by Brian Scalabrine will be part of NBC Sports and Peacock’s broadcasts of NBA games in the upcoming season.
But the new role will have minimal effect on his gig as the primary game analyst on NBC Sports Boston’s Celtics broadcasts.
“There might be minor overlaps here and there where I have a national assignment on the night of a Celtics game, but NBC is going to do their best not to affect much if anything locally,” said Scalabrine, noting that Eddie House would probably pick up any games he misses. “From my understanding, that’s what it looks like.”
NBC Sports Boston and NBC are working together, per sources, to make sure Scalabrine’s national role has a limited impact on his local one.
NBC Sports, which as part of the new
rights deal will broadcast NBA games for the first time since the 2001-02 season
, finalized its roster of analysts and play-by-play voices Thursday.
Scalabrine is among the latest batch of analyst additions, which also include former players Brad Daugherty, Derek Fisher, Austin Rivers, and Robbie Hummel. Michael Grady was announced as a play-by-play voice.
Previously, NBC had announced that play-by-play voices would include Mike Tirico (the lead voice), Noah Eagle, and Terry Gannon, while Reggie Miller, Jamal Crawford, and Grant Hill would be analysts.
Scalabrine, who has been the primary analyst on NBC Sports Boston’s Celtics broadcasts since 2021-22, also will do occasional studio appearances for NBC Sports, which is based in Stamford, Conn.
Scalabrine, who along with Frank Isola hosts the SiriusXM morning radio show “Starting Lineup,” said he’s excited about the opportunity for some national television work.
“I would never leave for ESPN, but the fact that it’s NBC is a massive, massive plus for me,” he said. “I have a lot of respect for the way that NBC Sports Boston treats me and I’m loving the stuff that they’re talking about doing at the big network, so I’m just really excited about the whole opportunity.”
The 2025-26 NBA season begins Oct 21 on NBC and Peacock. NBC has the league’s opening-night doubleheader as part of up to 100 regular-season games it will broadcast across its platforms.
More than half of those games will air on NBC on Sunday and Tuesday nights. Peacock will stream a doubleheader each Monday night of the season.
Every Tuesday night, NBC will telecast two games across certain affiliate stations in different regions of the country. All Tuesday games will be available on Peacock nationally.
Chad Finn is a sports columnist for Boston.com. He has been voted Favorite Sports Writer in Boston in the annual Channel Media Market and Research Poll for the past four years. He also writes a weekly sports media column for the Globe and contributes to Globe Magazine.
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