This week’s Five is a countdown of the Top 5 worst announcers in basketball video games. Yes indeed!

No portion of NBA.com may be duplicated, redistributed or manipulated in any form. During that same season, Lue was also selected to coach the Eastern Conference All-Star team. Accessibility and Closed Caption |, Inglewood Basketball & Entertainment Center, Head Coach Tyronn Lue Introductory Press Conference | LA Clippers, Inside Tyronn Lue's NBA Journey | LA Clippers, Lawrence Frank Named 2019-20 NBA Basketball Executive of the Year, Kawhi Leonard and Patrick Beverley Named to All-Defensive Team. ESPN Reveals Its Announcers For First NBA Bubble Games Eagle’s commentary just isn’t over the top enough considering the high-flying dunks and fast-paced action. This box will be protected by plexiglass and will provide the announcers with a clear view of the game. Apart from fans, some of the other aspects of the game environment such as music have also been arranged, with DJs available to play music during timeouts. On top of the unenthusiastic delivery, Theus’ lines offer very little insight into the action. It was another of NBA Live 19’s missteps, and a puzzling one considering that they already had the lead NBA on ESPN announcers; the voices of the NBA Finals no less. NBA Live 2000 is a very old game now, and it was the first time in the series that we had two announcers: the late Don Poier on play-by-play, and Reggie Theus as the colour commentator/analyst. The play-by-play commentary crew will also find the foreign conditions of the arenas in the NBA bubble to be quite intimidating. https://www.usatoday.com/.../nba-bubble-tv-broadcasts-tnt-espn/5532386002 In Episode #345 of the NLSC Podcast: Thoughts on the second gameplay blog for NBA 2K21 Next Gen, and going back to mod older games. In either case, NBA announcers are well-paid, though play-by-play announcers earn considerably higher salaries. #NBABubble pic.twitter.com/4uk7QzYVLA. Allow me to be upfront: I’m not a fan of Jay Williams’ commentary in real life.

Have your say in the comments section below, and as always, feel free to take the discussion to the NLSC Forum! I don’t rate some of the hot takes that he’s offered up – especially in the Greatest of All-Time debate – and as such, he’s not a voice I want to hear on the virtual hardwood either. They’re quite mediocre for games that were released during the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 era, but they’re not big budget titles and they do have a certain charm. All rights reserved.

October 11, 2019 Furthermore, his less serious lines all tend to be snarky and mocking, and not in a good-natured way. “He’s one of the great minds in our league, and he’s able to impart his vision to others, because he connects with everybody he meets. Lue attended the University of Nebraska, where he was selected First-Team All-Big 12 in 1998 and had his jersey (#10) retired by the school in 2017.

NBA broadcasters have opened up about the challenges of commentary without fans in … The Friday Five is a feature that I post every Friday in which I give my thoughts on a topic that’s related to NBA Live, NBA 2K, and other basketball video games, as well as the real NBA, and other areas of interest to our community. Two Top 5 countdowns in a row? Here is the NBA restart court in Orlando: the spaced out chairs are the socially distanced bench, Black Lives Matter is written on the court. He has voiced the announcer characters in the NBA 2K video game series. During the 2015-16 season, Lue became the fourth head coach since 1980 to win an NBA Championship during his first year, and the 14th person to have won a title as a head coach and as a player. Would any of the announcers that I mentioned be on your list? What isn’t dull just comes off as smarmy and annoying. Even putting that aside though, his performance in NBA Live 19 is underwhelming to say the least. Now a look at one of the secondary venues for NBA Bubble games, the Visa Center. They obviously have less marketability, but seemingly so much potential. He won six NBA titles, five with the Los Angeles Lakers, over 20 years. There’s also the very stilted “From outer space” on three-point attempts.

