Our guys give credit where due, and criticism when deserved. Tv and radio. Sean has good insight, thought he tries to cover for slackers on our side a wee bit too much. Good grade overall however.
Other teams.....not so much.
To be fair, every local announcer gets paid by the organization. Would be pretty hard to find a Non-Homer Local Announcer. I think Bill & Sean are routing for their guys as much as any other announcer would be. Their broadcasts are way more entertaining though.
Based on feedback from other team's fans, they're homer as .... which I'm ok with...
I agree about Sean but some here argue that he's a blind homer.
They're huge homers. They do compliment the other team, but they hype up everything the Spurs do a lot.
Don't ask DeMarcus Cousins.
please spurs announcers up there as top 'homers'
with that said, im glad league pass incorporated home/away calls option, thank god i didnt have to listen to blazers anouncers
Lakers announcers actually up there with the best. Ours are not
This is true unfortunately. Raptor announcers are also very good.
Umm...Bill and Sean are homers. They aren't part of the worst but I can understand if opposing fans don't like them.
Sean and Bill are great. They do give credit where credit is do and vice versa. The commentary by Sean about DeCousins is classic stuff. How many teams have announcers whose name and number are hanging from the ing rafters? 32....
This has to be a troll thread. Sean Elliott is universally reviled everywhere outside of SA as the worst blind homer in the NBA besides Tommy Heinsohn.
haha I forgot about Heinsohn.. funniest lad ever
I mean in EVERY OTHER NBA CITY the worst blind homer ranking is:
1. Tommy Heinsohn
2. Sean Elliott
It's not any bias, it's just the truth. Spurs fans should love him because he does exactly what a home team broadcaster should do, but don't ing lie to yourselves and say he isn't the absolute epitome of a blind homer broadcaster because literally EVERYONE ELSE ON THE PLANET knows that he is.
you people must have never watched away games on league pass before this year. bill and sean are no where near as bad as some of those homer s out there. they don't claim every foul is a bad call, and they give credit to the other team when they make nice plays. plus they're funny.
i'm sure a lot of you watch games on your TV instead of league pass, so you have no basis for comparison. but take it from someone who has heard every duo out there.. they're one of the best.
again, it's not just mavs fans or rockets fans with this opinion. It's not just Lakers or Thunder or Grizzlies fans. It's fans of EVERY OTHER TEAM IN THE ENTIRE ING LEAGUE who say SA's announcers are at or near the top of the list of the biggest homers of any team in the NBA.
Bill and Sean are pretty bad, but nobody tops Tommy Heinsohn or Denver's whiny-ass announcers for pure, unadulterated homerism, tbh... Stacey King is a huge homer too, as is that bag Mike Smith....
The Heat and Nets have solid announcing teams, tbh....
again, it's not just mavs fans or rockets fans with this opinion. It's not just Lakers or Thunder or Grizzlies fans. It's fans of EVERY OTHER TEAM IN THE ENTIRE ING LEAGUE who say SA's announcers are at or near the top of the list of the biggest homers of any team in the NBA.
Yeah, they're homers. Not the worst ever, but Sean lost his national gig because of it.
Seems to be the case among my friends who are fans of other teams. They never mention an announcer except Sean.
They are definitely homer, but it's a different brand of homer than the sort of homer that pisses me off.
It's completely non-malicious and more tongue in cheek and done in humour.
EG Spurs announcer homerism: I really hope Aldridge misses this shot, oh damn he made it, again, lolz he's killing us tonight we just can't stop him
EG Kings announcer homerism: Isiah Thomas is a better point guard than Tony Parker.
There's a massive difference - you can especially see it when talking about bad ref calls
EG of when the call goes against the team
Spurs: that's a bad call
Kings: that's a bad call
EG of when the bad call is in favour of the announcer's team
Spurs: 'Wow, we really caught a break there because I think Timmy fouled / Parker stepped out of bounds, but I'm not going to argue with it lolz GO SPURS'
Kings: that's good officiating. good call by the ref.
etc etc
they are at all times acknowledging that they love the spurs and want the spurs to win, but it's completely on an emotional or mental basis, the Spurs announcer very rarely ever let homerism creep into any factual assertions they make about what's happening in the game or in giving props to the other team for playing well
Who are the Lakers announcers this week, anyway?
I miss Sean
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