How Kenny Beecham Became the New Face of NBA Media
About this episode
Kenny Beecham discusses his rise in NBA media and his recent partnership with NBC Sports.
NBA fans, you’re about to see a whole lot more of Kenny Beecham. The founder of basketball media brand Enjoy Basketball first broke through in 2011 streaming NBA 2k games on Twitch. Since then, he has built a YouTube channel with over 700,000 followers, hosted altcasts on NBA TV and ESPN and interviewed Adam Silver. In October 2025, Kenny and Enjoy signed their biggest deal yet: a partnership with NBC Sports to produce original NBA programming, the network’s first partnership with a creator-led media company. In this episode of The Deal, Kenny tells Jason and Alex why his appeal is based in the fact that he is “just a guy from Chicago.” He also shares how a cold email and getting stranded in a blizzard helped him close the deal with NBC. Kenny also explains how the YouTube “Adpocalypse” helped him build a basketball media juggernaut, how Allen Iverson changed the culture of basketball and why a show about NBA wives and girlfriends is such a hit. You can also watch this interview on the Bloomberg Podcasts YouTube page . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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