ESPN opted not to utilize NBA rules analyst Steve Javie during Game 3 broadcast, per report

ESPN opted not to utilize NBA rules analyst Steve Javie during Game 3 broadcast, per report

Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn ImagesA live sports production is full of split-second decisions about how best to communicate what’s happening within the game to a viewer at home, and there are many tools at a producer’s disposal to accomplish that goal. Within the last 10-15 years, the rules analyst has become one of the tools in that tool belt. Typically a former official themselves, rules analysts are often called upon to clarify controvers…