1. The NBA was a much simpler animal from a broadcast perspective last season when games aired only on ESPN/ABC and TNT. In that setup, ESPN aired the Western Conference finals, which featured the Timberwolves and Thunder. TNT aired the Eastern Conference finals between the Pacers and Knicks. Kevin Harlan was the play-by-play voice for TNT while Mike Breen did the honors for ESPN. However, with New York in the Eastern Conference finals for the first time in 26 years, Harlan wanted Breen, the longtime voice of the Knicks, to call the East series and pitched the idea of a job swap. “He calls me a couple of days before the series,” Breen told the New York Post , “and he says, ‘You’ve been waiting almost three decades for the Knicks to be in a conference final. I want you to call the games for TNT. I’m gonna go to my bosses, I’m gonna tell them that you should do it and I’ll go do the West for ESPN. I know my bosses would love to have you. You deserve it. This is the team you’ve followed.…