ESPN is moving NBA analyst Doug Collins from the studio to game sites, a decision prompted by the network’s commitment to broadcast more games under the league’s new TV arrangement, The Big Lead reported (via Awful Announcing).
ESPN will air 100 NBA games in the 2016-17 season, up from 90 last season.
Collins, who has been on ESPN’s NBA Countdown show since 2013, will return to the game analyst role he filled on TNT’s NBA coverage before joining the World Wide Leader. He also called some games for ESPN last year, but worked primarily in the studio.