John Fanta is adding NBA play-by-play to his already packed résumé. The NBC Sports college basketball voice will call his first NBA game for the network next Tuesday when the Minnesota Timberwolves visit the Portland Trail Blazers,

John Fanta, NBC’s lead voice for college basketball, will lend his voice to NBC Sports/Peacock for next week’s Trail Blazers-Timberwolves game.

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.

Pierre Andresen breaks down the formats of the events at NBA All-Star Weekend and believes the new model is something to build on with Team USA vs. Team World, while the Dunk contest needs more star power.

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 ...

The NBA has faced mounting criticism for several years about the lack of effort by players in the All-Star game, and the TV ratings have steadily declined as a result. The last time the NBA's midseason showcase was on NBC in 2002,