Trailblazers announcers...

I don't know, I guess I'll take Spurs' announcer Bill Land yelling "OHHHHHHH, Mama!!!!" any day. It's always good for a guffaw or two.

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Originally Posted by Phenomanul

The comment on "The Spurs should be crowned as kings of whining" was priceless...

Or the one where they suggested that everytime Manu went to the hole he should end up on his tail... that there was no reason why he shouldn't be getting fouled hard.

Then there's the one where the commentator yelled, "oh look... look at Duncan barking at the officials - HOW is that not a T?"

Then they kept referring to Finley as the 1996 Slam Dunk Champion when the true bearer of that title was getting stitched up somewhere in the visitor's locker room.

They annoyed me throughout the broadcast...

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Yeah, I heard that too. I thought to myself, 'when the hell did Finley ever win a slam dunk title?'

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Originally Posted by Pop OFits

I don't know, I guess I'll take Spurs' announcer Bill Land yelling "OHHHHHHH, Mama!!!!" any day. It's always good for a guffaw or two.

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Speaking of Bill Land, where has he been lately? He had good chemistry with Sean Elliott.

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Originally Posted by SenorSpur

Yeah, I heard that too. I thought to myself, 'when the hell did Finley ever win a slam dunk title?'

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I remember thinking when I watched the 1996 dunk contest, "Barry was good, but Finley got robbed." Barry went long twice, but Finley had more difficult dunks IMO.

Dunk contest judging is screwed up way too often. Dwight Howard touches 12.5 feet while dunking, slaps up a sticker to prove it, and none of the judges cared. Wow.

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Originally Posted by ShoogarBear

I didn't hear them say that.

But they were bad all night long.

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That's probably why those knuckleheads with a talent void call Blazers games.

As they went into halftime, the last comments were "Bruce Bowen is still complaining to the officials as they head to the locker room...of course he is, he is Spur." As road announcers go on NBA League Pass , these two buttjams were in a class by themselves. At least die-hard homers like Tommy Heinsohn are funny...

Yes they were mistaken on little tidbits of information about the opposing team, but that happens all the time. The one thing that disturbed me was them basically stating that Pop was in the officials' ears almost the entire night and sort of implying that Pop was fixing the game. Overall though, it wasn't horrible.

There are ridiculous homers EVERYWHERE. Remember last years rookie of the year voting? Chris Paul would have gotten every single first place vote except some Utah homer said, "I think Deron Williams played better in their head-to-head matchups, so I voted for him". Deron Williams was an above average rookie last year (despite how elite he looks these days) and Chris Paul was already on that high level. Thats homerism.

As far as the broadcasters commenting that manu should hit the floor everytime he drives to the hoop...well, while that might be kind of ridiculous it's nothing compared to Isiah Thomas' "break his fucking foot off" comment about Bowen.

I actually remember on Jim Rome's show the following day he said something like this:

"Coaches always say things like that to motivate their guys. It's just what they do. Hustle! Box your man out! Rotate on defense! Close out on perimeter shooters! Make the extra pass! Break his fucking foot off! Get back on D!"

Of course, he was dripping with sarcasm the whole time.

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Originally Posted by Tigole Bitties

Speaking of Bill Land, where has he been lately? He had good chemistry with Sean Elliott.

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He was on TV with sean the last two games.

At least the young trailblazer team seem to have taken last night's loss in stride.

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"They played like champions down the stretch,'' Roy said. "I'm going to learn from this game. They picked it up in the fourth quarter. Coach said that's what champions do.''

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And Roy could win rookie of the year.

Pop DOES intimidate the refs like noone not named Mike or Dan or Tony.

And that no-call foul on Duncan was all ball, maybe some hand contact. No foul. Guess homerism extends to fan as well. I should know, I have to listen to Mav fans and watch Cuban every game. :lol

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Originally Posted by BigBinBigD

Pop DOES intimidate the refs like noone not named Mike or Dan or Tony.

And that no-call foul on Duncan was all ball, maybe some hand contact. No foul. Guess homerism extends to fan as well. I should know, I have to listen to Mav fans and watch Cuban every game. :lol

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Pop talks to the refs during timeouts, but it's not something exclusive to Pop or the Spurs. Players and coaches from other teams are constantly in the ears of the officials throughout the game, whether it be during timeouts or free throws, etc. All Pop does is explain his side of the issue.

If the officials are "intimidated" as you suggest, it's their own damn fault. They can give players/coaches technical fouls and even eject them if they're being too intrusive.

Here's Barret's blog of the game
http://mikebarrettsblog.blogspot.com...rs-in-4th.html

they were pretty bad in homerism, constantly attacking Pop, Duncan, Finley and Manu

But at the same time gave the team and especially Manu a lot of accolades

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Originally Posted by doldrums

Here's Barret's blog of the game
http://mikebarrettsblog.blogspot.com...rs-in-4th.html

they were pretty bad in homerism, constantly attacking Pop, Duncan, Finley and Manu

But at the same time gave the team and especially Manu a lot of accolades

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FYI, Barrett is the Trailblazers tv voice

Sean Elliot's pretty good about not being a homer.

I remember the other night (Clippers?) he was fairly neutral. Agreeing with some of the travel calls against the Spurs. Also saying that the Spurs don't deserve too much credit, LA was still holding them to 75 points or whatever it was at the time.

The clippers announcers are some of the most objective in the game, and Mike Smith's favorite player to watch is Manu, so it always seems that he gets excited when Manu does well. The most homerish announcers are the Celtics, Suns and Blazers from my exp with NBA League Pass.

I thought the Clipper Announcers gave the Spurs a lot of credit, while still supporting their team.

And yeah that color commentator loves Manu's game. He was giving him Jordan comparisons on Monday.

I think the Laker announcers are a bit snotty.

The other day I heard somebody on a Sports talk show describe Manu as "on certain nights the best player in the NBA". :D That's some high praise.

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Originally Posted by Amuseddaysleeper

I've seen a fair share of other commentators thanks to league pass


but NEVER have I heard commentators such horrible homers for the home team.


To the point where it felt like tllong and his twin were calling the game


just sickening how they never give the spurs credit and if it were up to them the blazers would only one foul the entire game

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have you heard the mavs announcers? :worthy:

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Originally Posted by Please_dont_ban_me

Sean Elliot's pretty good about not being a homer.

I remember the other night (Clippers?) he was fairly neutral. Agreeing with some of the travel calls against the Spurs. Also saying that the Spurs don't deserve too much credit, LA was still holding them to 75 points or whatever it was at the time.

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I have to disagree..Sean is HUGE homer..

You guys are talking about Mike Rice for the most part. He's the color analyst and is definitely a HUGE HOMER! LOL! He's pretty funny though.

OMG Sean is the Worst.....Here is one of the Blazer Announcers. besides his idiotic comment about Manu constantly whining its not a bad writeup...

I'd put money down that Sean is a top 3 homer announcer in the league. Thats why he is so funny! :lol

How ironic is this "whiner" talk. The Blazers fans have booed every foul or violation called against their team since the days of Porter, Drex, Kersey, Buck and Duck...and that was even back in the days when Adelman had his team fouling early and often so the officials might get used to the physicality. Their basic rule back then was, if all 5 players foul at the same time, the worst that can happen is only 1 foul is called.

Sean is definitely a homer. The difference he is usually gives the other team props, too.