i hate crazy lou...i want to hear stan kelly introduce them as the DEEETROIT PISS-PISS-PISSED - ONS!!!
This is so funny...Every Mason hater knows damn well that they would love to have his seat, his paycheck and his 15 minutes of fame. Who are we kidding here?
And I know of one guy who is WAAAYYY better than Stan Kelly....he's Stan's back up and does the Silver Stars.....
I think Mason is great. Detroit has the best intros since the Dynasty Bulls.
Tlong you think seeing Ben Wallace in a thong and pigtails is great. Aren't the Trailblazers playing in the FIBA Asian Games or something???
I'm ambivalent about Mason. The cat has definitely got a flair that is unrivaled, and there's something fresh about that. But at the same time, I think he can occasionally get, um, disrespectful with his pronounciations of visiting players' names. I recall during the First Round, he referred to Philadelphia's leading scorer as
Allen I(pause, pause)verson, really emphasizing the "I" and, in my opinion, suggesting that Allen is a selfish player who should be ridiculed for being that guy. It's probably just me, but that seemed bush.
I like Mason and think he kicks ass...
Deeeeeeeeeeetroit Baaaaaaaaaaaasketball is supposed to annoy the out of opposing teams and fans IMO...it works.
Still...I am not going to rip on Stan Kelly...True, I don't like his voice....
but I've gotten used to that nasally drone that sounds like a cross between a guy losing his voice and holding back tears...it has good memories associated with it now...
It's an aquired taste I guess...
Every thing about the Spurs intros and pregame is very genized...I guess it's fits the teams image though...as long as they keep kicking peoples ass it's ok. It's fun and an interesting change of pace watching thugs and ballas get owned by the choirboys for a change....
Only in San Antonio.
I miss Pat Tallman.
Sorry, but I have no interest in seeing Ben Wallace in a thong. Unlike you, I am not gay. Not that there is anything wrong with that. If we were playing in the FIBA Asian Games we would surely win it.
I don't mind Stan Kelly, but I don't attend many Spurs games during the year. I do like his "DEEEEFENSE" calls when the opposing team inbounds the ball.
Mason is cheesy, but effective. But also not San Antonio's style...
Actually, Mason has been doing it for years. He's only got the nat'l pub in the last two years. He's a radio host here in Detroit. That how he got the PA gig when the guy before him retired. He's fun, I just don't like it when people imitate him. It seems like everyone on TV in Detroit feels the need to imitate him, and they all suck at it.
But also not San Antonio's style...
Prob time start changing our style.
No he does it for everyone one. Didn't you notice him introducing Tony Parker: Tony Par-ka. I think its kinda cool. Must announcers just say the opposing players name as blandly as they can. Mason adds a little flair/dramatic pause to it.
Ummm... Stan Kelly screams during player intros as well. The difference is that his voice does this mix between a puberty squeak and the warble of an 80-year-old with a faulty pacemaker.
He yells, "Help 'em out!" "2 minutes, 2 minutes left in the quarter," "DEEEE-FENSE!!!" and of course, the famously stupid, oft-mocked "HEEERRRREEE COME THE SPURRRRRRRS!"
And he does it all sounding like Janice from Friends.
I'm not saying the Spurs need something like Mason. But Stan Kelly is astoundingly lame.
He meant playing basketball, not who can roll a joint and smoke it faster
I don't care one way or the other. I did think it was cheesy for ABC to show his mug while the introductions was going on though.
If the Spurs wanted a clown announcing players' names, then they would hire a clown. Until then, you'll have to deal with Stan Kelly, which is no big deal cuz he's been with us forever.
Anyways, since when do we have to do what other people are doing? As long as we win championships, have a classy team to watch, and have unbelievable consitency, who really gives a damn who is saying our player's names and how he is saying them?
The only thing I detested about the guy was the way he said Michigan. Good lord, he sounded worse then a mojado who just crossed.
That "MEEEEEE-chigan" thing apparently is something a lot of folks do up there. Especially in Ann Arbor.The only thing I detested about the guy was the way he said Michigan. Good lord, he sounded worse then a mojado who just crossed.
Well, that whole MEEEchigan thing is rampant in that area. As I understand the story, the first great football coach at the University of Michigan, Fielding Yost, was a southerner who had a thick accent and pronounced the state's name as Meeechigan by virtue of his accent.The only thing I detested about the guy was the way he said Michigan. Good lord, he sounded worse then a mojado who just crossed.
It would have been forgotten, except that a man who broadcast Michigan football games for years, Bob Ufer, was a big fan of Yost's and adopted the pronunciation during his broadcasts. So, several generations of University of Michigan fans grew up hearing Ufer say Meeechigan, and it stuck.
Good lord, he sounded worse then a mojado who just crossed.
You may have to explain that to some of our Northern visitors.
Yes. I get lost when Ga a starts speaking latina.
You may have to explain that to some of our Northern visitors.
Ahhh Yesssss .....Pat Tallman...."they can make it with a little help from their friends".I miss Pat Tallman.
But how can you not like the classic: Spurs Ball. SPURS BALL!!!
(just in case we didn't catch it the first time. Actually, I like it!)
why?Prob time start changing our style.
If the Announcer had anything to do with winning games the spurs would do something about it.
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