NBA Fans Are Furious About Losing TNT, But They're Fired Up About One Unexpected Pro To The Network Shake-Up

Around two months after rumors first floated pointing to the NBA exiting TNT for other media pastures, which earned quite a bit of ire from Charles Barkley and his Inside the NBA co-anchors, the league finally settled on a massive new deal. For 11 seasons starting in 2025, NBA games will be available through NBC and a Peacock subscription, on ESPN, and with an Amazon Prime subscription. It was a bummer of an update for those hoping TNT would stick it out, but there’s a banger of a silver lining to embrace here.

The NBA's return to the NBC family in 2025 will come equipped with quite possibly the most classic TV sports themes alongside Hank Williams Jr.'s Monday Night Football theme. That's right, we're talking about John Tesh's iconic instrumental "Roundball Rock," which accompanied thousands of games telecast on NBC from 1990-2002. Relive the magic in the clip below, which takes the theme from yesteryear into the modern era.

Tell me you didn't immediately jump up and start vocalizing with the beat. It's got all the drive of the X-Men '97 theme (and its '90s predecessor) combined with the loop-worthy never-gets-old appeal of classic themes from Mario and Sonic games. And technically better than any basketball video game themes. It's the true NBA jam.

Beyond just tweeting the track out, NBC Sports confirmed that the theme will once again accompany the games airing there, and you can bet fans were as pumped as can be by the return of "Roundball Rock." Check out some of the reactions below, starting with Triump the Insult Comic Dog sharing his own excitement.




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