List of current NBA broadcasters explained

The following is a list of current National Basketball Association broadcasters for each individual team entering the 2024–25 NBA season.

Regional broadcasters

Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

Television

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Flagship TV Station	Streaming Service
Boston	Drew Carter		Abby Chin	NBC Sports Boston[1]	None
Brooklyn	Ian Eagle Ryan Ruocco Noah Eagle Chris Shearn Chris Carrino		Meghan Triplett	YES Network WWOR-TV [2]	The Gotham Sports App
New York	Mike Breen Kenny Albert Bill Pidto (select games) Gus Johnson (select games)	Walt Frazier Wally Szczerbiak Alan Hahn Monica McNutt Jamal Crawford	Rebecca Haarlow	MSG Network[3]
Philadelphia	Kate Scott Tom McGinnis (select games)	Alaa Abdelnaby	Taryn Hatcher	NBC Sports Philadelphia[4]	None
Toronto	Matt Devlin	Jack Armstrong	Kayla Grey	TSN (41 games)	TSN
		Alvin Williams	Savanna Hamilton	Sportsnet[5] (41 games)	Sportsnet+

Radio

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Flagship Station
Boston	Sean Grande	Cedric Maxwell Abby Chin
Brooklyn		Tim Capstraw	WFAN AM and FM
New York	Tyler Murray Kenny Albert Don La Greca (select games) Pat O'Keefe (select games)		WHSQ
Philadelphia	Tom McGinnis Matt Murphy		WPEN
Toronto	Eric Smith	Paul Jones	CJCL
	Paul Jones	Jevohn Shepherd	CHUM

Spanish

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Flagship Station
Brooklyn	Max Pérez-Jiménez	Ino Gómez	WADO YES Network SAP
New York	Clemson Smith-Muñiz	Ramón Rivas	WADO MSG Deportes

French

Central Division

Television

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter	Flagship TV Station	Streaming service
Chicago		Stacey King	K. C. Johnson Ruthie Polinsky	Chicago Sports Network[6]	CHSN
Cleveland	John Michael		Serena Winters	FanDuel Sports Network Ohio[7]	FanDuel Sports Network
Detroit	George Blaha Johnny Kane	Greg Kelser	Johnny Kane Natalie Kerwin	FanDuel Sports Network Detroit[8]
Indiana	Chris Denari	Quinn Buckner Eddie Gill (home games)	Jeremiah Johnson	FanDuel Sports Network Indiana[9]
Milwaukee	Lisa Byington Dave Koehn	Marques Johnson Steve Novak Stephen Bardo	Melanie Ricks	FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin WMLW-TV [10]

Notes

Radio

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter	Flagship Station
Chicago	Chuck Swirsky	Bill Wennington		WSCR[11]
Cleveland	Tim Alcorn	Jim Chones		WTAM/WMMS[12]
Detroit		Rick Mahorn
Indiana	Mark Boyle	Eddie Gill	Pat Boylan	WFNI
Milwaukee	Dave Koehn Josh Maurer (select games)	Ben Brust Justin Garcia (select games)		WTMJ

Spanish

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Flagship Station
Chicago	Omar Ramos	Matthew Moreno	WRTO
Cleveland	Rafael Hernández Brito		WLFM-LP

Southeast Division

Television

Team	Play-by-play	Analyst(s)	Sideline Reporter	Flagship TV Station	Streaming service
Atlanta			Tabitha Turner	FanDuel Sports Network Southeast[13]	FanDuel Sports Network
Charlotte	Eric Collins	Dell Curry	Shannon Spake
Miami	Eric Reid	John Crotty	Kristen Hewitt Will Manso Kelly Saco Jeremy Tache	FanDuel Sports Network Sun[14]
Orlando	David Steele	Jeff Turner	Dante Marchitelli	FanDuel Sports Network Florida[15]
Washington	Chris Miller		Meghan McPeak	Monumental Sports Network[16]	Monumental+

