JJ Redick will join Mike Breen and Doris Burke on ABC/ESPN’s NBA Finals broadcast team, stepping into the spot vacated by Doc Rivers after he left three months into his first season of a three-year contract to return to coaching with the Bucks. Redick will now work "the most prestigious spot in NBA broadcasting for the rest of the season, through the playoffs and the finals." This summer, ESPN named Redick to the network’s No. 2 team with play-by-play voice Ryan Ruocco and Richard Jefferson. With Redick now on the No. 1 team, ESPN "will evaluate if it just leaves Ruocco and Jefferson as a duo or adds a third analyst." One person who "will receive more games" is analyst Bob Myers, who is already a panelist on ABC/ESPN's NBA Countdown (THE ATHLETIC, 2/12).
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