(New York, NY and El Segundo, CA) – Time Warner Cable and the Los Angeles Lakers today entered into a 20-year, wide-ranging agreement for rights to distribute all locally available pre-season, regular season, and post-season Lakers games, beginning with the 2012-2013 season. Signed 2-yr $5.18M contract July 8, 2019. Signed 1-yr minimum salary contract August 26, 2019. Signed 1-yr minimum salary contract on July 7, 2019. Exercised 2020-21 team option October 17, 2019. Exercised 2019-20 team option October 16, 2018. Signed rookie scale contract on July 3, 2017. Los Angeles Lakers Time Warner Cable Deal In 2011, the Lakers agreed a 20-year deal with Time Warner Cable. The deal is worth $4 billion and is currently the most lucrative TV deal in the NBA. This deal leads to all non-nationally televised Lakers games being shown on Spectrum Sports, making it the official home of Lakers Basketball.