Radio

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Flagship Station
Atlanta	Steve Holman	Mike Conti	WZGC[17] WVEE
Charlotte	Sam Farber	Matt Carroll	WFNZ
Miami	Jason Jackson	Amy Audibert	WQAM
Orlando	Jake Chapman		WYGM WTKS-HD2
Washington	Dave Johnson	Glenn Consor	WTEM

Spanish

Western Conference

Northwest Division

Television

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter	Flagship TV Station	Streaming service
Denver	Chris Marlowe	Scott Hastings	Katy Winge Chris Dempsey	Altitude Sports KTVD/KUSA (20 games)[19]	Altitude+
Minnesota	Michael Grady	Jim Petersen	Katie Storm Lea Olsen Jon Krawczynski	FanDuel Sports Network North[20] WUCW [21]	FanDuel Sports Network
Oklahoma City	Chris Fisher	Michael Cage	Nick Gallo Paris Lawson	FanDuel Sports Network Oklahoma Griffin Media [22]
Portland	Kevin Calabro Travis Demers	Lamar Hurd Michael Holton	Brooke Olzendam	Rip City TV Network [23]	BlazerVision
Utah	Craig Bolerjack		Lauren Green Holly Rowe (select games)		Jazz+

Notes

Radio

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline Reporter	Flagship Station
Denver	Jason Kosmicki	Scott Hastings	Katy Winge	Altitude Sports 92.5 FM[24] Altitude Sports AM 950
Minnesota	Alan Horton
Oklahoma City	Matt Pinto			WWLS
Portland	Travis Demers Rich Burk	Michael Holton Antonio Harvey		KPOJ
Utah	David Locke	Ron Boone		KSL[25]

Spanish

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Flagship Station
Oklahoma City	Eleno Ornelas		WKY
Utah	Nelson Moran	Isidro Lopez and Francisco Vazquez	KTUB

Pacific Division

Television

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline Reporter	Flagship TV Station	Streaming service
Golden State	Bob Fitzgerald	Kelenna Azubuike	Kerith Burke	NBC Sports Bay Area[26]	None
Los Angeles Clippers	Brian Sieman		Kristina Pink Jaime Maggio	FanDuel Sports Network SoCal FanDuel Sports Network West KTLA [27]	FanDuel Sports Network ClipperVision
Los Angeles Lakers	Bill Macdonald[28]	Stu Lantz	Mike Trudell[29]	Spectrum SportsNet[30]	Spectrum SportsNet+
Phoenix	Kevin Ray Tom Leander	Eddie Johnson Ann Meyers Drysdale		KTVK/Arizona's Family Sports[31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36]	Suns Live
Sacramento	Mark Jones Kyle Draper [37]	Kayte Christensen		NBC Sports California[38]	None

Radio

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Flagship Station
Golden State	Tim Roye		KGMZ
Los Angeles Clippers	Carlo Jiménez
Los Angeles Lakers	John Ireland	Mychal Thompson	KSPN[39]
Phoenix	Jon Bloom	Tim Kempton	KTAR KMVP
Sacramento	Gary Gerould		KHTK

Spanish

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Flagship Station
Los Angeles Clippers	Armando Garcia		KWKW
Los Angeles Lakers	Fernando González	Jose Mantilla and Francisco Pinto
Phoenix	Arturo Ochoa	Gerardo Romo	KPHX
Sacramento	Armando Botello		KRCX

