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Turner Names Isiah Thomas To Roster Of NBA TV Studio Analysts

Turner Sports yesterday announced that Isiah Thomas will join NBA TV as a studio analyst, making his debut during Friday's "AutoTrader.com Pre-Game Show." He will make several appearances on the net each month and will be a regular contributor to NBA.com (Turner Sports). In N.Y., Bob Raissman noted Thomas is making his second foray into TV, having appeared on NBC's NBA coverage after he left the Raptors in '98. Thomas "worked occasionally as a game analyst but was primarily used in the studio." His past performance “didn't exactly receive rave reviews,” as he was “stiff and didn't exactly offer incredible insight” (NYDAILYNEWS.com, 12/19). AWFUL ANNOUNCING’s Matt Yoder wrote, “Much like Matt Millen, it's tough to see Thomas have any great credibility with viewers thanks to his many jobs and high-profile failures in recent years. Yes, he's a Hall of Fame player, but can he get anyone watching to actually remember those days in analyzing the league and convince people he really does know something about basketball?” (AWFULANNOUNCING.com, 12/19).

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Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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