ESPN has revealed its decision on who will be added to the broadcast booth for the NBA Championship Game.
The network previously declined to open up about future From the NBA's leading analyst team.
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ESPN announced last Friday that play-by-play announcer Mike Breen will call the NBA Trophy championship He will be joined by analysts Doris Burke and Richard Jefferson.
The announcement comes as a hint that Jefferson could finish as the third-best broadcast team in the NBA.
However, ESPN has yet to share the future of the supposed main trio.
Last year, at the start of the 2023-2024 NBA season, Doc Rivers was part of the broadcast team.
However, Rivers left to coach the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Network then replaced him with JJ Redick.
After calling the NBA Finals last season, former NBA player Redick left to coach the team Los Angeles Lakers.
ESPN tried to look for a second analyst to join Burke to find the NBA Conference Finals and Finals wing.
In doing so, they mixed and matched broadcast teams in the still-young 2024-25 NBA season.
Jefferson and analysts Tim Leger and Jay Bilas originated ESPN's initial press release that shared the NBA's broadcast plans for this campaign.
ESPN will have the trio of Breen, Burke and Jefferson call the NBA Cup semifinals together.
The network will likely test the three's chemistry and whether they can work in the finals booth.
However, ESPN will work Breen and Burke in the quarterfinal match as a two-man tag team.
ESPN chief content officer Burke Magnus appeared on SI Media with Jimmy Traina and revealed that while the network is trying to figure out who else can besides Breen and Burke, he opened up the possibility that the third spot could remain vacant.
ESPN's coverage of the NBA Cup semifinals and championship game will also include commentary from reporter Lisa Salters.
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Reporter Cassidy Hubbarth will join the NBA Cup quarterfinals.
The NBA Championship Game will be held at Las Vegas on December 17 and will air exclusively on ABC and ESPN+.
ESPN's announcement comes as the network shared earlier this month that it will broadcast Inside the NBA, starting in 2025-2026.
The show, which aired on TNT, stars host Ernie Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny “The Jet” Smith, and Charles Barkley.
TNT will continue to produce independently within the NBA from its Atlanta studios during the agreement.
The 2024-25 season will be the last season that TNT will air the 21-time Emmy Award-winning show.
