The summer league scorekeepers are straight trash

[BBert]

It's clear that the NBA/ESPN don't think that the games themselves are entertaining enough, which is why they add all that fluff.

You know what would make the games more entertaining? Some friggin analysis of what's going on. I want someone who knows what the fuck they're talking about to tell me what they're seeing from some of those players. When a guy makes an NBA level pass, I want someone to talk about that. The fluff is super annoying for people who actually want to watch the games.

To add to this: Who exactly is their target audience for summer league basketball games? If they are trying to appeal to the casual fan by conducting constant interviews, and showing the interviewee and the interview panel on the screen during the game, these productions are even more of a FAIL. No casual fan gives two shits about watching these interviews. And I think in most cases someone who is such a fanatic that they are actually watching a "meaningless" summer league game, would rather watch the game. I know I would (if you couldn't tell ).

 

[SIeepwalker]

you must have not seen the Blazers - Warriors game with Bill Walton at the table. THAT announcing was a joke.

I remember Walton had Warriors' jizz all over his face

 

[kjironman1]

Walton should be banned from any building the Blazers are playing in. Or practicing. Or eating, sleeping, using a public restroom, etc.

Better yet, just shoot him if he tries to enter the state.

Sorry. But at some point i got to take a stand. That is Bill Fucking Walton you are talking about. What the actual fuck is your problem? The dude is like royalty to Blazer fans. Or at least should be....

When did it become reasonable to call for someone... Anyone... Let alone the greatest center the Blazers have ever had the pleasure to have on their roster to be shot entering the state. I get it. The rules on this site allow it but this post seems idiotic at best.

Notice i said the post was Idiotic. Not the poster.....

 

[MARIS61]

 

[MARIS61]

Walton should be banned from any building the Blazers are playing in. Or practicing. Or eating, sleeping, using a public restroom, etc.

Better yet, just shoot him if he tries to enter the state.

Bill Walton gifted the Portland Trail Blazers with it's only ever Championship.

4 decades later it's still the most enduring moment of unity and pride the entire state of Oregon has known.
If he gets his kicks now by making innocuous banter with other aged sports heroes, he's certainly earned the right to do so.

 

[dviss1]

You guys take Summer League broadcasts too seriously. It's summer league.

 

[dviss1]

Bill Walton gifted the Portland Trail Blazers with it's only ever Championship.

4 decades later it's still the most enduring moment of unity and pride the entire state of Oregon has known.
If he gets his kicks now by making innocuous banter with other aged sports heroes, he's certainly earned the right to do so.

Holy shit. I just like a Maris post.

Goes and buys a lottery ticket.

 

[Natebishop3]

You guys take Summer League broadcasts too seriously. It's summer league.

But they're actively damaging the broadcast because they diminish the game that we want to watch so we can see three people sitting around a table talking. If it was just them talking over the game I wouldn't care. I can mute that. But they make it very hard to see what's happening when they split screen. Can you imagine trying to watch a movie in the theaters and suddenly they split screen so you can see the actors and director sitting around talking about the movie? That would be fine as a feature, but would you want that to happen while you were watching it for the firs time?