Sick of the media saying this over-statement

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Originally Posted by leemajors

NBAtv does not have its own announcing team. they broadcast the game, but use either the home or away announcers.

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I'm pretty sure they used to have the guys in the studio calling the game while they watched it on the monitor. I think they finally punted and just picked a local broadcast. The NBA is always going to squeeze that last dollar.

Personally, I think it's funny that everybody picked Sacramento to give the Spurs a series and now those same people are saying "what's wrong with the Spurs?" when it's actually a series.

It's ridiculous to get upset with television announcers "not being fair and unbiased." They have an opinion, and they're paid to articulate it while describing what's going on in the game. If you don't like the opinion, turn down the sound or shout at the television everytime the guy says something you don't agree with. But don't bitch about announcers not being fair in serving up props and blasts. After all -- if the Spurs win the game, the announcer looks like a fool; if the Spurs lose the game, the announcer is right.

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Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

I'm pretty sure they used to have the guys in the studio calling the game while they watched it on the monitor. I think they finally punted and just picked a local broadcast. The NBA is always going to squeeze that last dollar.

Personally, I think it's funny that everybody picked Sacramento to give the Spurs a series and now those same people are saying "what's wrong with the Spurs?" when it's actually a series.

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Last night, Kevin Callabro and Bill Raferty were courtside to call the game -- Callabro works for the Sonics and Raferty works for the Nets or Knicks when he's not doing college games. I'd be curious what they were doing there if they weren't calling that game for nbatv.

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Originally Posted by LakerHater0823

Hey not to bring up old plays or bad memories but I have a question. My girlfriend saw on a news website that Bibby admitted he fould Manu on the last play of game 3 that led to the martin layup. Did any of you see this?

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I must have diagnosed that play 1000 times on my TIVO. Manu lost control of the ball before Bibby reached both hands to take possession. The Spurs ran the same play in the second offensive set of the game, and it worked, the difference this time is that Artest was able to reach around Tim who pivoted his left leg, and Artest grabs Manu's right arm. The only way the Spurs could have stopped it after Bibby gained possession was Tim screening Martin before it got control of the ball cause Bibby passed the ball before he even reached half court and it was off to the races from there.