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'NBA Countdown: NBA Restart': Release date, host, panelists and all you need to know about the ABC special

The show will examine the beginning of the season and the NBA seeding games and also provide news from around the league since the season was halted in March

BY LAKSHANA PALAT

PUBLISHED JUL 21, 2020

There's some good news for sports enthusiasts. ESPN will be producing the two-hour ABC special, 'NBA Countdown presented by Mountain Dew: NBA Restart', soon. The show will examine the beginning of the season and the NBA seeding games and also provide news from around the league since the season was halted in March. Apart from this, the NBA Countdown team will also attempt to understand the current climate during the social justice movement and how the NBA, NBPA and NBA players are responding to this.

For all those who are eagerly awaiting updates on the NBA, here's all you need to know about 'NBA Countdown: NBA Restart'.

Release date

'NBA Countdown presented by Mountain Dew: NBA Restart' will air on Saturday, July 25, from 8 to 10 pm ET on ABC. The duration of the episode is two hours.

Details

'NBA Countdown presented by Mountain Dew: NBA Restart', hosted by Maria Taylor, will feature analysts Paul Pierce, Jalen Rose, Jay Williams and ESPN Senior NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski. The show will also include special guest interviews and live reports from the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla, which is the home of the NBA season. Wojnarowski will report from Lake Buena Vista.

Host

Maria Taylor

Suzette Maria Taylor is an analyst and host at ESPN and the SEC Network, and she covers college football, college volleyball and college men's and women's basketball.

Panelists

Paul Anthony Pierce

Paul Anthony Pierce is a former professional American basketball player who played 19 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Currently, he is an analyst on ESPN's basketball programs 'The Jump' and 'NBA Countdown'.

Jalen Rose

A former professional basketball player, Rose played in the NBA for six teams, alongside Reggie Miller on the Indiana Pacers team that aced three consecutive Eastern Conference finals as well as the 2000 NBA Finals.

Jay Williams

Jason Williams of Duke dribbles the ball during the game against Maryland at Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland (Getty Images)

A former American NBA player, Williams is now a television analyst. He had played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team and later professionally for the Chicago Bulls in the NBA. In 2001, he won the NCAA Championship with Duke and was named NABC Player of the Year in 2001 and 2002.

So tune into ABC on July 25 for all the fun.