These games used to have player introductions and national anthems included in the broadcast — along with the NBA Finals logo actually on the court. This was still a huge step back even if ESPN ...

ESPN goes 0-for-4 on team logos for NBA Friday promo Pelicans-Rockets and Mavericks-Suns are *not* the scheduled ESPN games. But those are definitely their logos.

The NBA tried to give the fans what they wanted to better the broadcast of the Finals. That said, how they went about it only made the reaction that much worse for the league from Game 1 to Game 2.

ESPN responds to complaints, still gets roasted for digital NBA Finals logo on court for NBA Finals Game 2. Story by Gilbert McGregor • 4m.

ESPN thought two Larry O'Brien Trophies would be better than one. / ABC/ESPN 1. ESPN/ABC has had many issues with its NBA coverage over the years. Some of it has been no fault of the network's own ...

We already saw how fans bullied ESPN into putting the NBA Finals logo back on the court (albeit in a digital graphic), and this change will also be a welcomed improvement.

To Uni Watch's knowledge, the logo's first use on game uniforms came in the 1980-81 season, when many teams wore the logo on their shorts as part of an NBA 35th-anniversary patch. The logo then ...

Per ESPN, TNT Sports — which has produced and broadcast the show since its inception in 1989 — will continue to produce "Inside the NBA" and license it for broadcast on ESPN and ABC despite ...

ESPN analyst Jalen Rose, who made more than $100 million in his 13-year NBA career on team salaries alone, has a very interesting way of looking at the divide that speaks to the heart of the two ...

But hey, at least ESPN saw the complaints and attempted to do something about it for Game 2 — albeit as a cheap half measure. One of the major critiques from fans has been how NBA Finals games ...

So that's the story of the NBA logo on team ... Mike Stobe/Getty Images. The logo was used as the basis for an NFL 50th anniversary ... and the best entries will be featured here on ESPN.com next ...