Look out for the Spydercam. Players should be looking out too. Capable of coming down to floor height during dead ball situations, the Skycam-like suspended camera kit could be diving through numerous NBA arenas soon.
For now, it’s become a mainstay at Las Vegas’s Thomas & Mack Center, where the league, along with partners at ESPN and WarnerMedia, are experimenting with next-gen broadcasting possibilities.
“The tech has really arrived,” said Paul Benedict, the NBA associate VP for broadcasting content management. “Our hopes are that this is an element you see deployed in NBA games as soon as this season.