Waxad ku qortaa sii wadida faqradan - Brad Nessler waxaa laga saaray ESPN/ABC's NBA daboolida gabi ahaanba laga bilaabo xilli ciyaareedkii 2004-05 NBA. Mike Breen waxaa loo dalacsiiyay in uu noqdo madaxa warbaahinta ee ESPN, isagoo sii waday inuu la shaqeeyo Bill Walton (oo ay ku jiraan Pacers  Pistons
) Waxaa Sean Elliott ayaa la tuuray, oo ay weheliyaan Dan Majerle, Doc Rivers (oo noqday tababaraha Boston Celtics) iyo George Karl (oo ka tagay xilli ciyaareedkii si uu u tababaro Denver Nuggets). Jim Durham doorkiisa ayaa kordhay oo ESPN waxay kiraysatay falanqeeyihii hore ee NBC Steve Jones (Durham iyo Jones waxay ka wada shaqeyn lahaayeen dhowr ciyaarood oo caadi ah). ESPN ma aysan isticmaalin Jones iyo Bill Walton oo horey u ahaa kooxda ciyaaraha inta lagu gudajiray xilli ciyaareedka caadiga ah. Doorka Tom Tolbert ayaa si weyn hoos ugu dhacay; waxaa loo yareeyay inta badan ciyaaraha West Coast.