My two most hated announcers: Matt Harpring (former Jazz player who announces Jazz games now) uugggghhh.
And Hubie 'mr obvious' Brown.
Hubie Brown makes me want to throw my TV out the window.
You mean Hubie Brown-noser? Yeah, I hate him, too, lol
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I completely disagree about Scal, though. Dude's atrocious in the booth and the studio. Not only is he constantly yelling, but all he ever says is "move the ball side to side" and "pick and roll", not to mention the fact that he tries to make everything dramatic, has no timing, and offers nothing of value, imo. Even his attempts at humor are often just awkward and horrendous. It's like someone who laughs at their own jokes somehow got on the air. He's like a worse version of Rachel Maddow in that regard. Gorman just sits there and waits for the moment to pass as Scal cackles. Like seriously, tone it down, broheim
. At least Tommy's hilarious.
Mike is by far the best play-by-play guy in the league, though, imo. His timing is impeccable and he always knows when to describe a play or just let it unfold and comment afterwards, if at all. Most play-by-play guys now seem to have a need to narrate every possession as if they don't realize that they are, in fact, on TV as opposed to the radio, and then there are guys like Max and Mark Jackson who think that saying "the basketball" after everything somehow makes them sound more intelligent, when, in fact, the result is just the opposite. Well, to me, anyway
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Other dudes are simply too predictable and their egos are out of control, like Kenny Smith. The guy acts like he's one of the 50 greatest players of all time
. Seriously, all that you have to be able to to mimic that guy is begin your first sentence after EJ asks for your thoughts on whatever with, "I think the one thing..."
That's it. Awful. I really enjoy Zeke and McHale together, though, aside from Kevin saying that teams have to find "an/their identity" far too often, imo. I just think that there are other, and better, ways, of making that same point, but that's really it. Plus, I've always liked Isiah's commentary, even going back to his days on NBC, and to see him and McHale shooting the breeze after all these years is really cool, imo.
Marshall seems to be better cut for a national broadcast. He seems to be doing college basketball on Fox these days, though I have no idea how he's doing since I don't watch colelge sports.
It's interesting...
I turn the volume off when they have Scalabrine.
Good to know I'm not alone.
Lol, same
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