Chapter 1031 Pelicans Broadcast Contract

The 32-point difference was not irreversible, but the Thunder failed to do so.

In fact, less than half of the third quarter was played, and when the point difference was widened to more than 40 points, the Thunder's mentality had already collapsed.

In the end, the Pelicans defeated the Thunder 126-88 at home and won the season opener.

The top scorer for the Thunder was Westbrook, who scored 22 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists on 7 of 25 shots. Griffin scored 20 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.

The Pelicans flourished more, with 7 players scoring in double figures.

The Big Four only played three quarters. Walker scored a team-high 25 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists. Tang Tian had 22 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists. Davis had 20 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks. Butler had 14 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 assists. Steals.

On the bench, Brogdon had 16 points and 5 assists, Bojan had 12 points, Siakam had 11 points and 3 rebounds, Dedmon had 6 points, 13 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Lamb had 6 points.

It was a standard crushing victory.

"38 points! In fact, the score difference at the end of the three quarters was 45 points! It's terrible!"

"What's even more terrifying is that Tang only took 11 shots in total, which was less than half of the number of shots he averaged last season..."

"Tang: Before I exerted my strength, you were already on your knees calling daddy!"

"The only pity is that the Big Four of the Pelicans didn't play in the last quarter, otherwise they would have been running for 58 points again!"

"It's really cruel. There's no chance at all!"

"By the way, with this performance, the Pelicans should be the strongest team in NBA history, right?"

"It's average, only third in the league."

"-________-''"

"It turns out that ESPN's rankings are not reliable at all. Not to mention the Pelicans, the Thunder are ranked higher than the Bucks, but they are even worse!"

"By the way, will Donovan be dismissed from get out of class?"

"How...it's really possible, hahaha!"

"Hey, this is really bullshit. The Pelicans' lineup is so rogue! This is simply revenge against society!"

"Everything has to start with Xiao Hua's comeback. Before his comeback, Demps once stated that he would not change the lineup."

"Then Xiao Hua came back, the Pelicans traded for Butler, and signed Walker. Demps: It smells great!"

"I'm tired. As Lei Mi, I have no love."

"Brother, what are you doing as a thunder honey? Let's change it to a lican honey! It feels good to torture people for a while, and it feels good to torture people all the time!"

"By the way, did any of you notice that Don threw powder before the game? Is this taking LeBron's path and leaving LeBron with nowhere to go?"

"This is too cruel. If LeBron wins the championship, wouldn't it mean that the first and second players in the league are competing against each other to see who has more fans?"

"This picture...brother, you are so damn talented!"

"No, do you think LeBron can still win the championship?"

"Probably, maybe, maybe, is there even the slightest chance?"

"What the heck! With the Pelicans' lineup, we can't even think about winning the championship, but it's true that we can continue to increase the number of runner-up finishes."

"It's so dark, it's so dark."

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Fans on social media were extremely lively after the game, and basically all of them were discussing the game between the Thunder and Pelicans.

As for other games, there were far fewer people watching than last year, and discussions were even rarer.

This is really pelican gravity, attracting all the attention.

"How would you rate the team's performance tonight?"

At the press conference after the game, a reporter asked Tang Tian such a question.

"We played well, but we still have a lot of room for improvement. This is just our first game and we will perform better in subsequent games."

You can play better!

There was nothing wrong with Tang Tian's answer, but if he won by 38 points, wouldn't it be better to go for 40, 50, or 58 points? !

And the key is that there is nothing wrong with what you said. This is just the Pelicans' first regular season game!

The teams that are going to play against the Pelicans later feel like they are beeping when they hear this!

The fans were reveling in the carnival, and Tang Tian was showing off invisibly, but it was Gale Benson who was in the best mood at this time.

After the Thunder game, her vice president told him that FOX had increased their offer for the broadcast contract.

Before the start of the season, FOX had already quoted them a broadcast contract of 750 million over 10 years.

Benson did not agree at that time. On the one hand, he felt that the price was too low. On the other hand, he had to consult Tang Tian for his opinion.

But after one game, FOX fully realized the value of the Pelicans and re-quoted 1 billion over 10 years!

This is a quite exaggerated figure. You must know that there are very few teams in the NBA that have exclusive broadcast contracts. The largest one is the Lakers' 3 billion in 20 years.

On average, this is equivalent to 150 million per year.

That's the Los Angeles team. It's quite incredible that a small city like the Pelicans can get this offer.

After receiving this offer, the day after the Pelicans and Thunder played a game, Benson sent someone to invite Tang Tian to his manor.

Tang Tian was not too surprised when he heard the news.

The Pelicans are already performing at a phenomenal level in the league, and it is already too late for the media to sign a deal with him alone until now.

However, FOX's broadcast of the Pelicans is somewhat different from Time Warner's broadcast of the Lakers.

Exclusive broadcast, like Time Warner, refers to charging for fans in the Los Angeles area.

The reason why it can do this is because Time Warner's ratings in the Los Angeles area are quite high.

FOX's ratings in the New Orleans area and even surrounding cities are obviously incomparable to that.

Therefore, this broadcast contract is complementary to the league’s broadcast contract.

In addition to charging New Orleans and surrounding cities for his broadcasts, a bigger piece is that when the Pelicans game is not broadcast nationally, it will be broadcast nationally.

In terms of numbers, after Xiao Hua's comeback, the Pelicans only had 24 official national live broadcast games this season, which was 8 games less than last season.

Then FOX will broadcast the remaining 58 games live across the United States through their media.

To a certain extent, Xiao Hua helped the Pelicans by targeting them.

If it weren't for so many live broadcasts, FOX Sports would not have provided such a large offer.

"In the original Xiao Hua incident, FOX Sports was also a participant, so I am very worried about this."

Benson said indirectly, he knew that Tang Tian was greatly negatively affected by the Xiao Hua incident.

"That's not a problem."

Tang Tian didn't care about that at all. On the contrary, he felt that FOX was the most suitable one.

After all, FOX was Xiao Hua's official media before, and signing the contract is equivalent to winning them over.

In other words, it means cutting off one of Xiao Hua's arms, which is definitely a good thing.

"But I think this offer is a bit low."

Tang Tian continued.

"Low?"

Benson looked at Tang Tian in surprise.

"It's low. There are 58 national live broadcast games, which is twice as many as ESPN and TNT. Even if the number of games is reduced next season, it is still higher than them. The current NBA official national live broadcast game record is the Lakers' 40 games. , based on that, FOX still has more channels than ESPN and TNT."

After Tang Tian finished speaking, Benson looked at him in shock.

How come this guy is more of a boss than her?