ESPN is expected to replace Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy with Doris Burke and former Sixers coach Doc Rivers, two people close to the move told The Associated Press.
Burke would be the first woman to serve as a game analyst for the NBA Finals on television. She has called the Finals on ESPN Radio since 2020 and has been an analyst on ESPN's NBA games since 2017.in May, called games on ESPN during the 2003-04 season.
Jackson first joined ESPN in 2006 before leaving in 2011 to take the head coaching job with the Golden State Warriors. He returned to the network in May 2014 after being fired by the Warriors. Van Gundy had been the network’s top NBA analyst since 2007 and recently called a record 17th NBA Finals. Breen, Van Gundy and Jackson called 15 Finals together.
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