Hubie Brown, 81, is beginning his 30th year of broadcasting the NBA playoffs, including working with USA Network, CBS, Turner and now ABC/ESPN. He brings an encylopedic knowledge of the game and a coach’s approach to his broadcasts.
A guard at Niagara University, Brown got into the coaching ranks as a high school coach. He moved into the college ranks as an assistant at William & Mary and Duke and broke into the NBA in 1972 as an assistant coach under Larry Costello, his former Niagara teammate, with the Milwaukee Bucks.