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  • Nba is back :-)

  • I feel old, i missed this theme. Thanks to Cleveland show for bringing it up

  • Yea i also remember coming home from church on sundays and watching the game with my dad on NBC channel 4

  • Memories watching the game on Sunday evening after church on NBC channel 10

  • THIS IS THE NBA ON NBC!.. Welcome back ladies and gentlemen as we prepare for game one of the 2012 NBA Finals! Lets go live to Madison Square Garden the worlds most famous arena! Announcer- " Ladies and Gentlemen please Welcome Back your DEFENDING NBA Champion NEW! YORK! KNICKS!

  • they always have to change the fucking theme songs and fuck it up!!!

  • fav part. 1:51 reminds me of the nintendo 64 game version.

  • This and the monday night football theme are the best

  • Live from Arco Arena... the Sacramento Kings are hosting game 7 to the Los Angeles Lakers in the western conference final....fuckkkk those refs...David stern...and da lakers for their cheating ass..

  • @ShuTheFuckup916 add some tears biotch

  • @MKyadigg lol...u mad

  • @ShuTheFuckup916 You mad.

  • Welcome to the 1998 NBA Finals! The Chicago Bulls take on the Utah Jazz for the second year in a row. I'm Marve Albert and we are live from Utah!

  • What happened to colorman Matt Goukas?

  • Can't believe all the excuses these "journalists" are making for the Miami Heat not winning the title this year. When all summer long it was, this team is better than the 1996 Chicago Bulls or the 2001 LA Lakers (2 best teams i ever seen play). They barly got to 50 wins and couldn't beat Dallas.

  • 1# NBC

    2# ESPN

    3# TNT

  • Thumbs up if you're going to have this song on repeat while the lockout happens.

  • and this is why i dont watch the nba like i used to they left nbc and this great theme its boring now

  • needs more cowbell

    I LOVE THIS SONG!!!! synonymous with Micheal Jordan

  • ESPN IS AWESOME

  • TNT WAY BETTER

  • OMG, SO MUCH MEMORIES. WISH NBA WOULD BRING THIS BACK, I WOULDNT EVEN CARE IF IT WAS WITH THIS QUALITY, MAKES IT EVEN BETTER

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  • Yes Great Theme....2nd only to the CBS one! Also the NBC one was better with Magic spinning the basketball!

  • This is the NBA on NBC! The 2011 Finals! The Dallas Mavericks and the Miami Heat!!.....ugh i depressed myself

  • i always feel like bringing along a portable cd player with this song playing as i practice basketball but am a bit self conscious, just to see of anyone laughs and "gets it" ...plus its brilliant motivational 90s NBA feeling while you practice.

  • Just noticed this is where Nelly got the Tune to Heart of a Champion haha

  • Thank you John Tesh.

  • doesnt anyone even watch hockey? evidently they have playoffs now too lol. noone gives two shits not with the way dirks been playing and miami. NBA!!!

  • About as recognizable as the theme to Molson Hockey Night in Canada. The original, of course.

  • 10 people like the Lada Gaga they play on the NBA on ABC.

  • I want them to play this song on my funeral!

  • the jordan daysssssssss

  • This song was written by John Tesh, who was on vacation at the time. He had to call his house line, and left over 10 messages humming the idea for the song.

  • miss the nba on nbc

  • This music, along with the NFL on FOX, MLB on FOX and NHL on ESPN basically made sports that much more entertaining to watch in the late 80's and 90's.

    I don't know how anyone can like the NBA on TNT theme better. Just listening to this music i'm getting mental images of michael jordan, karl malone, patrick ewing, reggie miller, grant hill etc.

  • When the NBA was awesome. I miss the 90's big-time, lol.

  • @MrMatt8204 Still is awsome, you need awsome lessons.

  • i can hear marv albert talking right now about the amazing shot jordan or pippen or anyone made.

  • Best. Sports. Theme. Ever. Period.

  • All I'm thinking about right now is Jordan, Pippen, Malone, Stockton, Miller, Barkley, Rodman, Penny Hardaway, Shaq...ect. Yo this was basketball kids! Thanks so much for this upload!

  • i love this theme! unfortunately i feel it deserves to be left alone and not brought back for i feel that theme belongs to the 90s bulls and the 90s overall. now we have tnt..which honestly isnt that bad although i cannot stand espn

  • THIS...IS THE NBA ON NBC

  • Man, what a song!! Nothing will ever top this one. Brings back so many memories of Sunday afternoons and big playoff games. This song fully captured the intensity and magnitude of all these rivalries. The NBA on NBC sure helped me get through a lot of rough times.

