It seems like the worse the team is the more fair and equitable their announcers are. They're used to losing some and winning fewer, and so they have a much more balanced and insightful view of the game.
Announcers for teams that are historically compe ive (ie, Lakers, Mavericks etc) have more of a chip on their shoulder. Their players can do no wrong etc etc. Factor in also that the Spurs' long-term success has made them a lot of enemies. A lot of announcers can't overcome their anti-Spurs bias following a slight they felt from the Spurs at some remote point in the past (*cough* Jon Barry *cough*).
The Hornets announcers aren't horrible. I especially think Gil McGregor is funny because he always makes comments like, "now you young players out there, watch this and that to refine your game."
I always listen to that and think, "what respectable young player is going to listen to an announcer give them pointers. Especially a Hornets announcer..."
They went a little overboard on thomas but truthfully I was surprised how fair and how much credit they gave us.
what was that again?:
"if you are an announcer, you have to be three announcers in one....home, away, national!"
that said: the team owners want them to be homers, putting pressure on them, if they are not. but at the same time, they want to keep some of their credibility.
somewhere in that "pressure <> credibility saving" area you can find all of them.
OP apparently never watches games with the other team's feeds. That crew was really good. , they gave Jack the benefit of the doubt on that terrible blocking foul that they called a charge. It was funny hearing them say over and over "If there's a better rookie than Isaiah Thomas, I'd like to see him" while Kawhi Leonard was knocking down threes and making defensive plays.
The announcers were more than fair.
I was annoyed by how crazy loud the miked rims where (especially during free throws) and the arena's PA. It might have been just a bad audio mix for the League Pass stream, but it was annoying as .
BTW are the rims in the AT&T center miked or not?
If McGregor had been saying "son" instead of "young player," I'd think he was BRHornet45.
I think all the baskets have microphones on them, though like you said, they don't seem to be mixed the same way from arena to arena and from game to game. I've never noticed them being loud in San Antonio. I sort of assumed the teams turned them up for whatever reason. Prior to this year, the Spurs never dunked so there wasn't much reason to have the volume up.
I smiled when they said that but at some point they gave Kawhi some props so I thought it was ok.
Not sure how the Spurs announcers are perceived, but I don't get the feeling they really pimp the Spurs players that much, in the sense that they tend to stay factual (e.g. Matt Bonner is one of the best 3pt shooters in the league).
sean Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Lu ck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_ is actually one of the most hated announcers in the league
people think hes as bad as heinson guy
I hear lots of announcers giving Leonard credit, though I don't think anyone really looks at what he does to see how valuable he is. As mentioned elsewhere, if he's not scoring a lot of points nobody thinks about it until he rips their team up.
I will say that if their formerly troubled man child of a center keeps developing the sky is the limit for the Kings if they surround him with decent talent. MC is strong and athletic enough to dominate the post and his upside is sick if he truly is going in the right direction in other ways.
I watched Fox Sports SW, so I had Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Lu ck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_ as the annoucer. NBA tv wasn't working for me yesterday
I thought they were really good. I did, however, think it was kind of strange how they kept talking about how much faster/quicker Isaiah Thomas is than Parker. Tony looked pretty worn out last night, and I can't really say I blame him considering the load he's had to carry while Manu was out tending to his brittle bones. So yeah, he looked tired and wasn't explosive by any means, but do those commentators really think Isaiah Thomas is head and shoulders faster/quicker than parker?
There was a moment where Tony and Isaiah were talking and laughing during the game and one of the commentators joked that Tony was probably telling Isaiah "I used to be quick like you 7 or 8 years ago." Tony is 29, not 38. Tony has been absolutely blowing past everyone this year. He's looked faster and quicker this season than I think he's looked since '08. Isaiah Thomas is 5'2" so his little ass legs are going to look fast next to anyone over 6-feet tall.
I was just surprised, nay, offended they forgot who the fastest poing guard in the League is.
SI.com: Who is really the fastest point guard? Tony Parker (20.9 mph)
And oh ya, those numbers aren't from 8 years ago; they're from this season.
Isaiah Thomas... come on, son.
I didn't think anything of them other than they were really boring to listen to.
Way too overboard with Isaiah Thomas - he's good and was a steal in the draft, but my god they were talking about how he could be MVP in like 2-3 years.
Evidentally you haven't heard the Homers that do commentating for the Thunder?...Way worse I can't stand the ers
The worst announcers are Houston, Portland and Dallas. They all HATE the Spurs. Phoenix would be my 4th and the Warriors guys would be 5th.
The Kings guys slurped Thomas pretty good, but took it easy on us for the most part. They did get on Pop a bit for yelling at the refs and did that cliche thing all opponent broadcasters do with Duncan, where they joke that Tim thinks he's committed only two fouls his entire career, which is so absurd since Duncan is one of the few stars who raises his arm to admit he made a foul like half the time he gets called for them.
And not to take away from Thomas, who looks like a really good player and had a great night.
I liked them
Top 5 I've enjoyed from an opposite team team announcers tbh...
Completely disagree. Sure they were a little homerish but most guys are. They were very fair and mostly accurate when talking about the Spurs and seemed to have no problem acknowledging when our players did something well. The announcers I can't stand to listen to are the ones who won't give our team any credit when we make plays. These guys weren't like that at all. Top 3 of other teams announcers this year, imo.
I didn't notice anything over-the-top. They praised Manu a ton of times and Duncan as well, even if he is like a million years old. And they didn't rag on Manu too much for flopping like he did on that end of quarter shot (Which he did).
If you're going to start a thread about announcers, you don't start it about the Kings' ... watch more games ffs.
as the biggest homer announcers outside of Boston
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