More details have emerged about Michael Jordan’s buzzy broadcasting role on NBC as the network welcomes the NBA back to its airwaves this week for the first time in over two decades. Ahead of Tuesday’s season-opening doubleheader,

From Michael Jordan to Mike Tirico and Roundball Rock, NBC showed the impact it will have on NBA games this season.

Earlier this year, when it was announced that Michael Jordan was set to join NBC as a "special contributor," it became the highlight of NBC's return to the NBA.

In an effort to really spice up the NBA's return to the network, NBC brought in the basketball GOAT as a contributor. Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan was announced in May as a special contributor to the network's NBA coverage.

The NBA legend Michael Jordan will appear during halftime of the Oklahoma City Thunder-Houston Rockets opening night tilt.

After NBC teased it during their latest Sunday Night Football broadcast, their series with NBA legend Michael Jordan has been revaeled. It has been a big year for NBC with their NBA coverage, and they will also be getting a series about the Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan titled MJ: Insights to Excellence.

NBA on NBC debut reviews: The best and worst reactions to 2025-26 opening night, from Carmelo Anthony to Michael Jordan originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. For the first NBA season since 2001-02, the league has returned to NBC airwaves.

Michael Jordan was brilliant. And it still wasn’t close to enough. On an Opening Night when Luka Doncic scored 43 points (without LeBron James) and new Rocket Kevin Durant took the reigning

Here is what to know about how Michael Jordan will be contributing to NBC's NBA coverage this season, and potentially beyond.

After a 23-year hiatus, the NBA is back on NBC, where Michael Jordan made it Must-See TV --an era the network is trying to reprise with nods to the past and nods to the technological future.

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