The past few weeks, we’ve seen major on-air personalities get impacted by ESPN’s layoffs. And the network isn’t done making moves with some of its biggest broadcasts. That includes the NBA.
According to the New York Post’s Andrew Marchand, ESPN is promoting Doris Burke to lead analyst for its NBA broadcasts and hiring former NBA coach Doc Rivers to work alongside her and announcer Mike Breen. The initial plan was to demote Mark Jackson to ESPN’s B-Team NBA broadcast, but Marchand later reported that Jackson would leave ESPN entirely. Jackson would later confirm his departure from ESPN. He joined the network in 2014 after coaching the Golden State Warriors.
NEWS: Mark Jackson is now out at ESPN, according to sources.https://t.co/8AhPLrR6U4
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) July 31, 2023
Jackson’s departure (or demotion) seemed likely when ESPN laid off his broadcast partner, Jeff Van Gundy, in June. And while you’ll hardly find any announcers who fans all like, Jackson’s exit from ESPN had fans celebrating the news,
They all applied his “mama, there goes that man” catchphrase to the news of his exit.
