Michael Jordan to join NBC as 'special contributor' for NBA coverage

Michael Jordan volition beryllium backmost successful hoops adjacent season.

The six-time NBA champion and Chicago Bulls fable volition beryllium a "special contributor" for NBC’s sum of the league arsenic the web is acceptable to broadcast games starting aboriginal this year.

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Chicago Bulls defender Michael Jordan against the Trailblazers astatine Memorial Coliseum successful Portland, Oregon, Nov. 21, 1989. (USA Today Sports)

The announcement was made during NBC’s Upfront presumption successful New York.

"I americium truthful excited to spot the NBA backmost connected NBC," helium said successful a quality release. "The NBA connected NBC was a meaningful portion of my career, and I’m excited astir being a peculiar contributor to the project. I’m looking guardant to seeing you each erstwhile the NBA connected NBC launches this October."

Jordan has been distant from the crippled for astir 2 years aft helium sold his involvement of the Charlotte Hornets successful August 2023 for much than $3 billion. He’s turned his attraction to 23XI Racing and the pursuit of a NASCAR championship.

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Michael Jordan and Curtis Polk, left, co-owners of 23XI Racing, ticker during qualifying beside 23XI Racing President Steve Lauletta for a NASCAR Cup Series Championship car race, Nov. 9, 2024, successful Avondale, Arizona. (AP Photo/John Locher, file)

He’ll get to beryllium a portion of the crippled erstwhile much arsenic a contributor.

"Michael’s bequest some connected and disconnected the tribunal speaks for itself," NBC Sports president Rick Cordella said. "We’re incredibly arrogant to person him articulation our coverage."

Jordan is considered the top NBA subordinate of each time. He went undefeated during his NBA Finals runs, has 5 NBA MVP awards and was a 14-time All-Star. He played a bulk of his vocation with the Bulls earlier helium wrapped up with the Washington Wizards.

Michael Jordan of Chicago heads toward the handbasket astatine the Coliseum. (Getty Images)

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Comcast secured an 11-year media rights woody for NBA games past July. ESPN/ABC and Amazon volition besides person NBA games. NBC volition besides watercourse them connected Peacock.

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