Turner May Replace Marv Albert On NBA Telecasts

Marv Albert

This may be Marv Albert’s final season as one of the marquee voices on the NBA, The NYPost is reporting.

Turner officials have discussed replacing the legendary Albert as their No. 1 play-by-player after this season, according to sources.

His contract gives Turner the right to decide yearly whether to keep Albert on its top NBA events, the conference finals and the All-Star Game. He is scheduled to be on both calls this season, but next year is now in question.

While Turner executives have begun developing a plan forward, they want to be respectful of Albert’s place in sports broadcasting history. All sides stressed that no final decisions have been made.

Albert, 77, has been calling the NBA for more than five decades and is generally described as the greatest play-by-player in the history of the game, with his trademark “Yes!” and his sarcastic humor.

Sources familiar with Turner’s thinking said Brian Anderson is considered the current front-runner to replace Albert for the 2019-20 season as Turner’s No. 1 play-by-player. Anderson, 47, is already the network’s lead play-by-player on the MLB playoffs. He is not closely associated with the NBA, having never been a team’s regular play-by-player and having only worked a limited number of national games. He was the San Antonio Spurs’ sideline reporter for seven years.