Doris Burke’s Expertise Is Finally Paying Off
After a quarter-century working on the sidelines, ESPN’s newest full-time NBA announcer has broken through in a big way.
Doris Burke announces basketball the way the best players play the sport, with an unhurried confidence built upon habits so practiced they seem innate. During a recent showdown between the Golden State Warriors and New Orleans Pelicans on ESPN, she summed up one tightly packed second-quarter moment thusly: “Draymond Green, moving his feet, chest to chest, he’ll get a little assistance from [Zaza] Pachulia.” And after the shot fell: “That’s just how good Anthony Davis is.” It was a characteristic Burke call, layered and concise, simultaneously scanning team tactics and celebrating the individual brilliance that