Southwest Division

Television

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)	Flagship TV Station	Streaming service
Dallas	Mark Followill	Derek Harper Devin Harris Jeff Wade	Lesley McCaslin	Dallas Mavericks Broadcast Network[40] [41]	MavsTV[42]
Houston	Craig Ackerman		Vanessa Richardson	Space City Home Network	None
Memphis	Pete Pranica	Brevin Knight	Rob Fischer	FanDuel Sports Network Southeast[43]	FanDuel Sports Network
New Orleans	Joel Meyers		Andrew Lopez	Gulf Coast Sports & Entertainment Network WVUE-DT (Select games in New Orleans)[44] [45] [46]	Pelicans+[47]
San Antonio	Jacob Tobey	Sean Elliott Matt Bonner Fabricio Oberto (select games)	Dan Weiss	FanDuel Sports Network Southwest KENS WOAI-DT2 [48]	FanDuel Sports Network

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Radio

Team	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Flagship Station
Dallas	Chuck Cooperstein	Brian Dameris	KEGL
Houston	Matt Thomas	Adam Clanton Adam Wexler
Memphis	Eric Hasseltine	Elliot Perry Michael Wallace	WMFS-FM
New Orleans	Todd Graffagnini	John DeShazier	WWL-AM & WWL-FM
San Antonio	Bill Schoening		WOAI

Spanish

Team	Play-by-play	Flagship Station
Dallas	Victor Villalba	KFLC
Houston	Adrian Chavarria	KYST
San Antonio	Paul Castro	KXTN
New Orleans	Emilio Peralta	WODT

National broadcasters

ESPN/ABC

Play-by-play announcers

• Mike Breen
• Ryan Ruocco
• Mark Jones
• Dave Pasch
• Michael Grady

Color analysts

• Doris Burke
• Richard Jefferson
• Hubie Brown
• Bob Myers
• Stephanie White
• Cory Alexander
• Jay Bilas
• Tim Legler

Sideline reporters

• • Lisa Salters Cassidy Hubbarth
• Monica McNutt
• Katie George
• Jorge Sedano
• Angel Gray

Spanish Commentators

ESPN Deportes, ABC in Spanish on SAP

• Andrés Nocioni
• Ernesto Jerez
• Carlos Morales
• Claudia Trejos
• Fabricio Oberto
• Fernando Álvarez
• Fernando Tirado
• Jerry Olaya
• Leonardo Montero
• Marcelo Nogueira
• Miguel Angel Briseno
• Nicolás Ledesma
• Pablo Viruega
• Sebastián Martínez Christensen
• Julia Headley

ESPN Radio

Play-by-play announcers

• Marc Kestecher (Full season)

Color analysts

• Hubie Brown
• P. J. Carlesimo
• Cory Alexander
• Rosalyn Gold-Onwude

NBA on TNT

Play-by-play announcers

• Kevin Harlan
• Brian Anderson
• Ian Eagle
• Spero Dedes

Color analysts

• Reggie Miller (co-lead)
• Stan Van Gundy (co-lead)
• Jim Jackson
  • Greg Anthony Grant Hill
• Candace Parker
• Brendan Haywood

Sideline reporters

• Allie LaForce (lead)
• Jared Greenberg
• Stephanie Ready
• Lauren Jbara
• Taylor Rooks

Spanish commentators

Available on SAP

• Marcelo Godoy
• Pete Manzano
• Fernando Palacios

NBA TV

• Uses the home team's announcing team during games unless specified. During playoff games, announcers from TNT are used
• Gus Johnson
• Kevin Calabro
• Matt Winer

International broadcasters

Americas

Central America and Mexico

• Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua: ESPN
• Dominican Republic: ESPN, CDN Deportes, NBA TV International
• Mexico: ESPN, Amazon Prime Video, TUDN and NBA TV International
• Panama: ESPN, Cable Onda Sports and NBA TV International

South America

• Argentina: ESPN, NBA TV International
• Bolivia: ESPN
• Brazil: ESPN, YouTube and Prime Video
• Chile: ESPN
• Colombia: ESPN
• Ecuador: ESPN
• Paraguay: ESPN
• Peru: ESPN
  • Suriname: ESPN, C Sport, SCCN, NBA TV International Uruguay: ESPN, NBA TV International
• Venezuela: ESPN

