On March 3, 2006, the "New York Post" reported that ABC would replace Tirico with ESPN's Dan Patrick starting on March 19. Tirico moved to the number two play-by-play team, behind Mike Breen, and Patrick hosted ABC's coverage every week, including the NBA Finals. This move ended the most consistent role "The NBA on ABC" had, which was of Mike Tirico has studio host. In the suddenly revamped edition of "NBA Nation", Patrick was joined by Scottie Pippen, who continued his role as pregame analyst, as well as former ESPN commentator and NBA player Mark Jackson and "Washington Post" and "Pardon the Interruption" co-host Mike Wilbon on a weekly basis.