More details have emerged about Michael Jordan’s buzzy broadcasting role on NBC as the network welcomes the NBA back to its airwaves this week for the first time in over two decades.

Ahead of Tuesday’s season-opening doubleheader, NBC Sports announced that halftime coverage of the Thunder-Rockets clash — which gets underway at 7:30 p.m. — will feature an interview with the 62-year-old Jordan and play-by-play caller Mike Tirico as part of the six-time NBA champion’s “MJ: Insights to Excellence” series, according to a press release shared Monday.

Set to air “throughout the season,” per the release, “Sunday Night Football” viewers got a peek at the “MJ: Insights to Excellence” segment during the first half of the 49ers’ Week 7 win over the Falcons, which featured Tirico and Jordan chatt

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