The Brooklyn Nets took time during Thursday’s game to recognize YES Network play-by-play man extraordinaire Ian Eagle on the occasion of his 25th anniversary broadcasting games for the club.
Eagle, a four-time New York Sports Emmy winner, is one of many broadcasters to emerge from the legendary Syracuse University program and started doing New Jersey Nets radio broadcasts in 1994, moving to television on the old SportsChannel alongside Bill Raftery.
The duo spoke with longtime friend of the site Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson recently, talking about their first game together doing Nets games … a notable night in Toronto in early November 1995 that marked not just the first game of many on TV for Eagle and Raftery but also the NBA debut of the expansion Toronto Raptors.