13 Facts About Joel Meyers

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Joel Meyers is an American sportscaster who is the play-by-play announcer of the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association.

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Joel Meyers is the lead host of "Above the Rim", which airs weekdays from 10am-1pm ET on SiriusXM NBA Radio.

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Joel Meyers is the preseason play-by-play announcer for the New Orleans Saints.

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Joel Meyers currently calls Big 12 Conference college football games for FSN and NBA games for ESPN Radio.

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Joel Meyers previously worked National Football League games for Westwood One, but left that network after the 2006 season.

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Joel Meyers called the 2014 preseason lineup on local Cox Sports Television for the New Orleans Saints.

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Joel Meyers called 1st Round games for the 2014 NBA Playoffs on TNT partnered with Chris Webber.

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Joel Meyers called 1st Round games for TNT and NBATV during the 2020 NBA Playoffs.

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Joel Meyers worked with Greg Anthony for the 1st-round games in the 2020 NBA Playoffs.

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Joel Meyers worked 1st round games for the 2021 NBA Playoffs for NBATV and TNT.

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Joel Meyers was supposed to be replaced by Spero Dedes, but Dedes ended up choosing a contract with the New York Knicks instead.

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12.

St Louis native, Joel Meyers graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in 1972.

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Joel Meyers attended the University of Missouri, and served as the public address announcer at Busch Stadium II for the St Louis Cardinals from 1980 until 1982, with the Cardinals winning the World Series in his final season.

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