Sunday, March 15, 2009

Bucks announcers... really leaving a lot to be desired

So with Jon Paschke out, the Bucks have turned to a guy named Jim Jones. I love his positivity and his enthusiasm, but he's not a very good announcer. Here's a sampling:

"They shoot at 7 right?" - Near the end of the game, trying to figure out when a team was in the penalty (in the NBA, you shoot at 5 team fouls). Are you kidding me? A professional announcer who doesn't know the rules of the game?
"Oooh, he's gonna be a great one!" - Goes a bit overdramatic... he was talking about Mbah a Moute here after he makes one play
"Uh oh, that's a really bad sign if he can make that shot!" - More overdrama... This was when Stephon Marbury came in the game and made a 12 footer. Marbury ended up with 4 points.

And then there's Tony Brown, who reports after the game and at halftime. This guy never has anything important to say. I wonder, how hard is it to get someone who's at least decent? There's got to be a lot of journalism majors out there who could do a better job. Heck do an audition and some fan would be happy to do it for free. I think companies are overvaluing the name (these guys are former players) and not valuing the quality enough.

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