Duke basketball great JJ Redick will be on your television for postseason basketball soon.
The Blue Devils’ all-time leading scorer will join the ABC crew for NBA Finals coverage this season, according to a Monday report from The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand.
Redick will take the place of Doc Rivers, who left to coach the Milwaukee Bucks.
The guard enjoyed a 15-year NBA career after his time with Duke after he was drafted 11th overall in the 2006 NBA draft. He averaged 12.8 points per game while primarily playing with the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers, and New Orleans Pelicans. He also spent time with the Milwaukee Bucks and Dallas Mavericks.
He also averaged two rebounds and two assists per game across his career, and he averaged a career-high 18.1 points per game in 2018-19 with Philadelphia at 34 years old.
NEWS: JJ Redick will join Mike Breen and Doris Burke on ABC/ESPN’s NBA Finals broadcast team, sources tell The Athletic.
The 39-year-old Redick will step into the spot vacated by Doc Rivers.
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Reddick emerged as a popular social media presence through his appearances on ESPN talk shows and his podcast, “The Old Man and the Three.”