years. The network broadcast all five NBA Finals involving Larry Bird, all four NBA Finals involving Julius Erving, nine of the ten involving Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (the 1971 NBA Finals were on ABC), and eight of the nine NBA Finals involving Magic Johnson (the following year's Finals were Johnson's last, Michael Jordan's first, and the first to be broadcast by NBC). Prior to the closing montage, the network's final NBA game broadcast ended with this sign-off by Dick Stockton: 1989-90 regular season Future In May 2007, the NBA renewed its television contract with ESPN, making ABC the broadcast television home of the NBA through 2016. On October 6, 2014, ESPN and the NBA renewed their agreement through 2025. CBS has implied that it is unlikely to bid on further sports rights beyond those it already holds, including the NBA, because of the extensive investment it has made into its existing sports portfolio (especially college basketball). On August 30, 2012, the CBS Sports Network signed a deal with the NBA Development League to televise 12 regular games, as well as the 2013 NBA D-League Playoffs and Finals. Announcers Brent Musburger Musburger was involved in every NBA Finals (either as a play-by-play announcer or as a host) from 1975 to 1989 (with 1981 being the lone exception), and was the lead voice for NBA games on CBS for much of that period. From 1975 to 1980, Musburger worked with a variety of analysts for regular season games (including Billy Cunningham, Mendy Rudolph, Hot Rod Hundley, Oscar Robertson, Steve Jones, Tom Heinsohn and Rick Barry). Musburger called Game 5 of the 1976 NBA Finals, with Rick Barry and sideline reporters Mendy Rudolph and Sonny Hill. After 1980, Musburger became the lead studio host and secondary play-by-play announcer. With the latter role, Musburger worked alongside Kevin Loughery, Billy Cunningham, Tom Heinsohn and Bill Raftery, and called the other conference final not assigned to Dick Stockton's team on CBS from 1983 to 1989. Musburger was fired from CBS following the 1990 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game, a few months before its contract with the NBA ended. However, he later resumed calling NBA games on ESPN Radio and later with ESPN through 2006. Dick Stockton Dick Stockton was the lead voice of The NBA on CBS from 1981 to 1990. After CBS failed in an attempt to compete with NBC's college basketball announcing team of