NBA XL your home for basketball culture enters its 5th season with flair. Combining basketball, fashion, and music, NBA XL gives Canadians a steady diet of hoop culture from all angles on a larger scale.


Longtime on-air personality and former producer of The Morning Rush (Flow 93.5) Mark Strong, will host the show along with Nikki Reyes, (former on-air host of “Flip TV” on Omni Network) delivering an in-depth, fun, exciting and cool look at the NBA and its stars. Mark and Nikki will be joined by a top-notch world correspondent, Chris Fowler (ESPN X-Games) who will discover basketball’s many different languages as he travels around the world.

The NBA XL crew can be seen Saturday's on Raptors NBA TV and Monday's on Sportsnet.

NBA XL has been an important part of international broadcast stream for the last three years, available in over 13 languages plus 40 countries including the Middle East, Asia, and Dominican Republic. Raptors NBA TV will produce and air the show Saturday evenings at 6pm ET and 4pm PT. And the show will have a second run on Sportsnet Ontario, East, West and Pacific each Monday, (check local listings for airings in your region).

The show’s emphasis on NBA stars will play an important role in advancing our home-grown talent, underscoring both networks commitment to celebrating Canadian talent across the globe.
The NBA XL crew can be seen Saturday's on Raptors NBA TV and Monday's on Sportsnet.


NBA XL has been an important part of international broadcast stream for the last three years, available in over 13 languages plus 40 countries including the Middle East, Asia, and Dominican Republic. Raptors NBA TV will produce and air the show Saturday evenings at 6pm ET and 4pm PT. And the show will have a second run on Sportsnet Ontario, East, West and Pacific each Monday, (check local listings for airings in your region).

The show’s emphasis on NBA stars will play an important role in advancing our home-grown talent, underscoring both networks commitment to celebrating Canadian talent across the globe.

Check here to find out when you catch NBA XL on Raptors NBA TV or for NBA XL on Sportsnet.

NBA XL is your home for basketball culture. With an in-depth, fun, exciting view of the game, XL brings you’re the latest in hoops fashion, music and politics with a pop-culture appeal.

What's On NBA XL?

Barbershop A roundtable Discussion of issues, politics, trends in the league. What better place to do it than in the barbershop?

Grips /Freshly Dipped A Look at What’s Hot, What’s Not in the world of Fashion and Kicks

SOUNDBOMBINGBREAKDOWN The NBA’s hypest plays cut to the hottest music videos. No he didn’t….

CLASSIC MATERIAL Old school is back, baby. Find out about former NBA greats who paved the way for today’s stars. Take a look back at some classic games, Finals, records. Knowledge is King. Man, the shorts were short back then!

Nikki’s Quickes Get connected, baby. Get all info from your favorite players around the league – how they do what they do, insights into what they got going on, but also what keeps them motivated off it. Nikki’s got the goods, quick and easy.

SHORTIES Grass roots basketball, yo. Let’s take a minute or two to recognize the shorties of the next generation who’s are doing big things with the game.

MARK’S STEEZ Helping to bring a different angle to the game, Mark gets it down – covering trend setting events, profiling athletes and of course, adding his own take.

Where I’m From You can’t recognize where you’re at until you pay homage to where you came from. Let some of the leagues impact players take you to there hometown, show you the playgrounds that made them and tell you about the true meaning of the word hustle.

FRESHMAN Rookies don’t get enough props. It’s tough to make a name for yourself in a place where respect is something that is earned not given. We’ll let some of the NBA’s brightest rookies let you know why they deserve to be remembered.

Flossin’* We know we know we know. The biggest attraction to the game is not always the game itself but how they are living. We’ll break down some of the greatest inventions in technology, automobiles and of course, jewelry.

GRIPS/FRESHLY DIPPED We know if you’re about the basketball culture, your about the classics, the throwbacks. But its more than just jersey’s – it’s the shoes, the comic books, the posters, the collectibles kid. “Stylin’ profiling” ain’t just a phrase kid, it’s a part of life.

SNEEK PEEK We know you always wanted to get backstage at one of our favorite concerts, commercial shoots, locker rooms etc. ….we got you...

The Buzz Your access Hollywood of the NBA has just arrived! News, Rumours about what the players are doing and how they are getting it down.