratello’s, Hubie Browns, Jeff Van Gundy’s of the broadcast world. We need more. Legler kind of fits that bill. But I suspect Legler is always on the cusp of being caught with an underage prostitute, and will never ascend to his summit.

JVG would be amazing on a studio panel, even better than he was in-game.

You could easily build a studio panel with JVG and Mark Jackson as the foundation. Then just fill out the rest of the group with a mix of entertaining personalities and superstars, preferably ones that could string together a sentence.

- JVG
- Mark Jackson
- Insert 90's-00's player (Grant Hill? Steve Smith?)
- Insert 00's-10's player

That type of panel would cover every spectrum and offer a variety of different flavors and perspectives, and it would be entertaining.

[Im Still Ballin]

I like Vince & McGrady enough. Melo isn’t good at TV.

The only way Melo would be good is if they hired George Karl to bait him like how Chuck does Shaq. Now that would be hilarious TV: the old racist HOF boomer coach triggering the underachieving narcissistic millennial.