  • Best theme ever. I wish they ever bring this theme song back. Its so deeply rooted in my mind when i watch the NBA i think about this song.

  • nba on nbc.....memories

  • when basketball wasnt pussy

    rest in peace to the 90s

  • I miss NBA on NBC. I remember the Lakers with Shaq, Kobe and three-peat Lakers won it all on NBC in 2000-2002. I love it and I wish NBA was back on NBC. I love this song.

  • Yes!! This was when I was first introduced to basketball as a young kid by my mom's fiance at the time. Loved hearing this theme music blasting from the living room after school

  • I miss this theme so much! Probably my favorite theme ever followed closely by the NHL on ESPN.

  • @waterdrinker9 2 of the best sports theme songs ever, fucking epic man i miss that shit

  • @waterdrinker9 I agree.

  • NBA on NBC = The theme song of a generation. Tesh composed a masterpiece which seems fitting given how MJ and the Bulls were featured just about in all NBA on NBC games. As others have posted this reminds me of the good ol days of my childhood when basketball truly was entertaining. Gone are the days of some of the classic rivalries (Bulls/Pacers, Bulls/Knicks, Heat/Knicks). P.S. ABC, ESPN, and the Walt Disney network suck at broadcasting...NBC Sports till I die...

  • @MohF1

    Add Animal planet, MTV, and nick to that list

  • 10 dislikes=10bieberr fans

  • More cow bell..!

  • classic, miss this theme music so much

  • Okay is it like ANY WAY tht we can Demand this back???!......Like a petition or sumthin..cuz this sounds is my childhood. >=(

  • NBA THEME + MIKE SONG+TUTTING= AMAZIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING EPIC...*__*

  • AAAH, I see Jordan and Pippen in my head like it was yesterday when I hear this

  • who could not like this song !!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Omg..... spring time in Brooklyn NY 99'..... damn i hate my life now

  • @Rsaint17 LOL...ahh the good ole times

  • Bring This Theme Back Lakers Rule!

  • "A SPECTACULAR MOVE BY MICHAEL JORDAN" Thanks for the memories NBC and Marv.

  • Brings back memories. I love how ESPN tried to hype up some game between two medicore teams and they say the Miami Heat of 2010 will be better than the 1996 Chicago Bulls. LOL at the thought of anyone being better than the 96 Bulls team.

  • more cowbell

  • this song means NBA to me-should be used on every NBA game ever

  • "This is the NBA on NBC! The 2011 NBA playoffs! Tonight, game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks!" Marv Albert- "We are here live for game 1 of the NBA Finals.....YESSSSSSS!"

  • @jipeon what dream are u living in.. knicks are like the cubs of baseball.. they will always suck

  • @lopido That's dead...the Knicks on the other hand will always be relevant.

  • @jipeon only in knicks fans dreams lol

  • @lopido I tried to be realistic as possible. Would you prefer I have said The Los Angeles Clippers vs The New York Knicks?....because that wouldn't sound right.

  • @jipeon Ergghhh WRONG hahaha

  • @jipeon Looks like it's Heat vs. Mavericks.

  • i love this music! its unbelieveable how many memories it brings back. bob costas and marv albert, the buls dynasty, stockton and malone, shaq shattering backboards, shawn kemp and the sonics, patrick ewing and the knicks, the admiral and the spurs, charles barkley (suns and rockets), clyde "the glide" drexler, hakeem "the dream" olajuwon, raggie miller and the pacers, i could go on forever. the nba, nbc and the 90's.... the perfect trio!

  • The 1999 Nba Champ San Antonio Spurs. Wow I never thought we would EVER win at least one championship,, I always thought it was rigged for the bigger name teams to win it all. I was proven wrong. Go Spurs Go!! My favorite player that year was

    Mario Elie because of the fire he brought to the team.

  • i miss the nba on nbc!!!!!!!!

  • This theme needs its own hall of fame. I'll still be listening to it and getting hype even when I'm 80!

  • One of the greatest sports themes of all time!

  • Heart Of a Champion. FAIL :)

  • Before:

    NBC= National Basketball Channel

    Today:

    NBC=Never Bump Conan

  • Enough already about Jordan, the Bulls, or any individual/team. This theme is about every great play by every player on the court.

  • this was the shit

  • I soooooooo miss the 90's NBA

  • So many memories of hearing this theme right before a game.

