With one year remaining on their contract with CSNNW, the Blazers may look for a new TV partnership.
Comcast Sports Net Northwest has had the broadcast rights to Portland Trail Blazers games for the past nine years, per their 10-year, $120 million contract. With that contract expiring after the 2016-17 NBA season, Trail Blazers President Chris McGowan can prepare to make a change or re-up with Comcast when the time comes. John Canzano of The Oregonian outlines potential outcomes of negotiations, here, and notes that McGowan may be poised to go in a new direction.