NBA Today
| NBA Today | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Malika Andrews Kendrick Perkins Chiney Ogwumike Richard Jefferson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 1 hour |
| Original release | |
| Network | ESPN/ESPN2 |
| Release | October 18, 2021 – present |
| Related | |
| The Jump | |
NBA Today is an American television sports talk program on ESPN (or on rare occasions ESPN2, however ESPN2 will rebroadcast the program daily after ESPN airs it as long as it doesn’t air the program live), hosted by Malika Andrews, featuring Kendrick Perkins, Chiney Ogwumike and Richard Jefferson as panelists.[1]
NBA Today includes latest news, opinion and analysis on the National Basketball Association (NBA). The show is based in Los Angeles. NBA Today also travels to marquee NBA events, including the NBA Finals for on-site shows. NBA Today replaced The Jump as ESPN's daily NBA studio show.[2]
History
[edit]NBA Today debuted on October 18, 2021 from Los Angeles, California with a more-relaxed format that is similar to TNT's Inside the NBA.[3]
Personalities
[edit]Host
- Malika Andrews (2021–present)
Analysts
- Kendrick Perkins (2021–present)
- Chiney Ogwumike (2021–present)
- Richard Jefferson (2021–present)
Contributors
- Brian Windhorst (2021–present)
- Ramona Shelburne (2021–present)
- Scott Perry (2023–present)
Past
- Vince Carter (2021–2023)
- Zach Lowe (2021–2024)
- Jalen Rose (2021–2023)
- Adrian Wojnarowski (2021–2024)
References
[edit]- ^ Simmons-Winter, Shakeemah (September 20, 2021). "ESPN Launches New Show NBA Today on October 18". ESPN PR. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "ESPN's Malika Andrews to host 'NBA Today,' replacing 'The Jump'". Awful Announcing. September 20, 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "It's time for ESPN's "NBA Today" crew to finally fix their decades-long NBA Countdown disaster". Awful Announcing. July 7, 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
| Executives |  | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. networks |
| ||||||||||||||||
| International |
| ||||||||||||||||
| Co-owned Canadian sports networks | |||||||||||||||||
| Ventures | |||||||||||||||||
| Defunct ventures |
| ||||||||||||||||
| Sports broadcasting rights | |||||||||||||||||
| Other properties | |||||||||||||||||
| Notable personalities | |||||||||||||||||
| Miscellaneous | |||||||||||||||||
Owners: Walt Disney Company (80%); Hearst Communications (20%) | |||||||||||||||||
