ESPN nearing deal to add ex-Warriors GM Bob Myers to NBA coverage

ESPN is near including a four-time NBA champion to its expertise roster.

The Publish has discovered that Bob Myers is nearing a deal to hitch “NBA Countdown” as an analyst.

Myers, 48, was the overall supervisor of the Warriors for his or her championships in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022, with the added title of president of basketball operations throughout the latter three.

He stepped down from the Warriors’ roles in late May.

Throughout final season, Myers hosted a podcast, “Lead By Instance,” that was produced by Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions and distributed on ESPN’s multimedia platforms.

Previous to working with the Warriors, Myers was an NBA participant agent.

An ESPN spokesperson declined to remark.

As has incessantly been the case throughout the previous decade, “NBA Countdown” goes to look rather a lot completely different subsequent season.

The Publish’s Andrew Marchand first reported Wednesday that Malika Andrews will be replacing Mike Greenberg as host of the program throughout the NBA Finals on ABC.

Analyst Jalen Rose, one of many fixtures of this system within the final 10 years, was let go by ESPN in the network’s recent round of layoffs.

As also first reported by Marchand, ESPN has additionally modified across the high announce workforce for the primary time in years.

Doris Burke and Doc Rivers shall be changing Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson alongside play-by-play broadcaster Mike Breen.