North America and Caribbean

• Canada: TSN, Sportsnet, NBA TV Canada and RDS
• Caribbean: ESPN, C Sport and NBA TV International
• Puerto Rico: ABC, ESPN, WAPA 2 Deportes, TNT, NBA TV

Europe

• Albania: Tring Sport
  • Andorra: Movistar+ Armenia: Fast Sports and Setanta Sports
• Austria: ProSieben MAXX
• Azerbaijan: ITV and Setanta Sports
• Belarus: Setanta Sports
• Belgium: DAZN and RTBF
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: Arena Sport and NBA TV International Bulgaria: Diema Sport
• Croatia: Arena Sport
• Cyprus: CYTA and NBA TV International
  • • Czech Republic: Nova Sport Denmark: TV 2 Sport Estonia: Go3 Sport and NBA TV International
    • Finland: Nelonen Media France: beIN Sports Georgia: Silknet and Setanta Sports
• Germany: DAZN,^[49] ProSieben MAXX^[50] and NBA TV International
  • • Greece: Cosmote Sport Hungary: Sport1 Iceland: Stöð 2 Sport
• Ireland: TNT Sports^[51]
• Italy: Sky Sport and NBA TV International
• Kosovo: ArtSport and NBA TV International
• Latvia: Go3 Sport and NBA TV International
• Liechtenstein: ProSieben MAXX
  • Lithuania: Go3 Sport and NBA TV International Luxembourg: DAZN
• Moldova: Setanta Sports
• Montenegro: Arena Sport and NBA TV International
• Netherlands: ESPN
• North Macedonia: Arena Sport and NBA TV International
  • • Norway: VG+ Poland: Canal+ Portugal: Sport TV and NBA TV International
• Romania: Antena Play
• (suspended)
  • San Marino: Sky Sport Serbia: Arena Sport and NBA TV International
  • Slovakia: Nova Sport Slovenia: Arena Sport and NBA TV International
  • Spain: Movistar+ Sweden: TV4
• Switzerland: ProSieben MAXX
• Turkey: S Sport and NBA TV International
• Ukraine: Setanta Sports
• United Kingdom: TNT Sports, Sky Sports,^[52] BBC^[53]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Sub-Saharan Africa: ESPN, CanalSat Afrique and NBA TV International
• South Africa: SABC

Middle East and North Africa

• Israel: Sport 5
• MENA: beIN Sports^[54]

Asia-Pacific

• Central Asia: Setanta Sports
• Indian subcontinent: Viacom18
• China: Tencent, China Mobile, CCTV and Shanghai Media Group
• Hong Kong: Now TV and NBA TV International
• Macau: M Plus
• Indonesia: Emtek, TVRI and NBA TV International
• Japan: Rakuten, Wowow
  • • • Brunei and Malaysia: Astro SuperSport South Korea: SPOTV Mongolia: PSN Philippines: One Sports, NBA TV Philippines,^{[55] [56]} Pilipinas Live, RPTV and Setanta Sports^[57]
• Singapore: Starhub and NBA TV International
• Taiwan: Videoland, ELTA and LINE TODAY
• Cambodia, Laos and Thailand: TrueVisions and NBA TV International
• Tajikistan: Varzish TV
• Vietnam: FPT^[58]

Oceania

• Australia: ESPN
  • New Zealand: ESPN Papua New Guinea and Pacific Islands: ESPN

See also

• NBA TV
• NBA TV Canada
• NBA TV Philippines
• NBA League Pass
• National Basketball Association on television
• List of current Major League Baseball broadcasters
• List of current NFL broadcasters
• List of current Major League Soccer broadcasters
• List of current National Hockey League broadcasters
• List of historical NBA over-the-air television broadcasters

Notes

1. Some Chicago Bulls games on WGN-TV were simulcast nationally on its superstation feed WGN America through the 2013–2014 season. Those simulcasts have been discontinued.

