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Last week, Andrew Marchand of the Post reported that several TV outlets were interested in hiring Richard Jefferson as a game analysts, listing YES, ESPN and the Clippers as the top three.

Now, league sources tell NetsDaily that unless RJ gets an offer to play another year, he will be joining the YES Network, doing both game analysis and studio work on broadcasts of Nets games, Jefferson will join a YES team headlined by Ian Eagle and includes Sarah Kustok, Jim Spanarkel and Michael Grady as well as studio hosts Bob Lorenz and Nancy Newman. Mike Fratello will not be returning.

Kustok, who’s become a rising star in sports announcing, will continue as lead analyst.

In talking to Marchand last week, Jefferson said “I’m a basketball player until I am not a basketball player, My goal is to play basketball this season.”

But NBA training camps open next week and it’s unlikely Jefferson will be suiting up with any team.

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MrDollarBills wrote:RJ's a real wise ass so he'll definitely be entertaining to say the least.

Paradise wrote:Micheal Kay will be doing a Nets game. Oh dear.

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MrDollarBills wrote:

Paradise wrote:Micheal Kay will be doing a Nets game. Oh dear.

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Kay is not a bad announcer but I've never heard him call anything outside of baseball. Each sport you kind of really have to bring a certain nuance to it to call the game correctly. Michael Kay is perfect for baseball because of the lull and chatter that goes on in between each play and he's a hardcore fan of the sport, basketball really hasn't been his strong suit. Also, calling basketball is a bit more frenetic compared to the slower pace of baseball. I wonder if this is a test run for Kay to call games when Eagle isn't available since I believe Ryan Ruocco is going to be doing more national games (as he should, because he's a solid play by play guy)?

I know people don't like him, but Michael Kay actually has been very positive about the Nets and the direction under Sean Marks. But I would have to see how he calls a basketball game first before I'd sign up for him covering for Ian when he's doing NFL games.

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MrDollarBills wrote:

Paradise wrote:Micheal Kay will be doing a Nets game. Oh dear.

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Kay is not a bad announcer but I've never heard him call anything outside of baseball. Each sport you kind of really have to bring a certain nuance to it to call the game correctly. Michael Kay is perfect for baseball because of the lull and chatter that goes on in between each play and he's a hardcore fan of the sport, basketball really hasn't been his strong suit. Also, calling basketball is a bit more frenetic compared to the slower pace of baseball. I wonder if this is a test run for Kay to call games when Eagle isn't available since I believe Ryan Ruocco is going to be doing more national games (as he should, because he's a solid play by play guy)?

I know people don't like him, but Michael Kay actually has been very positive about the Nets and the direction under Sean Marks. But I would have to see how he calls a basketball game first before I'd sign up for him covering for Ian when he's doing NFL games.

Wow. I’m guessing we won’t find out until further notice. I’m saddened for him and his family.

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vincecarter4pres wrote:Wtf man, that's awful. Didn't read the article yet, what was he doing in Compton though?

Jefferson was born in South Central. His mother and father split when he was very young and his mom took him to Phoenix, where she raised him with her new husband.

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vincecarter4pres wrote:Wtf man, that's awful. Didn't read the article yet, what was he doing in Compton though?

From the article:

Jefferson was born in South Central. His mother and father split when he was very young and his mom took him to Phoenix, where she raised him with her new husband.

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vincecarter4pres wrote:

NyCeEvO wrote:

vincecarter4pres wrote:Wtf man, that's awful. Didn't read the article yet, what was he doing in Compton though?

From the article:

Jefferson was born in South Central. His mother and father split when he was very young and his mom took him to Phoenix, where she raised him with her new husband.

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So basically his biological father never left the hood. Wonder if he was just a random senseless victim of a stray intended for someone else, wrong place, wrong time? Or was he into some shadiness and was the target?

Edit: Just read the article, they ponder the same question. Still crazy though no matter what, you hear drive-by and one does not usually expect the victim to be 65.