International League pass from Brazil

Mike Rowsoft · Post #1 » by **Mike Rowsoft** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:00 pm

Hello guys,

I'm in Brazil right now and normally live in France.
The full NBA league pass is priced there at 89,99 USD at the moment for the whole year.
A question : if I buy this, will I be able to still watch it from France wihout the need of a VPN ?

Also, for Raptors games, which broadcast team will I get? Local one or visiting team one?

Thank you guys.

PS : sorry, searched on the internet did not found anything recent and specific...

Post #2 » by **JYD** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:18 pm

All I know is I live in Asia, and used to share LP with a friend in Canada, this is like 5 years ago. I forget who was paying for it, and he was blacked out from live games, but from 2 different countries we could log in and watch (at different times obviously), so I doubt there would be something stopping you. Think of all the people who travel on business having LP and there would seem to be a common sense answer there. So I think they only care if you're in a blackout area, or not.

You can choose which broadcast team you want to watch, it will give you a choice from home, visitor, or national US if that's an option.

Ackshun · Post #3 » by **Ackshun** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:21 pm

Mike Rowsoft wrote:Hello guys,

I'm in Brazil right now and normally live in France.
The full NBA league pass is priced there at 89,99 USD at the moment for the whole year.
A question : if I buy this, will I be able to still watch it from France wihout the need of a VPN ?

Also, for Raptors games, which broadcast team will I get? Local one or visiting team one?

Thank you guys.

PS : sorry, searched on the internet did not found anything recent and specific...

I paid for the India LP which was like $22 or something. I had no problems logging in with a VPN server in Mexico, but recently I have had to log in with an INDIAN vpn. You can disconnect the VPN after starting the stream to increase speed but super annoying. Meh

SnotoriousBIG · Post #4 » by **SnotoriousBIG** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 11:39 pm

I had league pass last year which i purchased as a canadian. I was in DR for an extended time and was able to login and watch games with no blackouts...

Mike Rowsoft · Post #5 » by **Mike Rowsoft** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 1:37 am

Thanks guys for sharing your experience. So far I must admit that it may depend on the country you buy it from... I ordered it for from Brazil while it was showing the 89,99$ price, but chose France where they asked about the country. Can they charge me French price? They only will charge one week after...

Laurier · Post #6 » by **Laurier** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:05 am

I don't know if NBA LP in Brazil and France have the same pricing. This is what I know: pricing is different especially in India :wink:

Regardless, you could still watch games wherever you are depending on broadcasting rights. That being said, you might get a blackout if you watch a game that happens to be locally televised in the country you're in.

refshateRaps · Post #7 » by **refshateRaps** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:17 am

Split the cost with Bruno.

Mike Rowsoft · Post #8 » by **Mike Rowsoft** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:51 pm

Hey guys, bringing this topic back at top to tell you from experience, as it is not very usual to do it, I'll do it so any other person having the same questions can have some answers.

So first off, I asked nba.com via e-mail contact about my situation, and they told me there is absolutely no issue and that my pass will work anywhere.

So I tried and yes it is true, it works!
Final price was 89,99 US$.

Watching Raptors game easily with the pass, so a very good investment for me!

Johnny Bball · Post #9 » by **Johnny Bball** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:11 pm

Yeah ...pricing the cost of LP based on where you live and how affluent the country is... is just damn awful.

bboyskinnylegs · Post #10 » by **bboyskinnylegs** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:47 pm

I bought the India one, am very happy with that. Need to find a better VPN service though for connecting through there.

RaptorsNorth · Post #11 » by **RaptorsNorth** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 5:05 pm

It should work fine because I was able use it when I was in Cuba, but I don't know if Europe is different.

kwajo · Post #12 » by **kwajo** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 5:18 pm

bboyskinnylegs wrote:I bought the India one, am very happy with that. Need to find a better VPN service though for connecting through there.

I went with India as well, so far no issues. Went with a paid VPN service since my past free options sucked, used a discount code I found online that only cost me $40 for two years, seems to work great.

beeshake · Post #13 » by **beeshake** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 6:07 pm

What VPN service do you guys use?

sycammer · Post #14 » by **sycammer** » Fri Oct 26, 2018 7:09 pm

i purchased the NBA LP, i wake up like after 5AM - Morning prayer time (then, watch the NBA LP)...X-VPN is the one, i use...so far pretty good