Celtics coverage in general is AWFUL. I like Mannix bc he is somewhat impartial, and I like Scal bc he'll give you some actual X's and O's... but besides that it's all biased crap. I mean Abby Chin and Amanda Pflugrad aren't exactly asking tough questions or breaking down our Pick and Roll defense...

I love Mike Gorman for what he does, but listening to his radio interviews ("Celtics will beat Cleveland in 5", "I wouldn't trade Tyler Zeller", etc) is like listening to Fox News talk about Trump. It's borderline Yellow journalism.

It isn't just him, it's all of them. It's just superficial coverage. You rarely get actual game analysis or specifics. While every other sport gets covered to the point where we understand the Double switch in baseball, who is our best right tackle and why, D to D passes in hockey, etc... Our local NBA coverage just gives you nothing. Quick highlights followed by a box score.

Instead of "Al Horford had X number of rebounds", how about an explanation about where he was positioned defensively or offensively against a particular team or player? Instead of "Isaiah is the King in the Fourth", how about we have this +/- debate that many are having on Twitter?

I grew up in an era of coverage from GREAT basketball writers, now they are all older and fading away and I get f*cking Jim Murray screaming year after year at the deadline about how we didn't do XY or Z... he's a radio disc jockey.

I also think it's time to move on from Tommy Heinsohn. I feel bad saying that but at some point we need ACTUAL in game analysis. I know he's a sacred cow, but he isn't offering much anymore.

Michael Felger and Mazz COULD go into X's and O's if they wanted to, they just won't for whatever reason.

(small amendment) Holley and Keefe is emerging as a viable Hoops go-to.

For being "home of the Celtics" CSNNE has some really terrible Celtics coverage. I like some of the actual Celtics crew: Tommy, Chin, Gorman, Scal, Mannix but the rest are pretty bad.

Yep exactly.

Mazz and Felger don't even care about the Celtics it seems, which is why they are wrong about their celtics info most of the time.

I'm not saying I love Draper/Blakely, but at least they seem to actually care about the Celtics. Not like some other miserable guys like Mazz/Felger/Tanguay/Dickerson, etc.

Giveth One... You can add Draper to the list as well. He's gets all emotional during trade season.

What it comes down to is, these knuckleheads would rather have a trade to talk about, rather then smart GM'ing.

I don't put much stock into whatever they say, its a job for them and they need to
discuss something.

Yeah with the trade deadline over they don't talk about them much besides obviously the pre and post game coverages.

Even for the Red Sox, CSNNE does tons of trade talks, then it's August, and then it's just occasional talk about playoffs or free agency.

Quote from: JOMVP on March 05, 2017, 12:54:58 PM

For being "home of the Celtics" CSNNE has some really terrible Celtics coverage. I like some of the actual Celtics crew: Tommy, Chin, Gorman, Scal, Mannix but the rest are pretty bad.

Yep exactly.

Mazz and Felger don't even care about the Celtics it seems, which is why they are wrong about their celtics info most of the time.

I'm not saying I love Draper/Blakely, but at least they seem to actually care about the Celtics. Not like some other miserable guys like Mazz/Felger/Tanguay/Dickerson, etc.

I hate Felger lol. Always finding ways to disrespect my Celtics and Patriots. Ugh lol

I see a lot of the talk radio stuff on the tweets, and I don't pay much attention to them. Just a bunch of fans who make a living talking about sports. The ex-players are the guys you listen too. That's true on sports TV, too. The announcers and the pretty blondes in tight dresses reading off scripts are useless. Window dressing. But the ex-players and coaches know their stuff.

I'll say this about Ainge: he has chosen to do nothing before the trade deadline. When you do nothing, you can look very good on some things, but you can also look bad on others. I see that Al Horford has joined Bradley on the injury report for the next couple of games. There really is no replacement for Horford. Ainge should have done something about that at the trade deadline to insure they show some progress during the regular season this year. Injuries could set them back to where they were last year.

lol

TP for the OP. What a disaster that would've been.