Basketball is another one where there is stupidity.

I live in what my TV provider called a "dead zone".

I live in the NBA's "broadcast zone" for the Portland Trail Blazers. That means even with League Pass, I cannot watch their home games, because I am meant to watch them on my local TV provider.

But guess what, I don't live in the Seattle TV zone. So I don't have a local/any station that broadcasts Blazers game.

And the NBA doesn't care either. "Sure, you can only watch half of your team games, sucks to be you."