"There's not a lot of people out there that are ready to come right in," Marks said. "You want to hit the ground running...you want the show to be pretty good right away."
The Jan. 15 show garnered 318,000 viewers, making it the most-watched live episode of The Herd to air on FS1, up 35 percent compared to Jan. 2023's average.
"Drew and I love this sport, we could talk basketball all day. Now we will! We’ll dive into everything around the WNBA and NBA and can't wait to share our thoughts."
"He's reminding me of a golden time in the industry when a big-time personality introduced me to the wonder and discovery of a sport. I was following him, and he was teaching me. Something inside me died with him last night."