WBD is suing the NBA so it can stay in business with the NBA. Yikes.

Two years ago, Warner Bros. Discovery boss David Zaslav told investors he'd be ok without NBA games, which his TNT network had been airing for decades.

He's changed his mind since, but it's too late: The NBA has struck $76 billion worth of new rights deals with Disney, Comcast, and Amazon, which means next season is the last year you'll see the NBA on TNT.

So now Zaslav is in an extraordinary position: He's filed a hail mary lawsuit against the NBA, demanding that they give him a package of games they've decided to sell to Amazon instead.

You can read an excellent blow-by-blow of WBD's failed negotiations with the NBA from John Ourand at Puck. (TLDR: Zaslav and his team miscalculated badly.) But the next chapter of his story will be fascinating, too.

By Peter Kafka.

Full story at Yahoo News.