Game. In 2019, instead of simulcasting TNT’s feed, TBS carried a special Players Only telecast, with Greg Anthony, a former NBA first-round pick, doing play-by-play, Hall of Famer Charles Barkley from Inside the NBA, and Kevin Garnett, Minnesota Timberwolves legend, analyzing the game, with former NBA 3-point marksman Dennis Scott reporting from the sidelines. TBS returned to simulcasting TNT’s feed in 2020, after the Players Only brand was canceled by the NBA, Turner Sports, and NBA TV. In 2022 and 2023, the Inside the NBA crew called TBS' alternate broadcast of the All-Star Game. Commentators Play-by-play Marv Albert Rick Barry Tim Brando Kevin Calabro Chip Caray Skip Caray Jim Durham Mike Gorman Kevin Harlan Verne Lundquist Bob Neal Charlie Neal Mel Proctor Dick Stockton Ron Thulin Pete Van Wieren Color commentators Danny Ainge John Andariese Red Auerbach Rick Barry Hubie Brown Quinn Buckner Doug Collins Chuck Daly Mike Fratello Walt Frazier Jack Givens Mike Glenn Rod Hundley Steve Jones John MacLeod Don Nelson Bill Raftery Doc Rivers Oscar Robertson Bill Russell Reggie Theus John Thompson Dick Versace Bill Walton Contributors Bryan Burwell Jim Huber Studio hosts Vince Cellini Kevin Christopher Fred Hickman Ernie Johnson Jr. Paul Ryden Christmas Day broadcasters Conference Finals broadcasters Music At the end of its 1987 playoff coverage, TBS used Bachman-Turner Overdrive's "Takin' Care of Business" as the soundtrack for the closing credits sequence during the game telecast. TBS used Run-DMC to perform and compose its theme during the early 2000s. The song included a version of the Stevie Wonder song "Higher Ground." Contract history References Sources 1996-2000 NBA playoff announcers External links The National Basketball Association returns to TNT and TBS Superstation for the 2001-2003 season, as the networks combine to televise 79 games - 48 games on TNT and 31 games on the Superstation. 1984 American television series debuts 1989 American television series endings 1994 American television series debuts 2002 American television series endings TBS TBS (American TV channel) original programming Turner Sports American television series revived after cancellation