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I've yet to find a color commentator that distracts me from the game. Brent Musburger, on the other hand...
I love the knowledge and playing experience and perspective that BW could bring to his commentary, but I hate his ing style.
I find his style NOT entertaining and distracting from the game. I watching to see basketball, not hear BW's side show.
I've yet to find a color commentator that distracts me from the game. Brent Musburger, on the other hand...
Bill's commentary distracts me because it's so deadpan and earnest that I have to think "was he being serious or was he being BW?"
Taking someone seriously who admittedly doesn't take himself seriously would be your first mistake. He loves basketball and has a good time with it. He has a history of saying stupid over his entire life. Big deal. He's more fun than Hubie Brown or Eddie Johnson.
Exactly, He used to annoy the crap out of me. Once I realized that half of what he says is tounge-in-cheek and intentional hyperbole I learned to laugh instead.
He is actually pretty funny once you understand his sense of humor.
yeah, but he's one hulluava funny anus. I get a kick out of his comments. "Throw it down, big man. Throw it down."
let him slide in back door big manBill also informed me that you're a ing sucking . Feel free to go yourself, asshole!.
I like both Bill and Marv.
Bill is a lot smarter than most of you give him credit for. He says some seemingly stupid things, but on closer inspection, a small number of them are foolish, the rest are to get a reaction from whoever he's with. At heart he's a hippy prankster. Marv gets that about Bill, but most of the other commentators are too stupid, or completely on another wavelength, to understand it. I am also a hippy prankster so I dig it.
As for the "call"/"called" thing, have you noticed the way in which media has entirely voided the English language by DISPOSING OF PAST TENSE? Watch the news some time and count the number of past tense phrases - they are virtually absent from modern news. Also talk to a kid some time and see if they use past and present tense properly - you'll probably find, as I did, that children's speech patterns have been warped by this travesty of the language. Some kids don't know when to use past/present tense any more, and it's very sad.
BTW, the explanation I got from a journalist about why this change occured is that present tense is supposedly more "energetic" and "exciting" (what a load of BS), so news today is delivered in the present tense, not past. Personally, I hate it.
Bill Walton revels in the fact that he has the ability to get a stir out of people - just like on this forum. He points out the obvious in a goofy way and if you take him seriously you are just playing right into his hands... because you are still paying attention to see what he says next. Every one of you who complains on here cannot deny one thing: That he has your full attention when the games are on.
Marv and Bill ok.......The most annoying announcer is the guy that announces the Detroit Pistons game. He is the one that gets excited on almost every basket scored. Does anyone know who I am talking about???
Which is exactly why he's so useless as a commentator. I want my full attention on game, not distracted and asking if he actually just compared Jerome James to Kareem Abdul Jabar. I usually end up muting the TV half way through the first quarter.
i hate bill walton
F-ing right... thats why I say... Bill Walton is an anus
-The correct terminology is "Bill walton serves the same function as an anus"
...dispensing I would rather flush than think about... ing Walton... god bless NBATV... I dont have to listen to his worthlesss drivel.
I think thats the correct tense...
I swear one game he praises the Spurs and the next he's trashing them. This guy has so much sarcasm coming from his mouth that you can't even tell if he's joking.
I like Marv. Bill is just "meh"
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