It wasn’t just about Doris Burke.

Burke Magnus, ESPN’s president of content, spoke highly of the longtime analyst after she was demoted out of the top NBA booth in August and explained the rationale behind the decision in a recent podcast with The Athletic’s Richard Deitsch.

“I think it was the right decision because we were still searching for the perfect combination,” Magnus said, per Awful Announcing .

“Again, we’re talking about an A-plus-plus human being in Doris Burke here … There was no coincidence that we extended her at the same time we were putting her with a new partner.” 4

Burke spent two seasons alongside Mike Breen and a trio of other analysts, most recently Richard Jefferson, before she was replaced by Tim Legler for the upcoming campaign.

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