Comments on: Suggested Reading

By: Later Show

Later Show — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:22:23 +0000

I agree, Sutherland shoulda been kept. He’s alittle more versed. Myers is like a drone and what’s with this “in rhythm” thing he says all the time. Stu’s Stu. Too late now tho.

By: john

john — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 05:42:31 +0000

as time goes on i can’t stand joel myers more and more.

yeah, paul should not have been blamed for and paid the price for the lakers’ slide.

By: notreallyimportant

notreallyimportant — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 05:02:08 +0000

Too much free time.

By: Gatinho

Gatinho — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 02:13:04 +0000

Dwyer is one of the few writers who can you almost guarantee will make you laugh out loud at least once every piece. That break down was on the money and hilarious. The Laker fan in me will have to disagree with him a little about Tommy Heihnsohn. I will never get over CBS letting him broadcast those great ’80′s playoff games. Not his fault I know, but we would imitate him as kids by using his ridiculous quote, “Byron Scott is a great guard, but he’s no Danny Ainge!”

I’m glad that the courtside telecast came off well, i was imagining another experiment along the lines of the Shaunie O’Neal and Jeanie Buss livingroom broadcast…

Did anyone else catch the Phil Jackson “In His own Words” show? The break down of the triangle expanded my basic knowledge of it and Tex is a riot. I watched it twice. My brother and I were laughing at the fact that they showed Sasha and Smush making the good “moment of truth” passes and showed D George screwing it up.

By: Red 5

Red 5 — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:01:41 +0000

I do enjoy vets like Jim Durham and K Calabro,
who did a tour of duty like the Jefferson Pilot Mizlou
Orpheum hinterlands circuit and got chops.

I’ll give him B Walton, for the game always needs
some florid personality, but there is a point past which
I must protect my dental work, so I turn the sound down
on ABC coverage on Lakers’ games.

On NBC I was frequently afraid of Steve Jones
giving BW a roundhouse clap to the jowls during
a commercial break.

Like you, Kurt, I’ve come to peace with Joel and Stu
but I really liked Sundy, and I would have rather seen
him teamed with Thompson radioside than bumped
entirely. Spiro’s okay… I keep noticing his well worn phrases and a repetitive vocal pattern which many times
does not show distinction from one play to another;
most every made basket is called with the similar tone
regardless of who the player is.

I appreciate Lawler but I can’t listen to him for long either.
Matt Pinto, on the other hand ( who sounds very similar
to Matt “Money” Smith by the wee ) is not bad, and he calls
the games alone. Drop that “money ball” cliche, though.

I enjoyed the PrimeTicket courtside telecast
although sometimes I found myseif craning
from the low angle, which seemed to be
from a lower perspective than one would actually see
from a courtside seat, but it also shows how accustomed
I am to the overhead view.

I don’t encourage it too much as I fear the desire
of entertainment corporations to get rid of as much
on camera talent as they can, and turn performers
into computer generated images.

Hadn’t noticed until this game
the Mikan patch on the Lakers warm-ups.
The tilted glasses perched on the number 99
is a sweet touch.

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