r/timberwolves • u/moutheatsbrains • 2d ago
KARE will broadcast 23 Wolves games this season
https://www.kare11.com/article/sports/nba/timberwolves/minnesota-timberwolves-return-to-kare-11-with-23-free-telecasts-in-2026-27-season/89-1df3112e-a438-4482-9d44-3fc57996ffc274
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u/New-Exit-6767 Anta Claus 2d ago
Nice! Antenna is the best way to watch sports
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u/FishGoldenLite Ayo Dosunmu 2d ago
Truer words have never been spoken. I hope to see this number keep increasing. It’s good for the franchise to get this team in front of as many Minnesotans as possible.
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u/TheRiflemann 2d ago
it blows my mind that we don't get our local sports...on local TV!! Like what are we doing.
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u/ldskyfly 2d ago
We're doing greed. Why collect only ad revenue when you can collect ad revenue AND subscription fees!?
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u/oldpaddyrick 2d ago
Yep, I have YouTube tv but I use the antenna for sports because the quality is better than streaming
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u/New-Exit-6767 Anta Claus 2d ago
Antenna is the fastest feed as well. You get to see what happens as close to live as possible
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u/noseonarug17 Terrence Shannon Jr. 2d ago
Might depend where you are but I do not have this experience, at least for the NFL. Sometimes I'll have the Vikings game on TV and Redzone on my phone, and there are times when they show the Vikings game and it's a little ahead (10 seconds or so).
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u/garnett21mn 2d ago
100%. As a kid we didn’t have cable, only way I could watch my beloved teams was over the air, and it was appointment television
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u/jake04-20 Bring Ya Ass 2d ago
I absolutely agree. I used to have issues with the cheap leaf antenna that you stick on the wall, but ever since getting an antenna rated for outdoor (I didn't actually mount it outside, it's actually just leaning up against a wall in the basement), I have zero signal issues. I also use HD Homerun to tie into plex so I can pause/rewind and/or DVR the broadcasts. It also means I have access to live OTA channels anywhere that I have my phone and cellular service through plex remote play, which I can then cast to a TV for example, works great.
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u/New-Exit-6767 Anta Claus 2d ago
When we buy a house, the first thing I’m doing is installing a real antenna outside. I have a pretty high quality one in my apartment but we run into issues with foul weather sometimes
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u/jake04-20 Bring Ya Ass 2d ago
It's also popular to mount them in the attic apparently, especially in states like MN with ice and snow. This is the one that I have, and I had all intentions of mounting it properly, but plugged it in to test and rested it against a wall by my water heater and water softener, and it's been sitting like that since last year lol.
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u/GhostOfStonewallJxn Rudy Gobert 2d ago
Plus whichever games they get on ABC. I am not paying $120 to see half of their games.
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u/OpportunityHot5076 2d ago
I started watching the wolves because of 45 OTA broadcasts back in the day. This is a big win!
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u/TyJankis 2d ago
Really only 15 that would not be national right? Looks like the others are already on NBC national games. Would like to see more non national games, but around 20% is still better than nothing.
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u/twovles31 2d ago
23 this year, maybe 28 next year. It's going up. Kare 11 needs to be willing to air the games over whatever show slate they would normally have on that evening.
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u/moutheatsbrains 2d ago
Correct, 23 in total. I’m hoping these new relationships with DAZN lead to more local broadcast games in the future.
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u/temple-of-the-dog KG 4 MVP 1d ago
So if the number of distinct televised games provided by KARE11 is 15. That means 15 games on KARE11 + 34 nationally televised games by my quick count.
So if you don't subscribe to DAZN (and you live locally & have KARE11 + primary streaming options), you'll be able to watch 45 games and you'll miss the other 37 games.
Someone check me on this!
I'm going to use this math to decided if it's worth the cost to sub to DAZN. I'm a sucker and will probably do it anyway, but it's still worth breaking it down like this.
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u/Scared_Wolf Timberwolves 2d ago
About time. I remember being able to watch as a kid on 45. People are getting priced out for going to games and even watching em these days. This is needed.
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u/deepdish3434 2d ago
There was nothing better as a kid/teenager than a Friday night checking out a high school football game nearby, coming home for the last half hour of Homicide: Life on the Streets and then turning to 45 at 9pm for a wolves west coast tilt.
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u/BTC_90210 2d ago
How come I pay for ESPN+ and the Wild game last night was blacked out?
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u/Spirited-Housing-242 2d ago
because if its on local TV it will be blacked out on ESPN+, every time. VPN will be your friend in this case (i hope, ive never tried ESPN+)
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u/Ten_Iron 2d ago
You need Wild+ if you live in the home area unless you use a VPN like what the other commenter said.
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u/Sam7sung 2d ago
Good stuff. Hopefully this is the beginning of more Wolves games on free TV in the coming years
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u/Repairmanjack21 2d ago
This is great but I'm outside the metro area and doesn't do too much for me. I plan on getting DAZN before the preseason game on Monday or would it be smart to see if they give a special rate before the season opener?
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u/FoodandLiquor28 2d ago
I'd say skip thr pre-season games, they don't really matter much anyway. I'm waiting the next few weeks out, hoping they make an offer thst sounds more reasonable. Part of it is the principle, if we just give them our money, especially this far out, they have no incentive to give us better value. Its kind of like pre-ordering a video game and then being given a lack luster product again and again.
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u/jacksawyerlost 2d ago
I'd be really surprised if they offer any kind of deal before the season starts, since that's just punishing their earliest subscribers. It's possible with what a shitshow it's been though.
My best guess is the first discount will come sometime in early November, but I doubt it's anything exceptional that's worth waiting for.
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u/Hermetic-Wolf 2d ago
The article you linked says 15 games not 23? Or did I miss something
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u/mrveryrelaxed 2d ago
15 games on KARE produced by local crew (DAZN)
8 games on KARE produced by national crew (NBC)
23 games
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u/yourloudneighbor Glen Taylor 2d ago
So I’m outside of the TC in Moorhead. I saw our Fargo nbc station advertised to carry MN wild games, I’m guessing on its OTA 11.2 or whatever it is.
Is that what they’ll do with the wolves? I’d rather just watch on dazn and have dvr..assuming dazn will still have the game?
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u/haros1985 2d ago
They have only had one or two preseason games at home for decades.
STH like me refuse to go to preseason games. I just give my seats away to those games.
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u/yourloudneighbor Glen Taylor 2d ago
Gonna guess they were banking the Lynx were going to need the target center for playoffs for the next few weeks
But… we know how that turned out
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u/yourloudneighbor Glen Taylor 2d ago
You really think teams that share arenas with wnba teams want to talk about rescheduling shit instead of just not scheduling one?
There’s been times the wolves game had to be changed because of a Lynx playoff game. Comes with playing floor changes, baskets, concessions,etc etc.
You gotta relax
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u/Informal-Sense8809 2d ago
Good. It's nice to see sports other than football making a bit of a return to OTA broadcasting after years of being stuck behind a paywall.