Mark Jones bids emotional ESPN NBA broadcast farewell after 36-year tenure

Mark Jones bids emotional ESPN NBA broadcast farewell after 36-year tenure originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Commentary is what brings color to the NBA.

Shots which will echo throughout league history are only amplified by the fact that there are are broadcasters which willingly use their talents for the love of the game. Mark Jones is one of these people and he is set to have his final broadcast with ESPN when the Boston Celtics go up against the Orlando Magic . He got emotional and started to reminisce before bidding farewell to start his full-time work with the Sacramento Kings .

Jones gets ESPN, Inside The NBA standing ovation An NBA fan only knows the word LeBronto because Mark Jones coined the term in the 2010s. He also gave life to Bam Adebayo's league-altering block on Jayson Tatum during the 2020 NBA Playoffs. More than that, his commentating skills have also given color to the iconic Miracle on Techwood Drive between the Florida State Seminoles and the Georgia Tech Blue Jackets.

After the game between the Magic and Celtics, he will no longer be the voice behind big games for ESPN. He got emotional during his appearance on Inside The NBA and even got a standing ovation from the crew, via SportsCenter. "I have a very full and a very heavy heart today as I say goodbye to the only place that I have really worked in network television.