As fans have begun moving away from cable TV to streaming services, the NBA has been trying to keep up. In recent seasons, the options outside of cable included NBA League Pass (if you’re outside your team’s market) and streaming services for any local or national channels that games may be on. Sometimes, fans were out of luck if games were on some random local channel or blocked by blackouts, but for the most part it was manageable to consume most games.

However, beginning this upcoming season, the NBA is expanding its reach even more, to the point that it has possibly gone too far. With NBC returning to the NBA broadcasting world (and TNT out), games will now also be streamed on Peacock, so that’s yet another streaming service fans will have to pay for to catch some games. Amazon Prime

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