The 2025-26 season will bring some substantial changes to how we watch NBA basketball, as the new national TV broadcast deal goes into effect and shifts rights to two new networks. That has led to an arm's race between NBC and Amazon as they fill out their studio and game broadcast crews,

NBC has announced that one of the greatest NBA players of all time, Michael Jordan will be a part of their NBA coverage.

The NBA announced a new 11-year media rights agreement with NBC last summer that would begin with the 2025-26 season. Mike Tirico and Noah Eagle will serve as the play-by-play voices while Jamal Crawford and Reggie Miller have been tapped as game analysts.