The first two games of the Jazz/Warriors may have been two of the greatest, most exiciting and well-played games in the last 10 years. The scoring, drama and just pure excitement has been unbelievable, and the best part is we're just getting started.
That being said, as unbelievably good as the basketball has been, the announcing has been just as bad. It's so awful that TNT's Reggie Miller is actually making his partner, DickStockton-who generally has no idea what's happening right in front of him, bearable to listen to.
You could be sitting at home with your tv on a different station and get more calls right than DickStockton. It's unbelievable how the guy just can’t get anything right, and HE’S SITTING RIGHT THERE AT CENTER COURT. How hard is it to call a foul and say who it was on, especially when it’s being announced over the PA as well. If you can’t see what’s happening twenty feet infront of you or from it being blared over loudspeakers, exactly what can you do? Insert Hellen Keller Joke Here
My favorite part is on ####-#### plays, DickStockton usually just spurts out three random calls and hopes one of them is the right one. It’s defintely time to start a count on how many calls DickStockton gets wrong (although it’d be a lot easier to count how many he got right).
If you listen to Reggie, you’d think the entire universe revolved around Baron Davis and that knucklehead Stephen Jackson just won the Nobel Peace Prize. Even without noting his UCLA/Pacers connections, there’s not question which team he is “rooting” for.
Reggie even critisized officials for reversing a call in the Jazz’s favor as he said “even if it is the right call.” I can imagine the TNT producer either just getting up and quitting or having a heart attack during the broadcast.
Another Reggie line is “in five years, Deron Williams will be just like Baron.” Hmmm..the way DWill is playing right now is the only thing Jazz fans should look forward to more hamstring injuries?
All the while, Kevin Harlan and Doug Collins are calling the Piston’s drubbing of the Bulls. Just think how many “Right between the eyes!” have been wasted!
Had Marv Albert been doing this series it would be one non-stop "YES"-fest, which would have made the announcing all the more memorable, rather than forgettable.
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