'This Week in the NBDL' Premiers Monday
November 20, 2003 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
Secaucus, N.J., November 20 â NBA TV, the league's 24-hour television network, announced today that "This Week in the NBDL", a new weekly program featuring the top stories and players from the National Basketball Development League, premieres for a 22-week run on Monday, Nov. 24.
The show will air every Monday throughout the season at 6 p.m. ET. Rick Kamla, host of NBA TV's late-night fantasy hoops show, "Gatorade Virtual GM", will serve as host of the weekly round-up of the latest news, interviews and highlights from around the NBA's minor league.
NBA TV will also televise 21 regular season and three NBDL post-season tournament games, including the Nov. 21 season-opening game between the Columbus Riverdragons and Huntsville Flight on a tape-delayed basis Monday, Nov. 24 at 4 p.m.
NBA TV will also air on a tape-delayed basis three exhibition contests that were played between NBDL squads and teams from top collegiate basketball conferences, including the Friday, Nov. 21 airing of Roanoke Dazzle's 81-72 victory over the University of Maryland (4 p.m.). That game will also re-air on Nov. 23 at 4 p.m. Additional exhibition games re-airing on NBA TV include Asheville at the University of Missouri (Nov. 21 at 1 p.m. and Nov. 22 at 1 p.m.), as well as Asheville at Louisville (Nov. 26 at 1 p.m.)
NBA TV -- the definitive destination for everything basketball featuring original programming, four nights a week of live NBA games, Playoff games, WNBA and NBDL games, exclusive coverage of special events, international competitions, vintage NBA games and the most comprehensive highlights, statistics, scores and up-to-the-minute information -- is available to 45 million households in the U.S. on Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Cablevision Systems, DIRECTV, Echostar's Dish Network and seen in 39 countries. NBA TV is the first network launched by a professional sports league and provides viewers behind-the-scenes access, basketball authenticity and insider's perspective.
For additional information on the NBDL, including a complete schedule of NBDL games airing on NBA TV this season, visit NBDL.com.
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