ESPN has let go of NBA analyst Mark Jackson after shaking up their top NBA broadcast team, Jackson told Peter Vecsey on Monday.
Jackson first joined ESPN in 2006 after he retired from the league, and worked with Mike Breen and Jeff Van Gundy on the No. 1 broadcast team. After leaving for three seasons as the Warriors head coach from 2011 to ’14, Jackson returned to ESPN back to his previous position, where he has been ever since.
In total, Jackson was part of the NBA Finals for 14 different seasons while with ESPN, teaming up with Van Gundy and Breen for each one. ESPN already let Van Gundy go as part of a series of layoffs this summer, but did not immediately announce his replacement.
Earlier on Monday, The New York Post’s Andrew Marchand reported that ESPN was moving forward with Doris Burke and Doc Rivers joining Breen as the main broadcast crew. Burke has been with ESPN since the 1990s, while Rivers was fired by the 76ers in the offseason.
