TNT Sports matches Amazon Prime's $1.8billion NBA contract offer, league is in the 'process of reviewing it'

The NBA is 'reviewing' TNT Sports' $1.8billion media-rights offer, matching nan woody it struck pinch Amazon Prime earlier this month. 

TNT Sports announced earlier Monday its volition to lucifer 1 of nan offers nan NBA accepted, pinch nan convention confirming receipt of nan contract.  

'We’ve received WBD’s connection and are successful nan process of reviewing it,' an NBA spokesperson told DailyMail.com

The NBA does person a correct to diminution TNT's matching connection and enactment pinch Amazon Prime

Representatives from TNT Sports person not instantly responded to a petition for remark from DailyMail.com. 

The caller media-rights woody pinch nan NBA is group to statesman adjacent play and is slated to past 11 years. 

With TNT Sports matching nan connection from Amazon Prime, fan-favorite pre-game show, 'Inside nan NBA', which features hoops legends Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley, has a chance to past past this upcoming season.  

With this information of media-rights deals, nan NBA has upped its scope successful nan broadcast world, inking an hold pinch ESPN and signing deals pinch NBC and Amazon complete nan adjacent 11 years and worthy astir $76billion.

These moves each travel while not wholly icing retired TNT Sports, pinch who has exclusive authorities to galore of nan games nan NBA has sold distant done nan extremity of this season. 

For example, nan celebrated In-Season Tournament aired successful nan United States connected TNT and ESPN. Now, those games would move exclusively to Amazon, per The Athletic.