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Associated media - Linked media It was jarring last summer when ESPN fired NBA Finals game analysts Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson. It was part of the network layoffs that Disney seemingly undergoes every two years, much like an NFL team pruning its books to make room for future multimillion-dollar expenditures. Notably, Van Gundy’s pay cut made no sense, given that he was perhaps the best game analyst in sports with his gym rat mentality and “Inside the NBA” weirdness. In the wake of these moves, ESPN is no longer as good as it used to be. With venerable…