Notes and References

1. http://www.nba.com/celtics/schedule/2010-2011-regular-season-schedule.html Boston Celtics schedule
2. http://www.nba.com/nets/schedule/ Brooklyn Nets schedule
3. http://www.nba.com/knicks/schedule/ New York Knicks schedule
4. http://www.nba.com/sixers/schedule/ Philadelphia 76ers schedule
5. http://www.nba.com/teamsites/raptors/schedule/ Toronto Raptors schedule
6. http://www.nba.com/bulls/schedule/ Chicago Bulls schedule
7. https://www.nba.com/cavaliers/news/releases-bally-sports-241008 Cleveland Cavaliers Announce 2024-25 Local Broadcast Schedule
8. http://www.nba.com/pistons/schedule/ Detroit Pistons schedule
9. http://www.nba.com/pacers/schedule/ Indiana Pacers schedule
10. http://www.nba.com/bucks/schedule/ Milwaukee Bucks schedule
11. http://www.nba.com/bulls/news/radio_affiliates.html Chicago Bulls Radio Network
12. Web site: Kleps, Kevin. October 3, 2014. Trading Dion Waiters would not be a wise move for Cavaliers. CrainsCleveland.com. Crain Communications. October 3, 2014.
13. http://www.nba.com/hawks/tv_radio/Hawks_TV_Main_Page.html#sched Atlanta Hawks TV schedule
14. http://www.nba.com/heat/schedule/ Miami Heat schedule
15. http://www.nba.com/magic/schedule/ Orlando Magic schedule
16. http://www.nba.com/wizards/schedule/ Washington Wizards schedule
17. http://www.nba.com/hawks/tv_radio/Hawks_Radio_Main_Page.html Atlanta Hawks Radio Network
18. http://www.nba.com/heat/news/heat_signs_radio_contract_with_790_the_tickets_2010.html HEAT signs Radio Contract with 790 The Ticket
19. Web site: Altitude Sports Announces New Ways to Watch Nuggets and Avalanche Games . Altitude Sports . September 26, 2024. September 26, 2024.
20. http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/schedule/ Minnesota Timberwolves schedule
21. News: March 27, 2021 . Bally Sports North: Tripleheader plans, channel assignments for spring sports . en-US . Fox Sports . September 20, 2021 .
22. http://www.nba.com/thunder/schedule/ Oklahoma City Thunder schedule
23. Web site: Portland Trail Blazers Announce Future of Trail Blazers Broadcasting . NBA.com . September 24, 2024 . September 24, 2024.
24. Web site: Home of the Denver Nuggets - Altitude Sports Radio . 2023-06-15 . www.altitudesportsradio.com . en.
25. http://www.nba.com/jazz/schedule/ Utah Jazz schedule
26. http://www.nba.com/warriors/schedule/ Golden State Warriors schedule
27. http://www.nba.com/clippers/schedule/ Los Angeles Clippers schedule
28. http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/broadcast.html Lakers Broadcast Information
29. Web site: James Worthy, Chris Mcgee, Dave Miller and Mike Trudell Join Time Warner Cable Sportsnet On-Air Team. NBA.com.
30. http://www.multichannel.com/article/463936-Time_Warner_Scores_L_A_Lakers_Regional_Sports_Network_Rights_.php Time Warner Scores L.A. Lakers Regional Sports Network Rights
31. Arizona's Family announces transformative broadcast partnership with Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury. KTVK/KPHO. Gray Television. April 28, 2023.
32. News: Phoenix Suns, Mercury leaving Bally Sports Arizona for Gray Television, Inc.. Duane Rankin. Arizona Republic. Gannett. April 28, 2023.
33. Web site: Phoenix Suns Fast-Break to Broadcast With Gray From Bankrupt Bally RSN. Jon Lafayette. Broadcasting & Cable. Future plc. April 28, 2023.
