Overview

• ESPN’s Burke Magnus said the network’s goal is to let postgame segments run as long as they did on TNT, calling it “as close to that as we can possibly get.”
• Production will stay in Atlanta with the Turner crew, and the on-air presentation will appear essentially unchanged aside from ESPN branding.
• The Inside crew will handle opening night on October 22, return for Christmas Day, ramp up in the season’s second half, and be on every night during the NBA playoffs.
• Inside the NBA will provide pregame, halftime, and postgame coverage when it airs, with ESPN’s NBA Countdown team filling in on other nights.
• Early listings show 30‑minute placeholder windows for October 22–23, and Magnus acknowledged ESPN’s usual push to SportsCenter even as he seeks generous airtime for Inside.