Following in the lead of Mike Pereira, former NBA referee Steve Javie has joined ESPN. Sports Illustrated reported Sunday that Javie will serve as a rules analyst for ESPN during pre-and-postgame coverage of the NBA Finals. Javie retired from the NBA after the 2010-11 season. Javie is not the first NBA referee to join the broadcasting ranks. In the 1970s, Mendy Rudolph served as an NBA analyst for CBS. Currently, Ronnie Nunn hosts a show about officiating on NBA TV. [...]
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