As NBA announcer free agency nears its end, NBC announced a slew of pickups on Thursday.
NBC Sports announced Thursday that it has hired play-by-play voice Michael Grady, plus five additional NBA analysts — Brad Daugherty, Derek Fisher, Robbie Hummel, Austin Rivers, and Brian Scalabrine — for its NBA package that begins in October.
Daughtery, Hummel, Rivers and Scalabrine all currently work for NBC Sports in some capacity. Daughtery has been a NASCAR analyst for NBC since 2020, Hummel and Rivers work college basketball games, and Scalabrine is an analyst for Celtics games on NBC’s Boston RSN.
Fisher, who works as an occasional studio analyst on Spectrum SportsNet Lakers coverage, will be making his NBC debut.
All five analysts will primarily work on game coverage, though Scalabrine and Rivers will also contribute to the studio.
As for Grady, the Minnesota Timberwolves voice will work for both NBC and Amazon after spending a season with ESPN last year.
NBC said in its release Thursday that it has now “finalized” its NBA roster. That would mean Jalen Rose, who has worked for NBC as a college basketball analyst, is not in the network’s plans for the NBA. (Rose made several appearances as a guest studio analyst on TNT’s “Inside the NBA” last season, a role that could conceivably continue when the show moves to ESPN.)
In addition to Grady and the five analysts announced Thursday, NBC previously named Jamal Crawford, Reggie Miller and Grant Hill as game analysts; Carmelo Anthony and Vince Carter as studio analysts; and Mike Tirico, Noah Eagle and Terry Gannon as play-by-play voices. Maria Taylor and Ahmed Fareed were named studio hosts.
It should be noted that NBC has not yet announced any sideline reporters for its NBA coverage, but that announcement should be coming soon.