From Michael Jordan to Mike Tirico and Roundball Rock, NBC showed the impact it will have on NBA games this season.

Maybe it was the nostalgia kicking in, but Tuesday felt bigger than usual for the NBA as it returned to NBC for the first time since 2002.

Dedicated viewers will observe that TNT has been booted off entirely after 40 years of broadcasting the league. “Inside the NBA,” TNT’s poster broadcast, has been moved off Tuesdays and Thursdays and replaced by NBC/Peacock and Amazon Prime, respectively.

The Oklahoma City Thunder received their rings. The new-look Houston Rockets were in town. The NBA was back on NBC. Cue the music.

Michael Jordan made his debut as a special contributor to NBC Sports' return to NBA broadcasting on Tuesday night, saying he's doing so as a way to give back to basketball.

NBA fans roast Carmelo Anthony over fashion choice during NBC debut originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Carmelo Anthony decided to keep it casual for his highly-anticipated NBC sports analyst television debut.

NBA legend Michael Jordan sat down with NBC's Mike Tirico for the first edition of his special segment "MJ: Insights To Excellence."

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By any measure, John Tesh is an accomplished musician. The New York native has won eight Emmys, made four Gold Records, and won an Associated Press award for investigative journalism. Tesh has sold over eight million records and made millions from his concerts,