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It's Marv. He actually means what it sounds like.
deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeettrrooooooooit basket baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalll...
It's Marv. He actually means what it sounds like.
Back when the Warriors were decent in the early 90s and I really hated them, their announcer always said this one annoying thing that made me cringe..."He stops, he pops, it drops!" This was usually in the middle of a 20-4 run against the Spurs or something.
Nowadays, I don't hate much... the Detroit PA guy is a complete ass. Just an embarrassment to humanity. And Walton is pretty annoying. I particularly didn't care for his 45 minute straight Manu rip in the first half.
someone posted it before, but what i dont like is that when a team wins the NBA championship they are "world champions".
WTF?
how can someone winning the NATIONAL basketball association championship be considered a world champion? is it because there is one canadian team? wow woopty freakin do, why isn't it the international basketball association then?
spurs are NATIONAL champions. our NATIONAL basketball league is the most prestigious in the world, certainly, but it is still NATIONAL nontheless.
i hate it when Bill Land on the local broadcast goes "OHH MAMMA!" and corny phrases like that after a dunk
and also when sean elliot says "he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar." i mean wtf?
"He's playing within himself."
First, it sounds vaguely vulgar, like maybe we shouldn't be watching him play within himself. Second, this is a contact sport; wouldn't he want to play "without" occasionally? Third, it says absolutely nothing (e.g. "tremendous upside potential").
Thank God even sports announcers figured it out and don't use it much these days...
I have bigger pet peeves, but others got there first.
"throw It Dooown Big Man"
-bill Walton
Something tells me this guy isnt smart enough to hold any other job.
Lol, I absolutely ing love Mason. The man rocks. Another thing I hate is what the Raptors TV guy Chuck Swersky (whom I personally enjoy, except for this saying of his) whenever the Raps have a game won, he says "break out the salami and cheese, mama, this baby's over!" I don't get it, and it bugs me, and I wish he would stop it.
Mason is cool until Detroit makes the Finals two years in a row and it takes 20 minutes to introduce their starting 5 each game.
Just wait til 9:20 to turn on the tv then
Maybe he's thinking, "I get to say this so rarely, no one will ever even ask what it means...HAHAHAHA (diabolical laughter)."
If I announced for the Raptors, I would be desparate for ways to amuse myself. I'd probably try some deeply weird stuff on the air, or start playing "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" with the crowd...
Which reminds me, what's the name of that guy who does the Spurs PA? I swear to God his voice drives me insane. He's just about the only thing I don't like about the Spurs, in all honesty.
Stan Kelley? Don't worry I hate him too, but he's infinitely more interesting than some other loser announcers. Mason's announcing during the game is ok, but its the player intros that drive me nuts. So does the Deeeeeeeeeeetroit Basketbaaaaaaaaaall.
Cleveland's guy is horrible too. He is trying to be a rip-off on Mason, but he does it horribly. Lol, I remember a game the Pistons played against Bobcats in like Feb where the Pistons turned it over and the Bobcats PA guy was like "say it with me fans: Bobcats Basketball!" I just about pissed myself laughing. It was awesome.
i love the spurs PA announcer.
Don't forget about Steve Javie.
I personally like Mason. Hope I dont have to hear him in the finals, but like him none the less.
Any phrase by the Net's Coach, Lawrence Frank. I swear to God, he can single handedly kill a press conference. You see Pat Riley go up, and he whines and es about the refs... thats entertainment. Shaq goes up and acts like his dumbass self... Iverson goes up and does his "practice" standup routine... ugh. I wish Lawrence wasn't so boring
Oh yeah and "the best team in the league" when referring to the Pistons. The are what, 1 win above the Spurs? And they aren't the defending champs. I don't know why, but that reallllly annoys me.
"Fall down 7 times, get 7 whistles" would make more sense.
Here's a little piece of esoterica that bothers me no end, and it seems like it has been adopted across the board by sports announcers:
"If I'm Popovich, I take out Bowen while Nowitzski is out."
"If I'm Manu, I take it to the hole."
Anyone who has ever studied the language (any language) knows that they are completely dropping the subjunctive tense from their speech. "If I'm Popovich" implies that you might be Popovich, and of course it should be "If I were Popovich". Etc.
Since I noticed this the first time (Sean Elliott is particularly bad about saying this) I have noticed it everywhere--and it seems to only be sports announcers.
Poetic license.
How about "Fall down seven times, whine for 8 whistles."
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