ESPN NBA analyst Doris Burke

Episode 342 of the Sports Media Podcast features ESPN NBA analyst Doris Burke, who joins Doc Rivers and Mike Breen on ABC/ESPN’s NBA lead commentator team. Burke will becomes the first female analyst to call NBA Finals games on network TV with the promotion. In this podcast, Burke discusses how and when she learned she would be getting one of the lead analyst chairs; her surprise that Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson were departing ESPN; her relationship with Doc Rivers; her chemistry with Breen and Rivers; why she will be nervous at next year’s NBA Finals; the power teams in the league including the Bucks, Celtics, Nuggets, and Suns; her thought on an in-season tournament; the prospect of Victor Wembanyama; the talent in women’s college basketball and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.