More than two decades after it last aired an NBA game, NBC is betting on Peacock and Michael Jordan as launches year one of its 11-year deal for the sport.

John Tesh, Reggie Miller, Mike Tirico and others discuss the return of the NBA on NBC. "Roundball Rock" is all cued up.

NBC’s decision to bring Jordan into this role signals the network’s goal to set its NBA coverage apart by combining a new platform with one of the sport’s most legendary voices. For viewers, “MJ: Insights to Excellence” provides a chance to hear Jordan’s perspective in his own words and see how his view of greatness applies to the modern game.

Kravitz’s anthem will debut in full ahead of the Sunday Night Basketball doubleheader premiere on Sunday, February 1, 2026, featuring the Lakers at the New York Knicks at 7:00 p.m. ET and the Thunder at the Denver Nuggets at 9:30 p.m. ET, both on NBC and Peacock.

The song has spawned a "Saturday Night Live" sketch and has its own Wikipedia page, and it's now set to make it's long-awaited return to the NBA on NBC.

And, two decades after NBC lost its NBA package to ESPN/ABC, NBC is back in the game, having regained an NBA package as part of the 11-year, $77 billion broadcast rights deal the league reached earlier this year with NBC (and its streaming service,

After a 23-year hiatus, the NBA is back on NBC, where Michael Jordan made it Must-See TV --an era the network is trying to reprise with nods to the past and nods to the technological future.