Game Thread GAME# 12: PACERS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 14, 2021 - THURSDAY, 7:00, NBCSNW

Jordan Kent is boring.

 

No Oladipo? Seems like we catch a lot of teams while they are missing their star players......anybody else notice this?

 

Now THAT would be #FakeNews

 

Well, let's consider the clues. Does this always happen while you're at work?

 

HA!

 

Exactly what I've been thinking lately. He sounds like an sing-songy, agreeable teen girl. Kevin tried to excite us. Bring back Callabro! Shouldn't have tried to cut his pay. He felt bait & switched.

 

I had to say Callabro, I didn't love him but he is the only professional out of the three. So many vote for Barrett, he's like the obnoxious friend that keeps telling you everything your watching and at the same time is fanboying out. I do not get why people want a cheesy guy like that back in the booth. I do not have any good ideas to replace Kent but our Comcast and the Blazers should.

I do know that I want Lamar to be replaced by a guy who is more fun and a former NBA player (preferably a Blazer alum). By the way @jlprk I can not disagree with you that we should bring Callabro back because like I said, I don't know who else there is to get. I do know that we are being absolute cheapskates when it comes to our broadcast team and the product we're getting shows that.

 

Eh, I guess I'm all alone out here on Jordan Kent island. I kind of like his personality.

With all the current technology though, we ought to be able to select from several play by play teams. I'd like to hear a couple of standup comics announce a game. Or a racist and a social justice warrior. Or the old guys from the muppets. Mix it up.

 

Or pool all of that money together and get some really quality guys in there.

 

Barrett's bipolar announcing drove me insane. And he was super biased. Did not like him at all-- they did Rice a disservice pairing him with MB.

I was so pumped we hired Calabro, but that excitement waned after hearing his broadcasts. He did TV calls like they were radio ones. I don't need narration of every dribble/shot clock count/pass when I can watch it. I think he was conditioned to do this from his time in Seattle when they used the same broadcast for both TV and radio. Combine that with his constant mistakes, I found him far less impressive than his resume indicated.

I like Kent. He might be a bit plain, and Hurd need to build chemistry, but I see potential. I just wish they were not so rosy about everything. Announcing teams can point out negatives as well (especially Hurd)-- and neither seems to be able to do that. The whole commentary needs to get elevated. Hurd never even points out zone defenses, much less changes in weakside defense, or plays, etc. With this commentary and the gimmicky camera shit and Brooke, it just seems like they're catering to a casual audience and not the diehards. It is what it is.

 

I want the option to hear just the on-court action. Stick a mic in center court and let it be. The shoes squeaking, the cursing, the defensive calls, etc etc. I haven't played pickup in nearly a year now, and I just miss that.

 

Tough game. Pacers are no joke.

 

Blazers backcourt played massive minutes last night.
Pacer won't have their full team due to the trade.

Battle of attrition. Go Blazers!

 

The Pacers don’t shoot a lot of 3s so this might be a battle inside.

 

The problem is this year more than ever you're leaning on the announcers to make up for some of the lost energy of no crowds. Is it fair? Kinda, I mean it is part of their job, it’s just magnified this season.

Kent is just boring. He sounds like an anchor doing highlights. Hurd carries the broadcasts on his back. Maybe he’ll improve over time. I still like him more than Barrett. That dude always gave off negative vibes. He’s lucky he had a fun drunk as his partner who balanced his bullshit out.