NBA’s Media Rights Spat With Warner Bros. Discovery Is Getting Ugly

data-mm-id=”_gkdg1ehne”>Warner Bros. Discovery’s $1.8 billion offer for Amazon’s package of NBA media rights gave basketball fans hope that TNT’s much-beloved “Inside the NBA” show would continue. On Thursday, the league ended that optimism when it chose Amazon over WBD, stating that “Warner Bros. Discovery’s recent proposal did not match the terms of Amazon Prime Video’s offer.”NBA announces that Warner Bros. Discovery did not match the terms of Amazon Prime and are agreeing to a longterm arrangement with Amazon. pic.twitter.com/5bYI2i1vFd— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) July 24, 2024Anxiety over WBD’s and TNT’s future with the NBA arose in May with reports that the league did not include its broadcast partner since 1989 in upcoming rights deals. Charles Barkley,…