    But with a daughter running around and a wife who hogs the only HDTV we have, I don't get to watch many games during the season, unless I go to the inlaws house.

  • This my joint right here

  • Please NBA go back to NBC it's just better.

  • The NBA on NBC is AWESOME, Jordan, Pippen, Magic, Bird, Grant, Stockton, Malone, Sir Charles, Penny, Ewing, Duncan, Robinson, Alonzo, Isaiah, Olajuwan and of course, Big Shaq and they even had announcers like Marv Albert, Bob Costas, Ahmad Rashad and Hannah Storm, people who KNOWS how to CALL the NBA Action, abc/EPSN needs to stick to Football and leave it to CBS & NBC as well as TNT where you have EJ, The Jet, Sir Charles, Craig Sager, Cheryl Miller, Reggie Miller, Doug Collins and Marv Albert

  • @tnawcwvictoria agreed 100%. also, the nhl is on nbc now and the nbc announcers are horrible with hockey, nhl and nba should switch because as a fan of both sports, i can say nhl was better on abc/espn and nba was better on nbc.

  • There will NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER be a better NBA Theme than this one.

  • Very nostalgic.

  • nice song but they did not cover lakers showtime like CBS.

    LOVE BOTH!

  • God do I hate Stuart Scott, and ABC

  • I miss the NBA on NBC. Even if it's just because of this theme. This song brings back so many memories. I hate it when things change for the worse.

  • Is it a surprise that since NBA went to ABC, it's ratings have plummeted. I mean free-falled? Nope. Granted they have lost Jordan but still ABC blows. Bring back NBA on NBC or NBA on CBS from the 80's. Sadly we have this ABC crap for 6 more years.

  • NBA on NBC is SO SO SO much better than NBA on ABC.

  • Someone finish the following statement for me: Jordan, for 3.......

  • @st393736 Mike Breen: BANG!

  • @st393736 shut up!

  • @st393736 Yessssss!!! And a spectacular move but Michael Jordan! Yessssss!!

  • @st393736 YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!­!!

  • this was the beat!!!!

  • This...is the NBA on NBC. The 2010 NBA Finals. Tonight, It's Game 1, the Boston Celtics vs. the Los Angeles Lakers.

  • that would be so cool if it was true. i can just imagine marv albert and bob costas announcing tomorrow night's game. just the thought of it gives me chills. i don't know which sucks worse, the nba finals on abc or monday night football on espn.

  • that would be so cool if it was true. i can just imagine marv albert and bob costas announcing tomorrow night's game. just the thought of it gives me chills. i don't know which sucks worse, the nba finals on abc or monday night football on espn.

  • @slydawg221 It's a tie. lol.

    ESPN tries to take over so many things it gets annoying. ABC MNF was great, and the NBA on NBC was too. But when ESPN took over both of those broadcasts, they sucked!...Terribly! Talk about adding insult to injury.

  • @MrDariusJWilliams you got that right! i think espn should just stick with college sports and baseball.

  • @slydawg221 Yeah, and I wouldn't even mind NFL SNF going back to ESPN. That was actually a good broadcast.

  • @slydawg221 What about the NHL? ESPN's NHL theme song was amazing and their broadcast of hockey games was great.

  • @bigravensfan21 i forgot about hockey. i never watched it much anyway.

  • @taylorkazarian: Im 15, and when i was little, this song always made me feel great when i was watching shaq and kobe. This song holds a special place in my heart. AND I FREAKING HATE NBA ON ABC!

  • the 90's had the best basketball hands down. this song makes me thing of the bulls and those six championships. spike lee and reggie miller arguing. shaq and penny hardaway, and those of you who remember dennis rodman kicking the camera man.

  • Heart of a Champion-Nelly or did he take the beat from here n put it into his song???

  • love it! wish they bring nba on nbc back this had to been the best music they ever had for nba

  • Man I loved this song back when it still aired... now hearing it, with the memories and nostalgia...

    Man they never should have changed

  • shaq and kobe three pit

  • This was GREAT baseketball in it's finest hour. The 90's were spectacular.

  • The best NBA theme song.

  • "Ohhhh! A spectacular move by Michael Jordan! That's 13 consecutive field goals!"

  • @thejoint25 LOL I was just logging in to post that same quote

  • lakers baby lakers

  • i miss 90s basketball! all i can say is GO BULLS!

  • @PHALLENBOI you're just fucking wrong

  • The theme will forever be associated with Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, and the rest of the CHICAGO BULLS of the 1990's!

