Grant Hill Extends Contract With TNT & Expands His Broadcasting Role
Among the top basketball players who have turned analysts is Grant Hill, and his in-depth knowledge is really on display when March Madness rolls around.
According to Variety, it turns out his bosses at TNT Sports and CBS Sports agree, and they’re upping his status at the network by expanding his on-air duties with coverage beyond his mainstay of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.
It comes just in time as parent company Warner Bros. Discovery will begin covering the Big East and Big 12 basketball conferences once the 2025-26 season tips off next fall.
The seven-time All-Star played nearly 20 years in the NBA, and though his best years were split between the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic, his four-year career with the Duke Blue Devils was perhaps his most memorable for basketball purists.
So, its more than ideal to continue covering college, which played such an integral part in his athletic foundation.
“College basketball has had such a profound impact on my life, as a student athlete and now as a broadcaster, and I thoroughly enjoy being closely connected to the collegiate game, the student athletes who compete, and their amazing stories,” Hill said in a statement. “I’m thankful to TNT Sports for the opportunity to continue this journey together and look forward to what promises to be a fantastic Final Four weekend, among many more to come.”
Hill’s growing role coincides with Warner Bros. pivoting away from NBA coverage after its 36-year relationship ended.
With the audience heading over to NBCUniversal’s NBC and Peacock and Amazon’s Prime Video, the loss is big for Warner at an approximate $1.1 billion loss in ad money. But Nate Smeltz TNT’s Senior Vice President, Talent Relations and Global Communications, is confident that locking Hill in for the long haul will be an integral piece to its future amidst change.
“A Hall of Famer in every sense, Grant has had a profound influence on the game at every level,” Smeltz, said in a statement. “Grant has been a member of the TNT Sports family from the moment he decided to enter broadcasting, and we look forward to many more years together.”
That broadcasting of course includes covering the NCAA Men’s Championship on Monday for the tenth time. His post-playing career began with hosting NBA Inside Stuff on NBA TV in 2013 before he joined the CBS and TNT family in 2015.
He’s also managed to keep his foot in basketball when he became a part owner of the Atlanta Hawks in 2015 as part of billionaire business man Tony Ressler’s ownership group. As if his wasn’t already enviable, don’t forget he’s also married to singer Tamia, with whom he partially owns soccer clubs Orlando City and Orlando Pride.
