NBC Sports, which will start televising NBA games next season, has made a deal with Jamal Crawford to be part of its broadcasted team, according to a report in The Athletic.
A former NBA player, Crawford has been working for TNT Sports and NBA TV. TNT Sports was outbid for rights to NBA games by NBCUniversal, which will pay $2.6 billion per season over 11 years.
NBC is also interested in signing TNT’s lead analyst Reggie Miller, the former Indiana Pacer star, according to the report
NBC Sports officials declined to comment on the report.
NBCU will be putting NBA games on the NBC broadcast network and its Peacock streaming service. Peacock will have exclusive games on Mondays and NBC will air games on Tuesdays.
NBC is expected to use its top football announcers Mike Tirico and Noah Eagle as play-by-play voices on NBA games.
Crawford played in that NBA from 2000 to 2020 after being drafted in the first round by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He played for nine teams over his career and was a three-time NBA Sixth Man of the Year.
After retiring as a player he started his broadcast career doing games on NBA League Pass in 2021. The became a color analyst for The NBA on TNT in 2022. He has also signed up with MSG Network in New York as a backup color analyst.
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