Better NBA TV Coverage - CBS or NBC

[TMC1982]

I suppose, on a personal level, I'm more partial towards NBC's coverage since I have a better memory watching it than with CBS'. CBS' NBA coverage in my estimation, hit its stride in 1982-83, when Dick Stockton became the lead play-by-play man, CBS treated the coverage as a must see event (rather than the oft-taped delayed, redheaded stepchild to their NFL or golf coverage), and they introduced the dynamic theme music/opening sequence. NBC's peak, I suppose was 1990-91 through 1997-98 (before the lockout and the end of the Michael Jordan era Bulls' dynasty).

And if the Jordan era, as well as the Houston Rockets' back to back titles sandwiched between Chicago's dominance, and the Shaq-Kobe era Lakers winning three straight titles (to close out NBC's coverage) defined the NBA on NBC era, then it's pretty safe to say that the NBA's reemergence under Larry Bird and Magic Johnson as well as the Detroit Pistons' "Bad Boys" era defined the later part of CBS' coverage. http://the506.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1242682212

 

[Caped Crusader]

I miss everything about the NBA on NBC. Such an awesome era

 

[SurfDUI]

The greatness that was Pat O'Brien.
The CBS NBA coverage, as I remember it was great-except for the daisy dukes, it was more like the TNT show-not the round table of goofballs, but the laid backness of the broadcast, it was tape delayed sometimes, which is unheard of nowadays, but it was the shirt!! Back then CBS ran ish! NFL and the NBA w/ out cable.

NBA on NBC was great too. John Tesh's theme still plays in certain circles. Everybody remembers this tho, and early on NBC had AFC Football too. I used to love the triple headers on nearly every Sunday. Prime time was cut into to show even just the playoff games.

How long has the NBA been gone from NBC?...seems like forever ago. neva mind