Jalen Rose to join NBA Countdown

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Jalen Rose is going to join ABC/ESPN's pregame NBA Countdown show this year in addition to analyst on ESPN2's Numbers Never Lie, current podcast on Grantland Network, and new role on ESPN College Basketball Gameday.  He may be spreading himself thin, but he is now a rising media star and going to be one of the most visible analysts on ESPN.

http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2012/10/espns-bill-simmons-jalen-rose-join-kia-nba-countdown/

He taped a new podcast with Bill Simmons yesterday as they are both joining NBA Countdown this fall, and Jalen offers some insight on his recruitment, relationship with Chris Webber, Ed Martin, and rooming together in college. Sounds like Webber took the money right before he left school and turned pro.

http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=8517312

 

UofM-I-Hart

October 19th, 2012 at 8:06 AM ^

Pisses me off as an analyst. He's a bit whiney. He lives through current pluwrs im order to try and get sympathy fpr himaelf from stuff that happened to him in his playing days.

blueheron

October 19th, 2012 at 8:12 AM ^

Here's a partial list of former Michigan athletes with current/past local/national TV/radio gigs. Who's missing?

Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King, Desmond Howard, Dhani Jones, Barry Larkin, Dugan Fife, Jim Brandstatter, Dan Dierdorf, Drew Henson, Brian Griese

JHendo

October 19th, 2012 at 9:22 AM ^

Amani Toomer does some high school footbal thing I think, as well as the occasional national NFL stuff.  Also, does Steve Phillips count?  I know he never played sports for U of M, but he was an athlete who got a Michigan degree (then again, given how he departed from ESPN, we may not want to consider him in this list)...