like zags said, rice is “enjoying” retirement and boozing it up (he was enjoying one of those two before retirement, very clearly).
It's like watching the game with your one foot in the grave grandfather. That must be very comfortable to some people.
It seems they tried to get someone younger, but they kept running into issues. Sources say that the younger broadcasters kept looking at their phone during their mock-cast. They also had a hard time staring directly at the teleprompter. Apparently they are uncomfortable with face to face interaction. Lastly, it just didn't pay enough.
Bust or not….. just wanted to share this. I usually wait two road trips or so to introduce @THE HCP to new players or rookies. Had the pleasure of meeting Scoot this morning. Absolutely down to earth polite kid. You can tell he was raised right. He’s one you can root for!
Be mad if you want (and you usually do) but they're not rooting against him, they're just used to preparing for the worst.
If the team really wanted the young-ones to succeed they would probably impose more than a 2 road trips restriction...
That's gotta be awkward. Hey Scoot, I want to introduce you to @THE HCP. Scoot looks around... ok? There's no one here? It's me!