Where do I start? Numerous host cut-ins during game action, split screen with studio hosts talking over the game, commercial cut-in...not during a timeout but right in the middle of the game, and of course, the Dallas announcing team calling the action. I can almost understand putting up with this every now and then during the regular season, but for the playoffs, it's unacceptable. It was just a really lousy game watching experience.
NBATV's production value is always . Give me TNT all day.
BTW Mark, Bob and Skin (our announcers) were the most biased I've seen them all year. Usually they're about as close to the middle of the road as you can go, but last night, they were pretty bad...
Fox Sports Southwest baby...
Yes, of course. I wish it were a choice-but unless you actually live in San Antonio, you get what NBATv gives you, which in this case, was crap.
Their in studio stuff is pretty good. I'd put it at #2 behind TNT but still ahead of ESPN in terms of overall watchability. The actual game presentation is pretty bad though, in no small part because of the wildly varying quality of home team broadcasters.
My NBATV was blacked out last night for some reason. FSN was also having some technical difficulties; the game went black a few times there as well, and the HD feed was doing that annoying choppy lag thing.
I guess if you're gonna watch a loss, that's the way to watch it.
I get Fox Sports southwest in Corpus.. mucho bettero!! Directv!!!
The telecast sucked because of how bad NBATV is in general. WHY DO WE NEED A SPLIT SCREEN OF DWADE AT THE PODIUM DURING THE GAME? And also, why do we need to see Brent Barry dissecting a Mavs play while the actual game is going on?
I was pleasantly surprised by the commentary. They weren't that homerish, they gave major props to the Spurs and weren't biased when I thought they would be (they agreed that Najera's foul shoulda been a flagrant while lots of commentators woulda disagreed). Then again I might have just been primed for it being much worse after listening to the awful Celtics telecast right before the game.
NBA Tv Is , Garbage, and Should never Play Games on there.
that sucks, it was butter on uverse in Austin. Too bad the game itself was bad.
I don't get NBA TV, so I watched the local Mavs channel (I live in Fort Worth). I turned the volume down before the second quarter started. But if the Spurs were going to lay a big fat egg, I'm glad they did it when not as many people could watch!
I wonder how the TV lineup is gonna go now that most of the Eastern Conference Series are already over?
I've had these EXACT same complaints about the NBATV telecasts, in previous posts. It's a goddamn ridiculous method to broadcasting a game - especially a playoff game. If I want to watch another game, besides the featured telecast, I'll switch the station. I don't need "bonus coverage".
The fact is that once the playoffs start, there should no longer be ANY NBA games on NBATV. All should be available via TNT, ESPN or ABC.
Playoffs should never have home team announcers. was horrible last night.
Awwwww, poor babies. You guys are used to the biggest Homer, most biased, and most unproffesional commentator in the business today. Sean Eliiot is a joke...... The Mavs home broadcast team is neutral mostly. Skin is the only guy that will get into homer mode but it was a beautiful thing last night. Suck it up spurs fans......
It's just a matter of bussiness. That's all about.
NBA TVs production is just horrible. Like i really want to see an analysis in the MIDDLE of the game. Most people don't have 70 inch plasmas. If you watching at a bar you couldn't even see whats going on. Not to mention commercials on top of game action. One thing a company can never do is screw up their own product.
Agreed. National broadcasts should have neutral announcers. Local coverage is fine for the home team's announcers.
NBA TV has no respect for the game of basketball, they prefer to show pointless analysis and interviews rather than the game itself...
It is ridiculous !!!
I will say this much for NBA TV the commercials are awesome. The big boys like ABC and ESPN don't have ads for the Snuggy or HD sunglasses.
The Mavs call didn't bother me near as much as this did. It only exacerbated my anger at the game.
I don't expect to hear home announcers for playoff games when I don't actually live in San Antonio. But I also don't expect to hear a couple of Mav honks doing a playoff game for a national audience. A national playoff broadcast should not have any local announcers. Period.
As for you...jackasses like yourself are what is going to make your never won anything, talking soft azzz franchise getting run out of the playoffs all the more sweet. Go run your ing mouth in some lame Mavs forum. None of us in here give a flying rats ass what you think.
Wow, I couldn't disagree more. Rick Kamla is probably one of the worst anchors in pro sports. Not to mention the constant interruptions during the game. WGAF what Chris Webber thinks, and why does he gets 1/2 of the screen while the game is ongoing?
They're showing a playoff matchup between Dallas and San Antonio. Why would anyone that tuned in care more about what Dwayne Wade has to say or wether Lebron farted? It's ing criminal that they're showing playoff games on that thing.
Ditto. For having ex-NBA stars, you would think they would know something about basketball. The McHale/Webber lineup made me sick. I do like it when Bones and Smith are on the show but only because they are ex-Spurs players. I am sure most people from other teams hate them.
Couldn't agree more.
"Wow, (insert fake tough guy here) is such a WARRIOR! Props to him."
STFU, tool.
I'll give you Kamla, he blows goats. Most of their ex-player analysts are better than anything ESPN's puts out there though.
And I was unaware they ever rolled out a McHale/Webber line up. Glad I missed that .
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