A Basketball Hall of Famer and five-time NBA All-Star, Reggie Miller played 18 seasons with the Indiana Pacers and is widely regarded as one of the greatest scorers of his generation. For the past 20 years, he served as an NBA game analyst, and in 2025 he joined NBC to call at least one game a week.

NBA legend Michael Jordan sat down with NBC's Mike Tirico for the first edition of his special segment "MJ: Insights To Excellence."

The NBA on NBC returned Tuesday night with an opening day tip-off between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets. The game’s broadcast began with an intro fans had been waiting for as the NBC’s classic John Tesh composed ‘NBA on NBC’ theme began playing and fans began reacting on X.

The return of the NBA to NBC brings 100 of the best regular-season games with star-studded matchups to WRAL-TV.

By Sanjesh SinghThe 2025 basketball season will see something different — something that hasn't been seen since the early 2000s.NBA on NBC is coming back to television screens and introducing itself to streaming platforms beginning with the 2025-26 league campaign.

Though NBC isn’t discussing Jordan’s role publicly, seemingly everyone else in sports media is. When the greatest basketball player of all time speaks, people listen – and watch, in this case.

NBA Opening Night Audience Peaked at 7.1 Million Viewers on NBC and Peacock for Thrilling Conclusion (10:45-11 p.m. ET) of Oklahoma City Thunder’s One-Point Win over Houston Rockets in First Double OT

However, fans—especially the most online among them—will always find something to nitpick. For this reason, NBC pundit and Hall of Fame forward Carmelo Anthony took substantial flak for his wardrobe—a casual jacket in a sea of suits.