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Jon Bloom to officially replace Al McCoy as new voice of the Suns

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Jon Bloom to officially replace Al McCoy as new voice of the Suns 

Post#1 » by King4Day » Wed Sep 13, 2023 5:52 pm

Super thrilled about this. Bloomer is going to be a household name one day. He was born to do this.

The Phoenix Suns on Wednesday announced that Jon Bloom will take the mantle from Al McCoy as the primary radio play-by-play voice of the NBA franchise starting with the upcoming 2023-24 season.


https://arizonasports.com/story/3534265/jon-bloom-play-by-play-voice-phoenix-suns/
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Re: Jon Bloom to officially replace Al McCoy as new voice of the Suns 

Post#2 » by TASTIC » Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:31 pm

Yep agreed, great voice and feel for the game. Good hire
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Re: Jon Bloom to officially replace Al McCoy as new voice of the Suns 

Post#3 » by SunsRback4Good » Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:49 am

Never heard of him before, hope he can live up to Al McCoy’s expectations.
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Re: Jon Bloom to officially replace Al McCoy as new voice of the Suns 

Post#4 » by Mulhollanddrive » Thu Sep 14, 2023 8:03 am

Sounds like he's from 50 shades of grey
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Re: Jon Bloom to officially replace Al McCoy as new voice of the Suns 

Post#5 » by SunsRback4Good » Thu Sep 14, 2023 9:09 am

Mulhollanddrive wrote:Sounds like he's from 50 shades of grey


I wonder if he will make kinky commentary. :wink:
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Re: Jon Bloom to officially replace Al McCoy as new voice of the Suns 

Post#6 » by Blonde » Thu Sep 14, 2023 11:23 pm

I was hoping he’d replace Al. Great voice and I’ve enjoyed him on the broadcast whenever he’s been on in the past.
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Re: Jon Bloom to officially replace Al McCoy as new voice of the Suns 

Post#7 » by King4Day » Mon Sep 18, 2023 1:54 pm

SunsRback4Good wrote:Never heard of him before, hope he can live up to Al McCoy’s expectations.


He's done the post game shows for over a decade. The last few years he's covered for Al. He is smooth.
He gave me a shout out last year on air during the Suns @ Hawks game (First game post KD trade).
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Re: Jon Bloom to officially replace Al McCoy as new voice of the Suns 

Post#8 » by King4Day » Mon Sep 18, 2023 1:55 pm

Here are some of his highlights

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Re: Jon Bloom to officially replace Al McCoy as new voice of the Suns 

Post#9 » by SunsRback4Good » Tue Sep 19, 2023 6:44 am

King4Day wrote:
SunsRback4Good wrote:Never heard of him before, hope he can live up to Al McCoy’s expectations.


He's done the post game shows for over a decade. The last few years he's covered for Al. He is smooth.
He gave me a shout out last year on air during the Suns @ Hawks game (First game post KD trade).


That’s awesome! Glad you got a shout out I’m sure that felt good watching it.
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Re: Jon Bloom to officially replace Al McCoy as new voice of the Suns 

Post#10 » by King4Day » Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:33 pm

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King4Day wrote:
SunsRback4Good wrote:Never heard of him before, hope he can live up to Al McCoy’s expectations.


He's done the post game shows for over a decade. The last few years he's covered for Al. He is smooth.
He gave me a shout out last year on air during the Suns @ Hawks game (First game post KD trade).


That’s awesome! Glad you got a shout out I’m sure that felt good watching it.


While in NY I went to Brooklyn to see what would be our last game pre-KD trade would be and got to say hi to him.
I was driving back to NC, so where I would have normally drove down to ATL for the game, I was maybe in Virginia at the time.
I messaged him on twitter mentioning I was driving back, and he wished me a safe drive home just after halftime. I've actually been trying to find the radio broadcast audio from that game so I could clip it.
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