  • @rudeawakening101 you forgot shaq and kobe

  • I remember hearing this song on all of the old VHS tape recordings of Jordan, Pippin, Rodman and the Bulls tearing up the playoffs!

  • i like the espn theme they used from 03-06

  • @caironewyork Me 2! But somehow, some way, ESPN knows how to ruin something good.

  • i miss the nba on nbc. the opening,the announcing,the music....god i miss it.

  • God, the bongo drums...

  • brings back great memories...

  • Love it! ;-)

  • I miss the nba on nbc But they shouldn't bring it back it just wouldn't feel the same

  • FUCK ABC, ESPN AND DISNEY!!! Where are did the days of the Knicks, Bulls, Pacers, Magic, Heat, Rockets, Suns, Jazz have gone. Days like those teams I mentioned truly hated eachother and had wars out there. NBA sucks now, everybody has "love" for each other and sportsmanship. I want punk ass thugs out there like Rodman, Oakley, Mason. FUCK!

  • @NYBornJM easy now, no need for a mid life crisis

  • @NYBornJM

    Agreed, The refs are fucking up the game too!!!

    The NBA is trying to brainwash kids that good sportmanship is more important then competition! WTF!?!?! let the players get physical and mean!

    I miss those days when rivals were rivals! Not good friends who go to lunch together.

  • @NYBornJM i feel u.............

  • @NYBornJM

    If you want real wars, then the 80's were the days. The Celtics and Pistons HATED each other. There were plenty of brawls. You also had Jordan who HATED Isiah to the point where he essentialy kept him off the Olympic team.

    And of course the Celtics and Lakers had their battles for a decade.

  • FUCK ABC, ESPN AND DISNEY!!!

  • I've read a lot of comments about how people should petition the NBA to get the NBA on NBC back, and that sounds like a good idea. But what if people petitioned the NBA to SWITCH its broadcasting channels with the NFL? Think about it: NBC Sunday Night Football sucks (theme song, commentating, etc.) and so does the NBA on ESPN/ABC (in the same way). The NBA was good with NBC, and the NFL was good with both ESPN & ABC. If they switch channels, everything will be back to normal!

  • Yes and the foul. Ewing!

  • Marv Albert could say "John Tesh for 3, YES!"

  • This theme right here is THE NBA.....man Marv Albert was a great announcer he made you feel what the crowd felt. NBC had better presentation....they ripping the fans off.

  • AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH sooo much memories

  • it sucks that the nba extended there contract with abc until the 2015.

  • nba on nbc you knew larry bird and the celtics were the first game

  • @chadvanbrunt

    Actually you knew Jordan was in the finals.

  • remember me chicago bulls vs the suns back in the days:)

  • everytime i hear this i remember the series between the kings and the lakers in 2002. what a great year!!

  • @tothebeaty0 yea man....... i always think new york vs Indiana rivalry in the 90's, best basketball ever

  • @tothebeaty0 bulls vs knicks buddy

  • guys dont get me wrong i love this theme but a theme doesnt make a game great its the players and team that makes it great and nba has forgotten that they need to get back to there roots

  • i swear, when the NBA on NBC aired off, i knew there would be no other great one like it, NBA on ABC sucks! I hope they bring back NBA ON NBC

  • This is where Heart of a Champion's music came from *by nelly*

  • I LOVE NBA !!

  • this is the fucking shit

  • this is how you promote basketball

    great theme and memories

  • more cowbell!

  • They should put the NBA back on NBC!!! This theme song was the best!!! Listening to this reminds me of the 97 Miami Heat with Tim Hardaway and Alonzo Mourning.

    At least they played this song in the Gold metal game in the Beijing Olympics.

  • boom....now in the booth...marv albert!!!!!

  • word 96 bulls greatest team ever, michael jordan

  • @cnotebook45 & the greatest team now..... the los angeles lakers, Kobe Bryant is on MJ's hills he got 5 titles & he bout to get his 6th title. lol

  • @Spincrossup799 Kobe is no where near Jordan it doesn't even matter how many titles he hs Jordan will always be better than Jordan.

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  • CHICAGO BULLS '96 (72-10)

  • i still here this theme song but not on nbc...who owns it now???

  • NBC still have rights on the song. This theme song is now played when the Dream Team play in the Olympics

  • this needs more cowbell

  • @mrbabymonkey

    gotta have more cowbell

  • GOAT NBA Theme song!!!!!

  • miss this rite here. better network for nba hoops hands down... minus the whole jason williams thing