Wednesday, July 22 marks the return of live NBA basketball. Even though the games are just scrimmages to warm up for the eight-game seeding schedule, these contests mark a big step for American professional sports as the NBA, MLB and NHL try to play amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Of course, that’s all big-picture stuff. For Brooklyn Nets fans, it’s time to watch Caris LeVert and company go to work; time to see who will stick around when Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are ready to go in 2020-21.
Brooklyn’s first scrimmage in Disney World starts at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Just like normal regular season games, the Nets game will be broadcast on YES Network.
Before the game starts, YES will air their “Brooklyn Nets Restart Special” at 6:30 p.m., which will include the following:
- Interviews with Nets general manager Sean Marks, head coach Jacque Vaughn and players Caris LeVert, Jarrett Allen, Joe Harris, Garrett Temple, Dzanan Musa and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, as well as new additions Jamal Crawford and Tyler Johnson
- Nets roster segment broken down by YES’ Nets broadcasting team Ian Eagle and Sarah Kustok
- Preview of the Nets schedule, team goals and the league-wide reaction to the NBA campus
- Segment on what the Black Lives Matter movement means to Nets players and the organization
Nets fans looking to watch the game out of market can do so on NBA TV, per Brian Lewis of the New York Post.
Tomorrow night's 7pm #Nets scrimmage against the #Pelicans (sans Zion Williamson) will be televised out-of-market on NBA TV, according to an @NBATV release. Locally @YESNetwork will still air the exhibition game. #NBA
— Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) July 21, 2020