The NBA on ESPN & ABC: Commentators
Greg Anthony - Analyst
Former NBA point guard Greg Anthony joined ESPN in November 2002 as a studio analyst for the network’s NBA coverage. He appears on all of ESPN and ESPN2’s NBA studio shows including the Kia NBA Shootaround pre-game show. In addition, he added the role of game analyst during the 2005-06 season, regularly providing analysis during Sunday night telecasts. |
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Jon Barry - Game/Studio Analyst
Jon Barry, a 14-year NBA veteran, joined ESPN as a game and studio analyst for the 2006-07 season after retiring from the league. Barry will primarily work ESPN game telecasts with play-by-play voice Mike Tirico and analyst Bill Walton. He will also provide analysis for a variety of ESPN news and information studio shows throughout the season. |
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Mike Breen - Play-by-Play
Hubie Brown joined ABC in December 2004 as an analyst for NBA on ABC. He currently contributes as a game analyst for ESPN and ABC NBA broadcasts. Brown was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., September 2005.
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Hubie Brown - Analyst
Hubie Brown joined ABC in December 2004 as an analyst for NBA on ABC. He currently contributes as a game analyst for ESPN and ABC NBA broadcasts. Brown was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., September 2005.
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Ric Bucher - ESPN The Magazine Senior Writer
Ric Bucher joined ESPN in January 1999 as a San Francisco-based senior writer covering professional basketball for ESPN The Magazine, and as an NBA reporter for ESPN’s SportsCenter and NBA studio shows. Full bio... |
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Doris Burke - Analyst & Reporter
Doris Burke, a versatile basketball commentator who calls both men’s and women’s college and pro contests, has worked on ESPN basketball since March 1991 and the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship. Currently, she works a variety of ESPN assignments, including regular-season and NCAA Tournament women’s basketball, regular-season and Championship Week men’s basketball, ESPN Regional Television men’s BIG EAST basketball contests, WNBA games, plus WNBA Draft and sideline reporting duties on a select number of NBA telecasts. Full bio... |
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Mark Jackson - Game/Studio Analyst
Former NBA standout Mark Jackson is a game analyst for ABC broadcasts of the NBA, including The Finals, in a role he assumed prior to the 2006-07 season. Jackson has also served as a studio analyst for the NBA Sunday Countdown pre-game show (2006-07) on ABC.
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Mark Jones - Play-by-Play
Mark Jones, who has worked a wide variety of assignments for ESPN since 1990, serves as a play-by-play commentator on the NBA, college football and men’s and women’s college basketball telecasts as well as on the WNBA. |
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Tim Legler - Studio Analyst
Former NBA player Tim Legler joined ESPN in 2000 as a studio analyst for ESPNEWS, and his role with the network has grown each year. For the 2004-05 season, he added NBA Shootaround, the pre-game show prior to ESPN’s Friday night doubleheader, to his assignments. He also continues to appear regularly as an analyst of ESPN2’s NBA Coast to Coast, a weekly whip-around show that takes viewers to live NBA games across the country, and NBA Fastbreak (ESPN’s NBA highlights, news and information show). |
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Jamal Mashburn - Analyst
Jamal Mashburn joined ESPN as an NBA studio analyst for the 2006-07 season, appearing on a variety of the network’s news and information shows. Mashburn played 11 NBA seasons, including stints with the Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat and Charlotte Hornets. Mashburn was a prolific scorer, averaging more than 19 points per game to go along with 5.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists over the course of his career. Full bio... |
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Dave Pasch - Play-by-Play
Dave Pasch serves as a play-by-play commentator for ESPN, primarily working college football and men’s and women’s college basketball. He also calls a select number of NBA games on ESPN. He joined the network in 2003, calling the action on ESPN’s coverage of men’s and women’s college basketball, including Championship Week and the Women’s Tournament; college baseball; the WNBA; and the Great Outdoor Games. Full bio... |
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Jalen Rose - Studio Analyst
Jalen Rose, a 13-year NBA veteran, joined ESPN as a studio analyst in 2007. Rose l regularly appears on NBA Fastbreak, ESPN’s nightly highlight, news and information show, throughout the season. Rose played for seven teams during his NBA career – Dallas (1994-96), Indiana (1996-2001), Chicago (2001-2003), Toronto (2003-2005), New York (2005-06) and Phoenix (2006-07) – averaging 14.3 points per game, 3.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds.
