data-mm-id=”_mfmn7v44z”>JJ Redick's hiring by the Los Angeles Lakers elevated him from broadcaster/podcaster to NBA head coach. It also created an opening on ESPN's top NBA broadcast crew.On Friday, The Athletic's Andrew Marchand reported that the network is taking steps toward filling that job opening. ESPN is considering four candidates to take Redick's spot next to play-by-play announcer Mike Breen and trailblazing analyst Doris Burke — Jay Bilas, Grant Hill, Richard Jefferson and Tim Legler.Each candidate has varying levels of basketball broadcast expertise. Each would bring something different to a three-person booth with the professorial Breen and the astute Burke.So let's rank each candidate, gauging the pros and cons, in an attempt to determine who wo…