The Clippers traded Russell Westbrook to the Utah Jazz last week, which set up a contract buyout for the 35-year-old veteran.
The parent company of the TNT cable network asserts the NBA breached its current deal by allegedly refusing to honor rights to match an offer from Amazon.
'Inside the NBA' analyst Charles Barkley posted a statement slamming the league's new media rights deal that snubs TNT in favor of ESPN, NBC and Amazon: 'It just sucks.'