Bulls (24-29) at Celtics (34-19) Game #54 2/11/26

[hwangjini_1]

great win. so tps for all those hung around to the end.

[President Red]

I don't think House adds much to the broadcast.  Not everything Scal says is gold, of course, but I think he's gotten good at pointing out some less obvious things about plays and tactics.  House seems like a perfectly pleasant guy, but I don't recall ever saying anything about a particular game that wasn't pretty obvious.

[slamtheking]

I don't think House adds much to the broadcast.  Not everything Scal says is gold, of course, but I think he's gotten good at pointing out some less obvious things about plays and tactics.  House seems like a perfectly pleasant guy, but I don't recall ever saying anything about a particular game that wasn't pretty obvious.

that's fair.  guess I've grown tired of Scal trying too hard to sound like he knows everything and pointing out stuff that's either obvious or about himself.

makes me miss Tommy so much.

[Roy H.]

I don't think House adds much to the broadcast.  Not everything Scal says is gold, of course, but I think he's gotten good at pointing out some less obvious things about plays and tactics.  House seems like a perfectly pleasant guy, but I don't recall ever saying anything about a particular game that wasn't pretty obvious.

that's fair.  guess I've grown tired of Scal trying too hard to sound like he knows everything and pointing out stuff that's either obvious or about himself.

makes me miss Tommy so much.

Yeah.  I liked Scal when he was with Mike.  With Drew, both of them are leaning in on going "bro" and trying too hard.  Over-repetitive nicknames, the same topics repeated over and over.

If Scal is on a broadcast I think they need a straight man, rather than somebody feeding into his shtick.

[slamtheking]

I don't think House adds much to the broadcast.  Not everything Scal says is gold, of course, but I think he's gotten good at pointing out some less obvious things about plays and tactics.  House seems like a perfectly pleasant guy, but I don't recall ever saying anything about a particular game that wasn't pretty obvious.

that's fair.  guess I've grown tired of Scal trying too hard to sound like he knows everything and pointing out stuff that's either obvious or about himself.

makes me miss Tommy so much.

Yeah.  I liked Scal when he was with Mike.  With Drew, both of them are leaning in on going "bro" and trying too hard.  Over-repetitive nicknames, the same topics repeated over and over.

If Scal is on a broadcast I think they need a straight man, rather than somebody feeding into his shtick.

agreed.  Drew has the broadcasting voice but not the skills that Mike had.  Would love to see him come out of retirement to do a few special games this year

[Goldstar88]

I don't think House adds much to the broadcast.  Not everything Scal says is gold, of course, but I think he's gotten good at pointing out some less obvious things about plays and tactics.  House seems like a perfectly pleasant guy, but I don't recall ever saying anything about a particular game that wasn't pretty obvious.

that's fair.  guess I've grown tired of Scal trying too hard to sound like he knows everything and pointing out stuff that's either obvious or about himself.

makes me miss Tommy so much.

Yeah.  I liked Scal when he was with Mike.  With Drew, both of them are leaning in on going "bro" and trying too hard.  Over-repetitive nicknames, the same topics repeated over and over.

If Scal is on a broadcast I think they need a straight man, rather than somebody feeding into his shtick.

agreed.  Drew has the broadcasting voice but not the skills that Mike had.  Would love to see him come out of retirement to do a few special games this year

I really miss Mike and Tommy. Can?t stand Drew and Scal. They are equally obnoxious.

[ChillyWilly]

Thought I was alone in disliking how Drew calls the game. Great voice but thats about it.

[Neurotic Guy]

Thought I was alone in disliking how Drew calls the game. Great voice but thats about it.

I don?t love Drew either. And I don?t like the Drew-Scal team.  Too many laughs, recurring jokes, yucking it up.  Drew has a good voice, he is smart, seems to do his homework.  I give him credit for being as young as he is doing as well as he does. But I think he needs to grow into the role and that will take some time. For now, he annoys me more often than not.

In some fairness to Drew, the Gorman comparison is the 26 (or so) year old Drew compared to the many decade experienced Mike.  I do remember Mike?s early years and he was not the polished broadcaster back then that he came to be.

[SHAQATTACK]

No replacing TOMMY

[President Red]

Thought I was alone in disliking how Drew calls the game. Great voice but thats about it.

I don?t love Drew either. And I don?t like the Drew-Scal team.  Too many laughs, recurring jokes, yucking it up.  Drew has a good voice, he is smart, seems to do his homework.  I give him credit for being as young as he is doing as well as he does. But I think he needs to grow into the role and that will take some time. For now, he annoys me more often than not.

In some fairness to Drew, the Gorman comparison is the 26 (or so) year old Drew compared to the many decade experienced Mike.  I do remember Mike?s early years and he was not the polished broadcaster back then that he came to be.

Those are good points.  I think Drew has a chance to improve, and he's better at this age and experience level than I would expect him to be.  I do like that he bothers to study up on the players on the opposing teams.

I don't love the Drew-Scal team, but there are a lot worse broadcast teams out there.  I'm no longer in the Boston area, so I go through LP to watch the Boston feed.  In the Mike & Tommy days -- and even the Mike and Scal days -- I was very annoyed when the was a national TV game, or when LP provided only the other team's feed.  In Mike's last year, the team was so good that it was on national TV a lot, and I felt like I was missing out on large parts of Mike's final broadcast year.

It's not as big a loss now when I get another team's announcing crew.  Quality of the announcers aside, though, watching the local broadcasts from other regions -- and, even worse, the national TV games -- means that I hear the same few basic stories about the best-known players on the team, so it's really repetitive.

It could be worse; a Greg Anthony-led "Player's Only" broadcast could appear at any moment.