Since many players will be having social justice messages on the back of their jerseys, broadcasters might have a hard time identifying them from the box above. I think Lutz had the best summation in his review of NBA Live 2000 all those years ago when he remarked that it sounded like Reggie Theus had a plane to catch when he was recording his lines. Do Not Sell My Personal Information | We found that the best choice for our team was already in our building. Copyright © 2020 NBA Media Ventures, LLC. Ian Eagle was put in a similar position when NBA Playgrounds essentially cast him as Tim Kitzrow. Even with the authentic ESPN branding, NBA Live’s presentation lags well behind NBA 2K, especially with the change in announcers last year. Somewhat infamously, Kenny Smith appeared in both NBA Live 06 and NBA 2K6, only making mention of the latter during the real 2006 All-Star Weekend. Pronunciation, enunciation, and basic phrasing are problems due to the language barrier, though. The performance may be stilted and boring, or inauthentic. A native of Mexico, Missouri, Lue played 11 seasons in the NBA, winning two NBA championships in 2000 and 2001 with the Lakers. WarnerMedia Privacy Center | Tagged with: All-Star Weekend Announcers Commentary Ed Cohen Greg Anthony Ian Eagle Incredibasketball International Basketball 2009 Jay Williams NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 NBA Live 07 NBA Live 08 NBA Live 09 NBA Live 19 NBA Live 2000 NBA Playgrounds Reggie Theus The Friday Five Top 5. That’s all for this week, so thanks for checking in, have a great weekend, and please join me again next Friday for another Five. He had a laugh at the current situation, saying that he had no worries at all: TNT broadcaster Ian Eagle spoke about the unprecedented nature of commentary in the NBA bubble, saying: The fans not only hype up the players but the announcers as well. Although the announcers are not expected to wear face masks in the box, they will be following standard face mask and social distancing guidelines based on the NBA bubble protocol. The following people are commentators for TNT's coverage of the National Basketball Association. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. If you make a request through Also Read: NBA Scrimmage Results: James Harden led Houston Rockets blow out Boston Celtics, Luka Doncic shines for Dallas Mavericks, NBA Bubble Vlog: Philadelphia 76ers talk Black Lives Matter, Kyle Kuzma excels at water slide games, NBA Scrimmage Results: James Harden led Houston Rockets blow out Boston Celtics, Luka Doncic shines for Dallas Mavericks. The approach to the rosters and the gameplay in general just doesn’t match up to the game that defined the arcade basketball genre, but something is lacking in the atmosphere as well, and the commentary is a major factor in that. Nevertheless, these are my picks, and reading comments from other basketball gamers, I know that I’m not alone in some of these selections.
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Empty stands with giant screens and the echoing sound of shoes on the floor are quite unnerving for any NBA player who is used to a screaming crowd at all times. July 23, 2020 @ 4:08pm » Chris Rosvoglou. He joined the team after spending two years with the Boston Celtics, as an assistant coach and the director of basketball development. It wasn’t quite NBA 2K15 levels of bad as his delivery was at least clear, but it was extremely bland. pic.twitter.com/XGJu1w4QLC. As head coach, Ty will put a unique imprint on the organization, and drive us to new heights.”, “The pieces we need are in place – committed ownership, smart management and elite talent, on and off the court, in the NBA’s best market,” Lue said. That quip has always stuck with me, in part because I always enjoyed Lutz’s wit, but also because it perfectly describes Theus’ contributions to the commentary. Privacy Act, please use the links below to visit each company’s privacy center. Indiana Pacers legend Reggie Miller, who now works as a broadcaster for TNT, spoke about the importance of fans: Another challenge for the broadcasters is calling out the names of players.

He appeared in … NBA announcers will have a special isolated box to call the games from as the season restarts. If you make a request through the WarnerMedia Privacy Center, NBA broadcasters have opened up about the challenges of commentary without fans in attendance. However, it wasn’t really worth having the new lines when they were being delivered by Williams and Cohen, the latter of whom is an honourable mention for this list. Last week we took a look at my picks for the five best announcers in basketball games, so it seems only right that this week, we count down the five worst. Other times, the performance isn’t the problem, but the things the announcer is saying are annoying or distracting, and take you out of the experience. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not released.

He felt rather shoehorned in, a by-product of EA’s new deal with ESPN.

What places him on this countdown is his performance as the All-Star Weekend announcer in NBA Live. Two games that I’ve mentioned before and would like to talk about in depth at some point are International Basketball 2009 and Incredibasketball, made by Italian developer Idoru. Download or play on your mobile device/tablet: CLICK HERE (Running time: 1:50:02 — 75.6MB), Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Spotify, The Friday Five: Top 5 Worst Announcers in Basketball Games, The Friday Five: 5 Things NBA Live Doesn’t Get Enough Credit For, Wayback Wednesday: The Instant Replay “Cheat” in Old Games, Monday Tip-Off: Virtual Hooping With Non-Fans, The Friday Five: 5 Ways I’ve Changed MyCAREER Habits, Wayback Wednesday: The Pressbook in NBA 2K, Monday Tip-Off: Cynicism as a New Generation Looms, NLSC Podcast #344: Looking Forward, Looking Back, The Friday Five: Top 5 Announcers in Basketball Games, https://media.blubrry.com/nlscpodcast/p/www.nba-live.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NLSCPodcast345.mp3. it will apply to data controlled jointly by the NBA and WarnerMedia as well as other data controlled by WarnerMedia. Hall of Fame basketball center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the NBA's all-time leading scorer. We have work to do to become champions, but we have the motivation, the tools, and the support to get there.
Lines like “He moves in to slam it” on driving dunks are kind of awkward to begin with, but on top of that, sound more like “He moves into sandwich”. Posted by: Andrew 0.

Lue previously worked on the Clippers staff as an assistant coach from 2013-14.