J.J. Redick is the front-runner to join ESPN’s top NBA broadcasting team alongside play-by-play announcer Mike Breen and game analyst Mark Jackson, according to Front Office Sports.
Doris Burke, Richard Jefferson and Doc Rivers are also reportedly still in the mix for the job.
The Post’s Andrew Marchand and Ryan Glasspiegel previously reported that Redick, Burke and Jefferson were “the most likely candidates,” and that Rivers “could be an outside choice” to succeed Jeff Van Gundy on the prestigious announcing crew.
Van Gundy, 61, had been with the company for 16 years.
The longtime NBA analyst was part of a round of layoffs that saw around 20 on-air personalities leave ESPN in an effort to save tens of millions of dollars.
Whoever fills in for Van Gundy will be tasked with replacing one of the best basketball game analysts ever.
JJ Redick looks on during the 2023 NBA Draft NBAE via Getty ImagesVan Gundy called nearly 100 NBA Finals games since he joined the booth in 2007.
Redick, 39, joined ESPN in 2021 after a 15-year NBA career.
The Duke product has worked as a color analyst during games and regularly appears on the network’s “First Take” and “NBA Today”.
Doris Burke after Game 3 of the 2023 NBA Finals NBAE via Getty ImagesBurke and Jefferson have also both worked as game commentators for the Worldwide Leader in recent years.
Burke has worked at ESPN since 1991 and has been calling men’s and women’s basketball games for more than 30 years.
Jefferson joined YES Network as a game analyst in 2018 and ESPN a year later.
Rivers worked as an analyst for NBA on ABC during the 2003-04 season before being hired as the head coach of the Boston Celtics.
