Doris Burke, Doc Rivers named to ESPN's NBA broadcast team / News - Basketnews.com

Following the release of Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson and Jalen Rose, ESPN has announced that Doris Burke, Doc Rivers and Bob Myers will be the network's NBA broadcast crew.

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Two weeks ago, ESPN released its long-time announcer, Mark Jackson, who had returned to the networkin May 2014 after being fired by the Golden State Warriors.

As Andrew Marchand from the New York Post reported, Doc Rivers was hired to cover Jackson's position, while Doris Burke was promoted after Jeff Van Gundy was also relieved from his duties at ESPN. Burke is teaming up with Mike Breen, a Hall of Fame play-by-play announcer, as the network's broadcast team this coming season.

That means Burke is in line to become the first female analyst to call a televised championship in one of the four major professional American sports. For the past nine years, Burke was the ESPN sideline reporter for the NBA Finals and serves as an analyst during regular season broadcasts.

Former Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers has experience of being an announcer. He worked with ESPN during the 2003-04 season and covered the 2004 NBA Finals. Burke and Rivers Rivers worked for ESPN in a broadcasting role in 2003-04 before an extended run as an NBA head coach.

The broadcast team is completed byformer Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers, who stepped down at the end of the playoffs. He helped assemble a four-time NBA championship roster in Golden State and is slated for a studio role this season.

ESPN said Myers would also have the opportunity to work as an analyst but didn’t specify whether he could replace Burke calling games on the network’s radio broadcasts.

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