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YES is shuffling its Nets broadcast team, sliding former sideline reporter Sarah Kustok over to the broadcast table and making her an analyst.

They’re hiring Michael Grady to fill the sideline spot, a move he confirmed Thursday on Twitter.

“I’m psyched,” Kustok said on the Road Trippin’ with RJ & Channing podcast. “It’s incredible…The opportunity to call games, this is not work. It’s a dream to get to do. You talk about being a female — I don’t always love the attention on that. I just want to show up and do my job and be a part of a team. It’s the opportunity to still be part of a team and have that adrenaline rush. It’s an incredible thing.”

Mike Fratello, the lead TV analyst last season, will be moving to the studio.

“What I love is for young girls…anyone, young boys — and I think it’s changing — is to not see that as there’s a woman calling an NBA game,” Kustok said. “I like people to be judged on are they good, do they know they game, do they understand it, are they able to call it in a way that helps teach the viewers. So, that I love.

“And I love the next generation growing up thinking it’s not a big deal. But in the same token I think it’s awesome.”


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NyCeEvO wrote:I'll miss Mike and his dynamic with Ian but Sarah is good. She and Ian already have a fun back-and-forth rivalry going so it'll be interesting to see how that is taken to new levels in the future.

OT: I see that Choke mentioned Doris Burke. I know a lot of people dislike her and I just can't understand why. She's not annoying IMO and she's certainly better than other current PBP analysts (ahem Reggie).

Keith Van Horn wrote:what?! No more Fratello drawings on the telestrator?? That was always corny fun. Or Ian playfully picking on him. We're gonna miss that guy more than we think.

Ror1997 wrote:

NyCeEvO wrote:I'll miss Mike and his dynamic with Ian but Sarah is good. She and Ian already have a fun back-and-forth rivalry going so it'll be interesting to see how that is taken to new levels in the future.

OT: I see that Choke mentioned Doris Burke. I know a lot of people dislike her and I just can't understand why. She's not annoying IMO and she's certainly better than other current PBP analysts (ahem Reggie).

Her voice her dull and irritating. On 2K they shuffle the commentators and every once in a while Doris Burke will call a game. Have to restart the game when that happens

Rich Rane wrote:I like her, but I hope Fratello still calls some games every once in a while.

NEW YORK, NY - The YES Network, the exclusive local television rights holder of the Brooklyn Nets since the network's 2002 launch, will enter the 2017-18 NBA regular season with a revamped announcer lineup.

While multi-Emmy Award-winning Ian Eagle will continue to split play-by-play duties with Ryan Ruocco, Sarah Kustok, who has been YES' Nets courtside reporter the past five seasons, will now become YES' primary game analyst. Kustok will become the only woman to work as the primary solo NBA game analyst at a regional sports network.

She periodically worked as a Nets game analyst for YES the past three seasons. YES veteran and fellow Emmy Award-winner Jim Spanarkel will split game analyst duties with Kustok.

Mike Fratello, yet another YES Emmy Award-winner, and a game analyst for YES since his arrival at the network in 2008, will move into a studio analyst role this season, working alongside Chris Shearn, Nancy Newman and multiple Emmy winner Bob Lorenz, who will continue rotating as studio hosts.

Michael Grady will make his debut this season as YES' Nets courtside reporter. Grady is the 2016 Indiana Sportscaster of the Year, as voted on by the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Most recently, he was sports anchor at WRTV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis, where he won an Emmy Award for his coverage of the 2016 Indianapolis 500. Also prior to his joining YES, he was the Indiana Pacers' public address announcer since 2010. He will continue co-hosting the Grady and Big Joe Show with former Indianapolis Colts player Joe Staysniak on 107.5 ESPN Radio in Indianapolis.

MrDollarBills wrote:I'll take Sarah over Donny Marshall any game of the week.

Paradise wrote:It's official.

NEW YORK, NY - The YES Network, the exclusive local television rights holder of the Brooklyn Nets since the network's 2002 launch, will enter the 2017-18 NBA regular season with a revamped announcer lineup.

While multi-Emmy Award-winning Ian Eagle will continue to split play-by-play duties with Ryan Ruocco, Sarah Kustok, who has been YES' Nets courtside reporter the past five seasons, will now become YES' primary game analyst. Kustok will become the only woman to work as the primary solo NBA game analyst at a regional sports network.

She periodically worked as a Nets game analyst for YES the past three seasons. YES veteran and fellow Emmy Award-winner Jim Spanarkel will split game analyst duties with Kustok.

Mike Fratello, yet another YES Emmy Award-winner, and a game analyst for YES since his arrival at the network in 2008, will move into a studio analyst role this season, working alongside Chris Shearn, Nancy Newman and multiple Emmy winner Bob Lorenz, who will continue rotating as studio hosts.

Michael Grady will make his debut this season as YES' Nets courtside reporter. Grady is the 2016 Indiana Sportscaster of the Year, as voted on by the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Most recently, he was sports anchor at WRTV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis, where he won an Emmy Award for his coverage of the 2016 Indianapolis 500. Also prior to his joining YES, he was the Indiana Pacers' public address announcer since 2010. He will continue co-hosting the Grady and Big Joe Show with former Indianapolis Colts player Joe Staysniak on 107.5 ESPN Radio in Indianapolis.

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Ror1997 wrote:

Paradise wrote:It's official.

NEW YORK, NY - The YES Network, the exclusive local television rights holder of the Brooklyn Nets since the network's 2002 launch, will enter the 2017-18 NBA regular season with a revamped announcer lineup.

While multi-Emmy Award-winning Ian Eagle will continue to split play-by-play duties with Ryan Ruocco, Sarah Kustok, who has been YES' Nets courtside reporter the past five seasons, will now become YES' primary game analyst. Kustok will become the only woman to work as the primary solo NBA game analyst at a regional sports network.

She periodically worked as a Nets game analyst for YES the past three seasons. YES veteran and fellow Emmy Award-winner Jim Spanarkel will split game analyst duties with Kustok.

Mike Fratello, yet another YES Emmy Award-winner, and a game analyst for YES since his arrival at the network in 2008, will move into a studio analyst role this season, working alongside Chris Shearn, Nancy Newman and multiple Emmy winner Bob Lorenz, who will continue rotating as studio hosts.

Michael Grady will make his debut this season as YES' Nets courtside reporter. Grady is the 2016 Indiana Sportscaster of the Year, as voted on by the Indiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association. Most recently, he was sports anchor at WRTV-TV, the ABC affiliate in Indianapolis, where he won an Emmy Award for his coverage of the 2016 Indianapolis 500. Also prior to his joining YES, he was the Indiana Pacers' public address announcer since 2010. He will continue co-hosting the Grady and Big Joe Show with former Indianapolis Colts player Joe Staysniak on 107.5 ESPN Radio in Indianapolis.

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So we hired the Cavs PA and the Pacers PA in the same week? Lol.

Also, I wonder if Grady interviewed for the PA opening and was offered this job instead or if its just a weird coincidence.