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Lisa Salters - Reporter
Lisa Salters joined ESPN as a Los Angeles-based general assignment reporter in March 2000 from ABC News, where she served as a correspondent, providing news coverage for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings and other ABC News broadcasts since the spring of 1997. She serves as the courtside reporter for ESPN and ABC’s coverage of the NBA. In addition, Salters is the sideline reporter for Saturday Night Football on ABC. Full bio...
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John Saunders - Host
John Saunders, one of ESPN’s most visible and versatile commentators, has hosted and provided play-by-play for a variety of sports since joining ESPN in 1986. He currently is a play-by-play commentator on NBA telecasts, working with Greg Anthony and Tim Legler and serves as host of ESPN’s NBA Matchup, a weekly studio show focusing on the x’s and o’s approach to the game, and ESPN2’s NBA Coast to Coast, the whiparound format program offering live look-ins to games along with news, information and analysis. |
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Stuart Scott - Anchor/Reporter
Since joining ESPN in 1993 for the launch of ESPN2 as a host of short sports update segments, Stuart Scott’s role and visibility on studio shows have consistently grown. His primary roles are on SportsCenter – often anchoring the 11 p.m. ET edition – and on NFL and NBA programming. Scott is currently the host of NBA pre-game studio shows on ESPN and ABC.
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Stephen A. Smith - Studio Analyst
Well known for his distinctive style and outspoken opinions, Stephen A. Smith has become one of ESPN’s most visible NBA studio analysts, making regular appearances on SportsCenter, NBA studio programming and on ESPNEWS, as well as contributing to several television specials surrounding big events. Full bio...
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Michele Tafoya - Sideline Reporter
Michele Tafoya joined ESPN in 2000 and her profile has steadily risen through a variety of on-air roles, most notably as a sideline reporter for ESPN’s Monday Night Football and for NBA games on both ESPN and ABC. The sideline reporter for ABC Sports’ Monday Night Football for two seasons (2004-05), Tafoya joined ESPN’s Monday Night Football during its inaugural season in 2006. Full bio...
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Mike Tirico - Play-by-Play
Mike Tirico has handled a wide variety of assignments for ESPN, ESPN Radio and ABC Sports since 1991, and this fall he assumed one of the most high-profile positions in sports television as ESPN’s Monday Night Football play-by-play commentator. Tirico works alongside analysts Tony Kornheiser and Joe Theismann and sideline reporters Suzy Kolber and Michele Tafoya on sports television’s signature series on ESPN. Tirico also serves as play-by-play commentator for NBA games on ESPN and ABC. Full bio...
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Jeff Van Gundy - Analyst
Former NBA head coach Jeff Van Gundy joined ESPN in 2007 as part of the lead broadcast team, serving as an analyst alongside play-by-play commentator Mike Breen and analyst Mark Jackson. Van Gundy was the head coach of the Rockets for four seasons from 2004-07, leading the team to a 182-146 record. He previously was head coach of the New York Knicks from 1995-2001, when his the team won 248 games and made the playoffs six times (including an NBA Finals appearance in 1999). Prior to his NBA coaching experience, Van Gundy was an assistant coach at Rutgers and Providence.
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Bill Walton - Analyst
Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Walton serves as a studio analyst for ESPN and ABC NBA pre-game shows. He joined ESPN for its inaugural season of NBA coverage in 2002.
Walton, a three-time NCAA Player of the Year (1972, 1973, 1974) at UCLA, helped guide the Bruins to national titles in 1972 and ’73 and to an NCAA record 88-game winning streak. He also received the Sullivan Award as the Best Amateur Athlete of 1973 and earned Academic All-American honors three years in a row, graduating with a degree in history.
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Michael Wilbon - Co-Host/Analyst
Michael Wilbon, a pioneer of sports columnists who have successfully crossed mediums into the field of television, is an original co-host for ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption (PTI) which debuted on September 22, 2001. The fast paced sports talk show features in-depth debate on various topics between Wilbon and co-host Tony Kornheiser, and has become one of ESPN’s most watched shows. In addition to his PTI role, in 2006 Wilbon was named studio analyst of ABC’s NBA coverage, including the NBA Finals. He has since added the role of studio analyst for ESPN’s pre-game show. Full bio...
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Matt Winer - Anchor
Experienced sports reporter and anchor Matt Winer joined ESPN as an ESPNEWS anchor in January 2001 and now regularly co-anchors editions of ESPN’s flagship program SportsCenter. Since 2004-05, Winer has also regularly hosted ESPN’s NBA FastBreak show, the nightly program featuring highlights, news and information from around the league. Full bio... |
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