Re: Graphing the NBA Announcers Homerism

Magz50 · Post #41 » by **Magz50** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:36 pm

I thought Elliot would of gotten slammed a little harder than he did.

EvilKoko · Post #42 » by **EvilKoko** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:51 pm

sean elliot is a huge homer

Blame Rasho · Post #43 » by **Blame Rasho** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:10 pm

Magz50 wrote:I thought Elliot would of gotten slammed a little harder than he did.

Touche'

wigglestrue · Post #44 » by **wigglestrue** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:16 pm

hoop_head wrote:The Tommy H. placement is puzzling me. I agree he is the biggest Homer, but look where his NBA knowledge is placed - the lowest out of everyone listed? That can't be right.....

Not that I really care, but that can't be right.

No, it's pretty much dead-on. As I said on the Celtics forum:

wigglestrue wrote:Since NBA knowledge is carefully defined there as "Facility with Current Player Information & Statistics" as opposed to general basketball knowledge, I don't have much of a problem with that chart. It's maybe a little overstated, because Tommy does in fact know a lot about the top veterans in the league. He's just useless when it comes to stats, foreign names, and mid-tier/lower-tier players, But anyway, I'd rather have a commentator who can use his deep basketball instincts to immediately size up a player's tendencies, strengths, and weaknesses within 5 minutes of watching him than a commentator who relies heavily on the stats and biographical notes we can access ourselves on the net.

edit: every Celts fan also wishes he'd bitch about the refs about 90% less.

Post #45 » by **Harry Palmer** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:17 pm

hoop_head wrote:The Tommy H. placement is puzzling me. I agree he is the biggest Homer, but look where his NBA knowledge is placed - the lowest out of everyone listed? That can't be right.....

Not that I really care, but that can't be right.

I think it's somewhat flawed to used both standards, at least for the extremes.

Because extreme homerism can get in the way of whatever knowledge you have. It doesn't matter if you understand something if your take on it is predetermined, it will read/sound/look exactly like a lack of understanding.

Post #46 » by **pillwenney** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:42 pm

The Denver guy needs to be all the way to the left--that guy is horrible.

JDubJazz · Post #47 » by **JDubJazz** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:07 pm

The Jazz's TV team is inept, but not too over the top as far as homerism goes. If you want a real homer, listen to Hot Rod Huntley do the Jazz's radio broadcasts. He's not Tommy H bad, but he's close.

HeyIt'sMe · Post #48 » by **HeyIt'sMe** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:28 pm

J-Mezzy wrote:WOW Mark Jackson is overrated. He is the guy that stated Kobe was better than Jordan, his main arguement was "81 points man, 81 points".

He is also the guy that laughed at Dwight Howard being a top 5 MVP candidate.

Jackson has become extremely overrated these days

I don't know if he laughed about Dwight being a top 5 MVP candidate or not, but every time the Magic play the Nets, he has nothing but praise for Howard. All announcers have their moments, but Jackson's a pretty darn good one.

Also, Matt Goukas is not THAT big a homer to where he should be that far down on the list? Him and Steele are two of the better ones in the league. They'll make homer statements every now and then, but there are far worse.

Uncooked · Post #49 » by **Uncooked** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 11:41 pm

Cevap wrote:Austin Carr from the Cavs and his partnah are horrible, i can't phantom them being any worse.

QFT

Austin should be even farther to the left in my opinion.