Former NBA and University of Michigan ÒFab FiveÓ player Jalen Rose has a front row seat for the game between the Detroit Pistons and the Golden State Warriors Oct 30, 2022; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Former NBA and University of Michigan ÒFab FiveÓ player Jalen Rose has a front row seat for the game between the Detroit Pistons and the Golden State Warriors during the in the first half at Little Caesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Reginek-USA TODAY Sports
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ESPN was not kidding when they said they were planning major layoffs and that no one was safe. Jalen Rose, who has been a mainstay of their NBA coverage for around a decade, has been let go according to a report.

“ESPN has let go of NBA Countdown’s Jalen Rose, The Post has learned. Rose, 50, had been on ABC/ESPN’s top NBA broadcast for a decade, which was especially impressive because of the amount of changes the network has made over that time,” the NY Post said on Friday.

The 50-year-old former NBA player had seen his role reduced in recent years after his daily show with David Jacoby was canceled in 2022.

Awful Announcing’s Andrew Bucholtz has more on Rose, who was let go along with Jeff Van Gundy and others.

As with Van Gundy, this is a cut of an extremely prominent long-time ESPN figure. Rose had worked at ESPN since 2007 in some form, first as a college basketball game and studio analyst and as a NBA analyst for platforms including SportsCenter, then as the co-host of the Jalen and Jacoby TV show/radio show/podcast with David Jacoby from 2011-2022, as a NBA Countdown analyst since 2012, as a launch host of Get Up in 2018, and as a regular figure on other ESPN studio programming over the last decade-plus.

The news that Rose’s time at ESPN was over led to some strong reactions and defenses on social media.

https://twitter.com/AlexCSinger16/status/1674796775847370760

[New York Post, Awful Announcing]

About Sean Keeley

Along with writing for Awful Announcing and The Comeback, Sean is the Editorial Strategy Director for Comeback Media. Previously, he created the Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician and wrote 'How To Grow An Orange: The Right Way to Brainwash Your Child Into Rooting for Syracuse.' He has also written non-Syracuse-related things for SB Nation, Curbed, and other outlets. He currently lives in Seattle where he is complaining about bagels. Send tips/comments/complaints to sean@thecomeback.com.

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