The Cleveland Cavaliers were given seven games on national television this season. Of those, five are on NBA TV and two are on ESPN. TNT and ABC, the other two major NBA networks, didn’t give the Cavs any love.
The Cavs were given about 38 games last season which were on the Big 4 NBA networks. However, we can attribute this falling off to none other than the LeBron James effect.
James is a superstar. James, not the Cavaliers, is much-watch TV, and his transition to Los Angeles this offseason created a lack of national attention on the Cavaliers.