CHICAGO — The carriage dispute between Altitude TV and Comcast that has kept thousands of Nuggets fans in Colorado and the surrounding region from watching games is firmly on the NBA’s radar.



But it doesn’t appear as though the league has a clear answer for the problem that keeps dragging on for sports fans along the Front Range.



“It’s a bad situation for everyone,” commissioner Adam Silver said during his annual state-of-the-league address at the United Center on Saturday.



A brief recap: Altitude TV’s 15-year contracts with Comcast, Dish Network and DirecTV expired back in September, before the seasons for the Nuggets and the NHL’s Avalanche began. After a monthlong standoff, Altitude reached a new multiyear agreement with DirecTV, but agreements with Dish and Comcast, the most important party in this dispute given its reach in the market, have not been reached.



Altitude filed an antitrust lawsuit a...