oel Meyers, who has been doing play-by-play on Lakers games since 2003, the past six of those seasons on TV, has been told he will not have his contract renewed for next season, according to several sources. Meyers was added to the Lakers' broadcast team on radio when Paul Sunderland, who came in after the death of Chick Hearn, was paired with Stu Lantz on a TV-only call, eliminating the simulcast. Spero Dedes was hired from the NBA TV channel for the radio play-by-play job at the time. Lakers media relations director John Black said: "All our announcers' contracts expire at the end of the season. We will respectfully decline commenting on or discussing any possible changes until the conclusion of our season." Speculation is Dedes, who for the past six seasons has established himself as one of the more sought-after young play-by-play voices in sports today, would be the top candidate to fill the Lakers' TV job. There will be one season left of Lakers games on Fox Sports Net and KCAL Channel 9 before the team's long-term deal with two exclusive Time Warner Cable channels starts in the 2012-13 season. The 31-year-old Dedes, who joined the Lakers in 2005, has done college basketball during the recent NCAA Tournament for CBS as well as working on the NFL Network as a host and doing play-by-play. Dedes also calls NFL games for CBS and Olympic sports for NBC. http://www.dailynews.com/rss/ci_17779883?source=rss
Do you think Stu Lantz should broadcast with Spero, or should they keep the duo of Mychal Thompson & Spero together?
Stu has it in until he decides to retire. I'm assuming that won't be too much longer? Once that happens, I'd love to see Thompson move in.