34. News: Diamond Sports Group accuses Phoenix Suns of breach of contract in leaving Bally Sports Arizona. Duane Rankin. Arizona Republic. Gannett. April 28, 2023.
35. News: New network to bring Suns and Mercury games to southern Arizona viewers. KOLD-TV. Gray Television. April 28, 2023.
36. Web site: Diamond Sports sues Phoenix Suns, Mercury to block efforts to form new media outlet. Daniel Kaplan. The Athletic. The New York Times Company. May 3, 2023. May 4, 2023.
37. Web site: Kings Add Kyle Draper as Additional TV Play-By-Play Announcer, Pregame and Postgame Host. NBA.com.
38. http://www.nba.com/kings/schedule/ Sacramento Kings schedule
39. http://www.nba.com/lakers/schedule/ Los Angeles Lakers schedule
40. Web site: 2024-09-06 . Dallas Mavericks, WFAA sign multi-year deal to broadcast games over-the-air for free . 2024-09-06 . wfaa.com . en-US.
41. Web site: 2024-10-17 . Mavericks announce further broadcast details, including which providers will carry games . 2024-10-17 . dallasnews.com . en-US.
42. Web site: October 21, 2024 . Dallas Mavericks announce launch of subscription streaming service . The Dallas Morning News . October 24, 2024.
43. http://www.nba.com/grizzlies/schedule/ Memphis Grizzlies schedule
44. News: Clark. Christian. Pelicans ditch Bally Sports, enter partnership with local station for new TV deal. NOLA.com. August 6, 2024. September 6, 2024.
45. News: New Orleans Pelicans and Gray Media bringing games to Gulf Coast markets . Fox 8 . September 17, 2024 . October 5, 2024.
46. News: Gulf Coast Sports and Entertainment Network brings Pels games to Acadiana with Lafayette deal . Fox 8 . October 19, 2024 . October 19, 2024.
47. Web site: October 16, 2024 . New Orleans Pelicans unveil Pelicans+ . October 22, 2024 . NBA.com.
48. http://www.nba.com/spurs/schedule/ San Antonio Spurs schedule
49. Web site: 2023-07-04 . DAZN NBA: Das LIVE-STREAM-Programm und alles zur Übertragung DAZN News DE . 2023-10-25 . DAZN . de-DE.
50. Web site: 2023-10-23 . NBA 2023/24 live: Drei Top-Spiele zum Start der NBA-Übertragungen bei ProSieben und ProSieben MAXX . 2023-10-25 . Ran.
51. Web site: 2023-10-16 . NBA and TNT Sports announce multi-year agreement to deliver live games and programming to fans in the UK and Ireland . 2023-10-25 . Eurosport . en.
52. Web site: 2024-07-24 . The NBA and WNBA Return to NBCUniversal with 11-Year Agreement for Regular Season and Playoff Basketball on NBC, Peacock, USA Network, Sky Sports, and Telemundo . 2024-07-25 . Comcast.
53. Web site: BBC to broadcast nine NBA games live in UK . 2023-01-19 . basketnews.com . en.
54. Web site: description! . beIN SPORTS . NBA and beIN Media Group Announce Multiyear PA . 2023-10-25 . beIN Sports . en-mena.
55. News: Morales . Luisa . NBA returns to Philippine television with TV5, One Sports . 27 July 2020 . The Philippine Star . 27 July 2020.
56. Web site: Sports . Manila Standard . 2023-09-28 . Cignal is official broadcast, digital partner of NBA, NBA 2K League in the PH . 2023-09-30 . Manila Standard . en-US.
57. News: NBA, Setanta Sports announce multi-year pact to deliver live games, programming to PH fans . 6 October 2023 . Manila Standard . 3 October 2023.
58. Web site: VTC News . 2022-10-27 . FPT Play phát độc quyền giải bóng rổ nhà nghề Mỹ NBA 3 mùa giải liên tiếp . 2022-10-28 . Báo điện tử VTC News . vi.