Jared Greenberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1984-12-12)December 12, 1984 (age 40) |
| Education | Hofstra University |
| Occupation(s) | Sports commentator Sideline reporter |
| Years active | 2011–present |
Jared Greenberg (born December 12, 1984) is an American sports television personality. He is a basketball sideline reporter and fill-in play-by-play commentator for theNBA on TNT.Jared Greenberg worked as a play-by play man with Brendan Haywood and Nabil Karim for the 1st round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs for NBATV.
Greenberg grew up inMahwah, New Jersey.[1] As a freshman atMahwah High School, he took an elective in television production. In class he heard thatRamapo College, a local school, was looking for high school volunteers to manage the audio control board and schedule music for its WRPR 90.3 FM radio station. On his first day he realized that broadcast media was where he wanted to be. With a passionate interest in sports, he took advantage of this opportunity to host a sports talk show, and eventually didplay-by-play for Ramapo's baseball and basketball teams.[2] After high school, he attendedHofstra University, graduating in 2005.[3] While there he did radio play-by-play for football, basketball, softball baseball and lacrosse; as well has hosting sports talk radio programs with Ira Thor.[4]
As a junior in college, he had his first experience in television, doing basketball sideline reporting forMSG andComcast. Late in college he was a public relations intern for the New York Giants. This led to becoming the statistician for the radio play-by-play announcerBob Papa. He described this as an important learning experience and did it for several years.[2] After graduating college, he worked for theNewark Bears, an independent professional baseball team in media relations,[2] and did his first professional play-by-play broadcasting.[5] After a period offreelancing forNews 12,[2]NBA TV andESPN 360,[4] he signed with MSG. He covered high school sports in theNew York metropolitan area beginning in 2009, helping to launch the now defunctMSG Varsity. His experience with an array of high school sports enabled him to become knowledgeable in non-major professional sports, including field hockey, lacrosse, wrestling, volleyball and softball. In 2012 he was hired byTNT and moved to Atlanta. In 2020 he debuted as a sideline reporter on theNBA on TNT.[1] On the NBA App, Greenberg began hostingNBA CrunchTime, the NBA equivalent ofNFL RedZone in 2022.[6] For NBA TV he has also been a sideline reporter, host, reporter and anchor.[3]
In 2025 he began hostingNCAA March Madness Fast Break, the whiparound stream of first and second roundNCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament games.[7]
On theSirius XM NBA station, he hostedOut of Bounds,[8]FanDuel Fantasy Basketball, andOff the Dribble.[2] He has also hosted10 Before Tip,[8]The Jump Ball,NBA Gametime,Making The Call andShaqtin' a Fool forTNT Sports.[2]
Greenberg has been touted among the most likely targets for new NBA broadcasting jobs as the league expands its number of networks.[9]
In 2025 he reported that centerMark Williams had back issues that "stunted his growth" and kept him out of the weight room. He later apologized and retracted those comments as inaccurate.[10]
In 2023 he called out coachGregg Popovich for his condescending interviews with the media. He said theSan Antonio Spurs organization needs to embrace the media rather than view it as an enemy.[11] In 2015 he had a notably "excruciating" interview with Popovich in which the coachtrolled Greenberg, "[shutting] him down in a gloriously awkward exchange."[12]