ESPN is evaluating its NBA broadcast team, potentially impacting Doris Burke's role despite Mike Breen's confirmed return and Richard Jefferson's likely re-signing. Rick Carlisle and Jefferson have publicly supported Burke,

As ESPN broadcaster Doris Burke's future on the network's top NBA broadcasts is in flux, she has a fierce defender in Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle. Burke's work broadcasting the Oklahoma City Thunder in particular has come under fire as of late after she referred to MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander a "free-throw merchant" on the air.