WarnerBros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav said this week that the company has a "building attack strategy" on sports and news, which was in contrast with his previous statement that TNT doesn't "have to have the NBA."

A source tells FrontOfficeSports, however, that nothing has fundamentally changed about the company's approach.

The company is primarily interested in retaining sports rights with a broad appeal, including those of the NBA.

TNT wants to retain its position as a broadcaster for top regular season and playoff games for the NBA.

TNT averaged 1.4 million viewers for its NBA broadcasts in the most recent season and had the top five cable NBA telecasts.