Arizona alum Richard Jefferson will work with play-by-play announcer Mike Breen on the top ABC/ESPN NBA announcing team and they will be joined by Tim Legler for the 2025-26 season. Legler replaces Doris Burke who will continue to call games for ABC and ESPN.
Breen has been the top ABC/ESPN Play-By-Play announcer since they became the main network in 2006. Breen has been calling NBA games since 1989. Jefferson has worked for ESPN since 2019. Breen, Burke and Jefferson only worked together as a team during the 2025-26 season.
Legler has worked for ESPN since 2000, primarily as a studio analyst.