It's not as good

[Driew]

That's racist.

And wrong.

Welcome to yesterday. As a white pale guy seeing those tweets about Lamar offended me and I apologize taking it on here. I just need to ignore the racist tweets about Lamar.

 

[BBert]

I dislike listening to Bob Costas more than I could ever dislike Hurd (who I don't actually dislike). Costas is about as white as you can get.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Pretty sure us white folk didn't freak out when we had Snapper.

Lots of racists loved Bill Cosby but hated Richard Pryor. But this is yesterday's discussion.

 

[blue32]

Welcome to yesterday. As a white pale guy seeing those tweets about Lamar offended me and I apologize taking it on here. I just need to ignore the racist tweets about Lamar.

Twitter is garbage... They've banned people for less, but let that type of talk (and talk of killing cops) prevail. Fucked up man.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

It's occurred to me that C&H are the opposite of M&M.

M&M: The main commentator got excited, and got me excited. Color guy doesn't speak much, mostly just piles on.
C&H: The main commentator is impartial/dispassionate while the color guy's job seems to be to get excited.

I prefer the former. Wheels (and his predecessor, for that matter) is like the former.

Serious question: Is there an online radio link so I can listen to Wheels?

 

[PtldPlatypus]

It's occurred to me that C&H are the opposite of M&M.

M&M: The main commentator got excited, and got me excited. Color guy doesn't speak much, mostly just piles on.
C&H: The main commentator is impartial/dispassionate while the color guy's job seems to be to get excited.

I prefer the former. Wheels (and his predecessor, for that matter) is like the former.

Serious question: Is there an online radio link so I can listen to Wheels?

No. The only online streaming of Wheels is on your phone via the Blazers app. Other radio stations that broadcast Blazer games have alternate programming during the game on their internet streams.

 

[riverman]

You can buy the radio feed from NBA.com without the game streaming...it used to be free...then last year I think it was 19 bucks or something for the season..some games are blacked out but you get most of them

 

[Strenuus]

Serious question: Is there an online radio link so I can listen to Wheels?

You can buy the radio feed from NBA.com without the game streaming...it used to be free...then last year I think it was 19 bucks or something for the season..some games are blacked out but you get most of them

It's $10 to listen to any NBA game live - although, unlike the MLB one - no archives... that part pisses me off because I like to listen to them at night when I'm doing other stuff.,

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I like to listen to them at night when I'm doing other stuff

You can say look at porn.

 

[Orion Bailey]

You can say look at porn.

For some of us, the Blazers are just like Porn!

 

[Strenuus]

You can say look at porn.

Because wheels is the voice I want to hear during nasty time...

 

[Orion Bailey]

Because wheels is the voice I want to hear during nasty time...

Hey man, to each their own. Whatever helps you get through the night!

 

[BBert]

Welcome to yesterday. As a white pale guy seeing those tweets about Lamar offended me and I apologize taking it on here. I just need to ignore the racist tweets about Lamar.

I don't read twitter or any other social media for that matter. (Is this place 'social media'?) I'm not surprised it can be a cesspool. Look what that shit's done to politics.

 

[The Professional Fan]

For the record I'm never comparing Calabro and Hurd to national TV guys again. My god tonight was an eye opener in that regard

 

[blue9]

For the record I'm never comparing Calabro and Hurd to national TV guys again. My god tonight was an eye opener in that regard

Yeah, these TNT announcers are AWFUL. Regardless of how you feel they stack up against M&M, C&H are more professional, not as biased, and just plain better than these yahoos. Reggie Miller is one of the worst.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Yeah, these TNT announcers are AWFUL. Regardless of how you feel they stack up against M&M, C&H are more professional, not as biased, and just plain better than these yahoos. Reggie Miller is one of the worst.

I agree almost 100%

I DID like how Reggie kept it real and made it clear that CP was pushing off and the ref got it wrong when AMinu was called for his third. Reggie said point blank, they got it wrong and we need more ofthat because the refs last night????? Worst reffed game Ive ever seen.

 

[BBert]

The officiating in that game was at times amazingly bad. Stunningly bad. Horrifically bad. Not the worst officiated game I've ever seen, by any means, but certainly one of the worst officiating crews. It wasn't like some of the crooked officiating crews we've all seen before, that were just wall to wall unethical. They were just incompetent.

But yeah, I'll take Calabro and Hurd 100/100 over those TNT asshats. God I hate Reggie Miller.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Decent sample size now. How does everyone feel about Calabro and Hurd?

Since I have to watch most games on league pass, I don't find myself disappointed when the Blazers announcing team isn't on.

Maybe just me, but I really enjoyed the "goofiness" or whatever. Calabro is obviously fine, but Hurd offers nothing to my viewing pleasure.

 

[The Professional Fan]

Calabro is starting to bug me now. He's a nerd. An old nerd. Hurd is a young nerd that sounds hip. They're a couple of nerds lol.

In reference to, I think it was Harkless setting his feet prior to taking a three, Calabro said "Harkless set his tootsies" - really? Tootsies? And last night after one of our players hit a jumper he said "Nailed the Jimmy." Ugh. Hurd is actually getting better and I think Calabro's style is just TOO old school for me.

But I am getting used to them a little more each game. Ultimately it's kind of trivial at this point all things considered.

 

[e_blazer]

I'm going to bump this again.

I'm starting not to mind Calabro and Hurd as much. Calabro finally seems to be figuring out which players are Blazers and what their names are. Hurd still forces the funny sometimes, but I don't really have an issue with him.

Regarding the broadcasts themselves, it's become really obvious that there's been an intentional dialing down of the questioning the calls of the officials. I suspect that was a part of the heartburn the league and Blazers management had with Mike and Mike. I think it's probably an improvement, but it really pisses me off when they don't show a replay of some of the more critical calls. I sure as hell would have liked to have seen a replay of Dame's "foul" in the last 0.5 that handed the game to the Grizzlies. I read Dame's take on it in the paper this morning, but it would have been nice to have seen a replay. There were other plays as well that I would like to have looked at more closely. Yeah, you don't want to make the refs the story, but there's a missing balance when big calls are just ignored.

On a related note, what the heck is up with the voice-video synch on the CSN broadcasts? The commercials are all a beat behind on synching them up. Is that a Blazers broadcasting issue or something with CSN?