List of phrases Chick Hearn started - Air-ball - Slam-dunk - Dribble-drive - Give and Go - Garbage time - No harm no foul - Throws up a brick - Throws up a prayer - Ticky-tack foul - Triple Double - This game's in the refrigerator: the door is closed, the lights are out, the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard, and the Jell-O's jigglin'! (Favorite).Player nicknamesEddie Jordan : Thief of Baghdad (VERY clever)James Worthy: Big Game James Michael Cooper: Secretary of Defense http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_Hearn Wow, it's crazy how much he influenced basketball.
This is why Lakers fans get so mad when people say guys like Tommy Heinson are the best commentators of all time. It's not just how much he influenced the game, the guy was a realist. If the other team was playing like sh*t, he'd say it. If the Lakers were playing like sh*t, he'd say it. He never let his love for the Lakers get in the way of calling a fair game. He also never let anything get in the way of going to work. The guy didn't miss a game for over 4 decades. Aside from everything he was also just a genuinely nice guy. There are so many stories of fans going up to him asking for an autograph or something and him carrying out a conversation just to make their day. RIP Chick.
^ exactly, he was a great broadcaster and knew what he was talking about. I heard him a number of times rip the lakers, most commentators wont rip their own teams.
