Man CBS and NBC presentations were just great. ESPN/ABC just doesn't spend the time or money to present the product well.
Here is a bit of trivia for you guys. Do you know why the presentation on TNT looks and sounds so much better than ESPN/ABC. Well all the old NBA producers, graphics people and announcers from NBC left and went to TNT once the NBA left NBC.
Stern and the owners greediness really fukked up the quality of their product. Also the NBA ratings were much better than ABC even the year before the NBA left NBC and went to ABC.
Sadly ESPN is like a 15 billion dollar a year company. So expect the NBA to stay on ABC for the next few decades. Hopefully the owners get smart and be like the NFL and split the game over different next works outside of the league pass.