Inspired by the 'Announcer' thread, I wanted to know what lines you guys liked from some of your favourite announcers or just lines that you thought were crazy.... One of my favourites has to be when Dwyane Wade threw it over Lattener and the broadcaster (most likely the Heat one) went crazy. "Oh-my-god! He just jumped right out of the building! He's Superman!"
In the '94 1st round series between the Rockets and Trailblazers, Rod Strickland intercepts a lazy Olajuwon pass at half court. He thinks he has a breakaway layup, but Hakeem runs him down and swats it out of bounds. "A steal by Strickland, a lazy pass ... and Olajuwon blocked it away! Wow. Well Hakeem give, and Hakeem taketh away." -- Bill Worrel
"He dunks on the entire state of Florida, and they call A TECHNICAL FOUL?" --Bill Walton, commenting on a dunk Kobe did after blowing past T-Mac, dunking on most if not all of the Magic Team, and slapping the backboard after.
Also, Some "Chick-isms" *"Air-ball": A shot that draws nothing but air. *"Bloooows the layup! ": Missed a very easy layup. *"Boo-birds": Fans who boo their own team when they play badly. *(You could) "Call it with Braille": An easy call for an official, e.g. a blatant foul. *(He did the) "Bunny hop in the pea patch": He was called for traveling. *(He got) "Caught with his hand in the cookie jar": Reaching foul. *(The) "Charity Stripe": The free-throw line. *(He's got 'em) "Covered like the rug on your floor": Really good one-on-one defense, e.g. Kobe. *(It'll) "Count if it goes....": A player (e.g. Robert Horry) shoots just before the buzzer. *(That shot) "Didn't draw iron": A shot which misses the rim, but hits the backboard. *"Dribble-drive": A player drives the basket while dribbling. *"Finger roll": A shot where the ball rolls off the shooter's fingers. *(He) "Fly-swatted" (that one).: A shot blocked with force and authority. *(He threw up a) "Frozen rope": A shot with a very flat trajectory. *(It's) "Garbage time": The remainder of the game (after it's "in the refrigerator"). *(In & out,) "Heart-brrrreak!": A shot that appears to go in, but rattles off the rim & misses. Sometimes 'it went in so far you could read the Commissioner's name from below.' *"He has two chances, slim and none, and slim just left the building": The player has no chance of success with this play. *"The mustard's off the hot dog": A player attempts an unnecessarily showy, flashy play which ends up in a turnover or is otherwise unsuccessful. *"No harm, no foul": A non-call by an official when insignificant contact has occurred. *"This game's in the Refrigerator, the door's closed, the lights are out, the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard, and the jello's jiggling!": When the Lakers were beating their opponent so badly that the game was basically over. *"Slaaam dunk!" *"Throws up a brick": When a player tosses up a particularly errant shot. *"Throws up a prayer": A wild shot that will need a miracle to score. *"Ticky-tack": A foul called when very little contact has been made. *"Triple-double": A player gets more than 9 of three statistical categories: points, rebounds, assists, steals or blocked shots *(On his) "Wallet": A player fell on his rear end *"Words-eye view": What listeners received while listening to Chick call the game on the radio. Chick: The Greatest Ever!! RIP.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting durvasa:</div><div class="quote_post">^ Did Chick actually come up with all those phrases himself?</div> yea, those were all his ... Many say he is the father of basketball terminology
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting notMuchgame:</div><div class="quote_post">yea, those were all his ... Many say he is the father of basketball terminology</div> I wonder how it became so popular when he only did local telecasts.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting durvasa:</div><div class="quote_post">I wonder how it became so popular when he only did local telecasts.</div> I think it was due to a lot of reasons. His longevity was one. He was doing broadcasts back when basketball wasn't "mainstream," thus there was a very limited source of basketball for fans. Another was the Lakers success. When your team wins, more ppl tend to listen to you. Most ppl agree that the two most influential announcers in NBA history are Chick and Johnny Most (the celts announcer). In addition, he worked with so many people along the way that are influential now (i.e. Al Michaels was his "side-kick" back in the day). Also, what he was saying was so creative, I think ppl just took a shine to it. also, not all his games werer local. He use to do nationally televised broadcasts, including many NBA Finals games. He also annoucned the original Dream Team games... and of course, he was on the Simpsons and Love and basketball, among others
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LLLOOOOOOOOOVVVEEE WWWWWAAAAAAAAALLLLLLTTTTTTAAAAAARRR!!!!!! If there's to much there it's "I love Walter(McCarty)" Celtic Fans Know Whats goin' down.
Chick's "This game's in the Refrigerator, the door's closed, the lights are out, the eggs are cooling, the butter's getting hard, and the jello's jiggling." I loved hearing that after blowouts, it just made it even better. We miss ya Chick!
Dick Vitale "He's a PTP'er" "He's a diaper dandy" "re you kidding me, you got to be kidding me!!!" "I think he slammed on his whole family on that one"
Gotta give up love to the local commentator for the Raptors: Chuck Swirsky Some of the things he says are wild yet wierd but It's very entertaining to hear him commentate cause he goes bananas even after a simple dunk by one of the Raptors... "ONIONS! ONIONS! MORE ONIONS FOR VINCENT LAMAR CARTER!"- After Vince hit a clutch jumper in the '03 game versus Atlanta to tie the game "Ho ho ho! Get the women and children out of the way! Shaq threw that one down HARDDD!"- 2001 Playoffs: Lakers vs. Spurs. Shaq is surrounded by 4 Spurs players yet he goes up and over all of them, dunks it with authority and gets the foul. "Tracy Mcgrady passes to Vince Carter....OHH! Vince Carter! A whirling derby going to hoop! That's one of the best...you'll ever see." - Dallas Mavericks commentator after Vince Carter does one of the best 360 I have ever seen.
Marv Albert...... "YES!" And how about one of my all-time favorites, when jordan hit the buzzer with the wizards: "HE DID IT AGAIN...HE DID IT AGAIN, HE DID IT AGAIN!" Gotta love that one.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting spawn:</div><div class="quote_post">Gotta give up love to the local commentator for the Raptors: Chuck Swirsky Some of the things he says are wild yet wierd but It's very entertaining to hear him commentate cause he goes bananas even after a simple dunk by one of the Raptors... "ONIONS! ONIONS! MORE ONIONS FOR VINCENT LAMAR CARTER!"- After Vince hit a clutch jumper in the '03 game versus Atlanta to tie the game </div> This is my fav quote ever...it makes no sense and me and my friends said it forever...Chuck is soooo weird
forgot the name but it was about an NFL QB... and it went like this; "He just turned nothing into something, then back into nothing, um, I mean, now its something again" lol.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting spawn:</div><div class="quote_post">Inspired by the 'Announcer' thread, I wanted to know what lines you guys liked from some of your favourite announcers or just lines that you thought were crazy.... One of my favourites has to be when Dwyane Wade threw it over Lattener and the broadcaster (most likely the Heat one) went crazy. "Oh-my-god! He just jumped right out of the building! He's Superman!"</div> Are you serious? That call was horrible. Anyways my favs are: "That was Sick wicked and Nasty!" "Oh Baby What a Play! "Onions!" All by Chuck Swirsky and also "Throw It down Big man...Throw it down!" by Bill Walton "He just suck the Gravity right out of the building!" by Kevin Harlen
