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Collected Wisdom: Hubie Brown, NBA broadcaster and former coach

Hubie Brown, 81, is beginning his 30th year of broadcasting the NBA playoffs, including working with USA Network, CBS, Turner and now ABC/ESPN. He brings an encylopedic knowledge of the game and a coach’s approach to his broadcasts.


ESPN/ABC commentator Hubie Brown is beginning his 30th year of covering the NBA playoffs. ESPN photo Ben Solomon - Ben Solomon

A guard at Niagara University, Brown got into the coaching ranks as a high school coach. He moved into the college ranks as an assistant at William & Mary and Duke and broke into the NBA in 1972 as an assistant coach under Larry Costello, his former Niagara teammate, with the Milwaukee Bucks.