Another day, another ESPN shakeup with intriguing implications.

“SportsNation” host Michelle Beadle is replacing ESPN veteran Sage Steele as full-time host of “NBA Countdown,” the network announced Tuesday, effective immediately.

Beadle joined ESPN and ABC’s NBA coverage on a part-time basis in October, showing enough promise over five months to bump Steele from the top spot for the playoffs. Beadle, 41, will be responsible for leading ESPN’s pregame and halftime shows, including during the NBA Finals on ABC, and for hosting studio broadcasts throughout the playoffs.

Beadle, who grew up in Texas and remains a Spurs fan, characteristically inserted a personal quip into her first comments on the promotion.

“The only thing better than working for Connor Schell and Kevin Wildes is being able to spend each day with all of the incredibly talented people at NBA Countdown and SportsNation,” Beadle said in a statement. “It’s the best job in sports. Did I mention that Kawhi Leonard is the M.V.P. of the league?”

While Beadle adds the expanded NBA role to her daily duties on “SportsNation,” Steele is expected to increase her traveling commitments as a full-time host of “SportsCenter on the Road.”

Steele, who joined ESPN two years before Beadle as a “SportsCenter” anchor in 2007, has found herself at the heart of ESPN internal controversy recently. The 44-year-old drew the wrath of ESPN radio host Dan Le Batard in January when she criticized those protesting Donald Trump’s travel ban for disrupting people’s flight arrangements, including her own, in an Instagram post.

“I, as the son of exiles, look at this, and I’m like, ‘What the hell are you talking about? Your travel plans were affected? What are you talking about?’ ” Le Batard, who is of Cuban descent, fired off on his show. “It’s the height of privilege. And so once you start opening that portal, you get ESPN-on-ESPN crime.”