Thuhhhhhhh nostalgia wins!

John Sterling, the longtime radio voice of the Yankees, will return to his roots and be on the play-by-play for a Dec. 16 Nets-Hawks game on Yes Network, two franchises for whom he had been a full-time broadcaster before being employed by the Yankees.

The 80-year-old New York staple was the play-by-player for the Nets when they played on Long Island and then in New Jersey from 1975-80. After a stint with the Bullets, he called Hawks games from 1981-89.

“I couldn’t be more excited,” Sterling said in a Yes Network release. “I’ve loved basketball all my life. I broadcast so many years in the ABA and NBA. It’s like coming home again. I’m thrilled.”

Sterling has been the Yankees’ radio announcer since 1989.

“John Sterling is one of the pre-eminent play-by-play talents to ever sit behind a mic,” John J. Filippelli, the president of production and programming for YES, said in the statement. “An opportunity presented itself and we decided to gauge his interest. We are both delighted and excited to see John return to the Nets and the NBA.”