Mark Jackson Quit His Job on the Air
Talk about going out in style: Mark Jackson, Marv Albert’s popular right-hand man during Nets games on the YES Network, shocked not just viewers but the Nets themselves when he announced that last night’s 11-point regular season finale loss to the Celtics would be the last game he would call for the network.
“This was going to be it, anyway [on YES]. With a wife and four kids in Los Angeles, every game is a road game.”
According to a source, YES had no idea Jackson reached a decision and was stunned he announced the decision on the air.
Man, that’s like a VP waiting until the annual shareholders’ meeting to announce that it’s the last time he’ll be showing up to the office. Nicely done, Mark.
With the rumor having come out about two weeks ago that Jackson was a top candidate for either the GM or head coaching job in the Knicks organization, this will only serve to fuel speculation. In NY, the countdown to Zeke’s highly anticipated firing has already begun, and it seems as though we’re moving closer and closer to finding a replacement.
30 Responses to “Mark Jackson Quit His Job on the Air”
Apr.17 at 12:06 pm
Hursty says:
wow
Apr.17 at 12:08 pm
Hursty says:
marv needs to quit and join a successful teams network.
Apr.17 at 12:09 pm
Jbooth says:
way to go MArk
Apr.17 at 12:13 pm
Kadavour says:
bringing back ‘02 with a single word in 3…2…1: Gulliest thing anyone associated with the NBA has done all year
Apr.17 at 12:22 pm
Kevin says:
Mark Jackson & Jeff Van Gundy are my two favourite colour commentators..
Apr.17 at 12:24 pm
Kevin says:
by faaaaarrrrr
Apr.17 at 12:38 pm
riggs says:
Apparently mark not only knows better than that, he actually surpasses it
Apr.17 at 12:44 pm
Michael Tillery says:
Would like to know your thoughts on this Ben.
Apr.17 at 12:58 pm
Tom says:
Zeke’s firing should be a live event that fans could buy tickets to
Apr.17 at 1:26 pm
Hursty says:
BOO zeke.
Apr.17 at 1:35 pm
ciolkstar says:
I like Hubie too (best line from Last night’s Spurs v Jazz game)”Tony Parker is having a Birthday party!”
Apr.17 at 1:45 pm
TADOne says:
The new Knicks coach?
Apr.17 at 2:44 pm
Zee! says:
Mamma there goes that man!
Apr.17 at 3:14 pm
Dutch Rich says:
I didn’t see the game, but did Marv look surprised when he told him?
Apr.17 at 3:16 pm
Cub Buenning says:
I echo Michael’s sentiments, Ben?
You must be rather excited.
Apr.17 at 3:53 pm
Russ Bengtson says:
Mark Jackson is the best.
Apr.17 at 4:16 pm
ESneed says:
Yeah that’s great for NY…go from the worst coach to one with no coaching experience…hmmmmmm
Apr.17 at 4:35 pm
RV says:
wouldn’t he want someone closer to LA then? Or is he willing to relocate the fam?
Apr.17 at 6:42 pm
Jason says:
He a savage for this. I remember I had met my friend for a lunch break once and when I got back to work quit on the spot cause I was fed up and I felt like it. True story.
Apr.17 at 8:22 pm
Gerard Himself says:
This will hit the Nets more than the Kidd-trade. I’ve seen a lot of Nets games this season, and some of them were only durable because of the hilarious commentary by Marv and Jax. And I like the fact that they’re not homers like Simpson. I’m getting tired of these guys (Tommy Heinsohn) who cry foul when KG gets hit, but when KG fouls himself, the ref is wrong. Sure Heinsohn, stick your Tommy points…. ah forget it.
Apr.17 at 9:35 pm
Sesa says:
shameless
Apr.18 at 5:04 am
Slobodan Chutzpah says:
@Gerard: I absolutely agree on Heinsohn; he is a truly terrible commentator because of his homerism .(And no, I’m not talking about the ancient Greeks.) He often goes so far as to imply there’s some kind of conspiracy being perpetrated against the Celts in a particular game. Glad someone else has noticed that.
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Apr.18 at 9:01 am
Matt says:
c’mon mark, YOUR BETTER THAN THAT!
Apr.18 at 9:43 am
Coach Greenfield says:
Good Ole’ Marky Mark… went old school on the Nets.. backed em’ down in the post, then kicked it out on them…thats why he is one of the greatest assist men ever… he always surprised you with what was coming.
Apr.18 at 11:31 am
Kevin says:
He was such a great commentator. the broadcast booth for YES will really suffer from this loss. He was one of the best analyst’s in the game, and after watching every one of the Nets games since 2006-07 season, i am going to really miss him.
Apr.18 at 11:35 am
cdro says:
what if he was the coach for the clips.
Apr.20 at 1:47 am
dougi says:
action jakson never quits man,
he never won a nba ring man,
May.17 at 12:17 am
i draw pictures says:
I wish he would quit ABC. It would make me cringe less and not want to turn the volume down.
Jun.5 at 10:52 pm
D Wilson says:
Mark Jackson is a joke, saying Kobe Bryant is the equal to MJ and he has the right to be list as 1 team defense. I agree that he is sporadic at best. Mark Jackson should check his stats cause he isn’t even a 1 , 3 or 5 … well maybe 5th ballet all-star … nah … just wait Mark maybe you’ll be a better commentator, before you get a ballet bid.