RIP John Andariese (August 19, 1938 - March 13, 2017)

Post #1 » by **magnumt** » Tue Mar 14, 2017 11:50 pm

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A legendary NBA personality and truly genuinely kind hearted man was lost to the world this week. :cry:

--Mags

MotownMadness · Post #2 » by **MotownMadness** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 12:30 am

On a positive it's a blessing to live that long of a life these days

sp6r=underrated · Post #3 » by **sp6r=underrated** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 1:48 am

man I grew up with that guy. MSG used to be channel 45 where I grew up. I remember eagerly hanging on his words as a kid.

_Game7_ · Post #4 » by **_Game7_** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 2:55 am

Moved from NY to CT when I was a kid, when could afford cable always watched the Knicks because we got them on local channel, dude is legend. RIP, prayers to family.

JulesWinnfield · Post #5 » by **JulesWinnfield** » Wed Mar 15, 2017 3:55 pm

Im a day late with this but didn't see it posted and i just heard about it 10 minutes ago...John Andariese passed away at age 78. Knicks fans of a certain age will remember him as a long time color man on tv and radio, mostly working with Marv Albert. NBA fans of a certain age will remember him doing work nationally in the past with TNT and ESPN. When ESPN briefly had the NBA in the early 80s before losing it for nearly 20 years, he was their first color commentator. He was the lead color commentator for the 1985 and 1986 Eastern Conference Finals on TBS. Above all though, he was a constant presence on MSG network for the Knicks, remaining so even after Clyde Frazier moved over from radio to TV and took his job as the lead color commentator for the network at some point in the late 90s

I had the fortune of meeting Johnny hoops a couple times and he was an incredibly nice guy. At the end of the day he adored the sport of basketball and it shined through. If you did as well, it was hard not to like him

RIP Johnny Hoops

Post #6 » by **magnumt** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 8:02 pm

sp6r=underrated wrote:man I grew up with that guy. MSG used to be channel 45 where I grew up. I remember eagerly hanging on his words as a kid.

As did I. He was soooooooo damn smooth on the radio.

--Mags