ESPN is making changes to its A-team covering its NBA broadcasts, starting with the ousting of veteran analyst Mark Jackson, according to multiple reports on Monday.
Thefirst reported Jackson’s firing, which comes just over a month after his longtime on-air partner, Jeff Van Gurdy, was laid off. There were two years remaining on Jackson’s contract. The network is expected to replace the pair with Doris Burke and Doc Rivers.
Burke, who has covered basketball for ESPN since 1991, would become the first woman to call NBA Finals games on network television if promoted. Rivers spent time commentating for, and has spent the past 24 seasons as a head coach for the league. Most recently working with the Philadelphia 76ers, he was fired by the team during the offseason. Neither deal is finalized, according to the, but both “are quickly moving in that direction.
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