The Ringer: How Jack Armstrong Became the Life of the Party in Toronto

[OakleyDokely]

“People ask me, how did you come up with get that garbage outta here? I’m like, that’s easy,” Armstrong said. “You play in a schoolyard in Brooklyn, you get your shot blocked, people tell you to get that **** **** out of here, you know? Now, it’s a family show, I can’t use that, so I came up with ‘garbage.’ So, to me, it all comes together—there’s something about New York City, its soul. People are pretty rough and people are pretty honest and pretty direct. It’s just that soul of New York City basketball.”

whole article here

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2023/3/14/23618907/jack-armstrong-nba-toronto-raptors

[Mr Funk]

Now if only Jack could get the **** out of here, so we could actually have some analysis.

[Potential]

Jack is a national treasure. So glad to have him on our side!

Watch on YouTube

[WaltFrazier]

I still like Jack after all the years. He comes across as a real NY/Brooklyn basketball guy. A poor man's Al Maguire. Yes he overdoes the humor a bit but still a comfortable listen. I used to like him when he had a radio show on The Fan590, paired with Swirsky for a time and also Doug the hockey guy whose name escapes me.

Just a good guy to sit and talk with.

[WaltFrazier]

Jack is a national treasure. So glad to have him on our side!

Watch on YouTube

He looks so young there.

Is there a clip of the time last year when he meant to reference Ron Burgundy but said Ron Jermey by mistake? Now that broke up Devlin like nothing else.

Jack always had great chemistry with Chuck Swirsky as well, unlike Leo and Chuck

[SharoneWright]

I still like Jack after all the years. He comes across as a real NY/Brooklyn basketball guy. A poor man's Al Maguire. Yes he overdoes the humor a bit but still a comfortable listen. I used to like him when he had a radio show on The Fan590, paired with Swirsky for a time and also Doug the hockey guy whose name escapes me.

Just a good guy to sit and talk with.

Ya. He's great.

Doug McLean?

Is there a clip of the time last year when he meant to reference Ron Burgundy but said Ron Jermey by mistake? Now that broke up Devlin like nothing else.

It's embedded in the Ringer article.

[Potential]

Jack is a national treasure. So glad to have him on our side!

Watch on YouTube

He looks so young there.

Is there a clip of the time last year when he meant to reference Ron Burgundy but said Ron Jermey by mistake? Now that broke up Devlin like nothing else.

Jack always had great chemistry with Chuck Swirsky as well, unlike Leo and Chuck

Watch on YouTube

[M3tro]

Jack is the glue on our broadcasting team.

He's always been the most blunt with team criticism and is a true hoops head. The Brooklyn accent also gives it that touch of extra authenticity when talking ball.

Hopefully he retires on his own accord and not the organization looking to go a different direction.

[WaltFrazier]

Jack is a national treasure. So glad to have him on our side!

Watch on YouTube

He looks so young there.

Is there a clip of the time last year when he meant to reference Ron Burgundy but said Ron Jermey by mistake? Now that broke up Devlin like nothing else.

Jack always had great chemistry with Chuck Swirsky as well, unlike Leo and Chuck

Watch on YouTube

On a side note, look at that score. 92-67 over Indy in the third. Was that the last blowout we ever had?

[Kingsway_fan]

Now if only Jack could get the **** out of here, so we could actually have some analysis.

Raptors broadcasters as as pathetic as the on court product these days ..

[WaltFrazier]

I still like Jack after all the years. He comes across as a real NY/Brooklyn basketball guy. A poor man's Al Maguire. Yes he overdoes the humor a bit but still a comfortable listen. I used to like him when he had a radio show on The Fan590, paired with Swirsky for a time and also Doug the hockey guy whose name escapes me.

Just a good guy to sit and talk with.

Ya. He's great.

Doug McLean?

Is there a clip of the time last year when he meant to reference Ron Burgundy but said Ron Jermey by mistake? Now that broke up Devlin like nothing else.

It's embedded in the Ringer article.

Yes McLean.

Thanks, you made me go read the whole article. What a great piece. I laughed hard at Chuck's Sonny and Cher story which I hadn't heard before. Nothing like a good laugh.

The author made a good point on the side, about Alvin. Rather than the ego of most ex players, Alvin is humble to a fault. He was actually a much better player than he lets on while doing games. A lot of that is Devlin's fault, trying too hard to be funny.

[C Court]

Jack is still the best!!!!

[Yallbecrazy]

Now if only Jack could get the **** out of here, so we could actually have some analysis.

Get this gahbage outta this thread.

[refshateRaps]

We haven't always had the best team, but our announcers have often been so much better to listen too then most US team local broadcast crews.

I mean Leos racial and vertical bias aside

[C Court]

I didn't know this, but Jack is the 4th longest tenured local NBA analyst.

Armstrong’s longevity on the Raptors broadcast is a miracle; given his résumé heading into the role, his success is truly unprecedented.

There aren’t many active NBA color analysts who have stuck around with the same team for as long—and only the Lakers’ Stu Lantz, the Knicks’ Walt Frazier, and the Pistons’ Greg Kelser have done it for longer.

[Prestige]

Arena entertainment crew, tv announcers, and guys in the truck all need to be sacked and replaced in a house cleaning.

[Zeno]

I like Jack. He’s usually pretty good but the strongest part of his game is not being Alvin.

[ChaiSudle]

I loved this article and I love Jack. The article made me realize how lucky we've been to have him with the team for so long, I was literally a child when he started and I can't imagine watching the Raptors without him. Thanks Jack!

[Harold_and_Kumar]

Jack is awesome - I honestly don't know what's not to like. He's exciting, funny, and straightforward. I don't need some nerd up there waxing poetically about VORP or something, I want to be entertained too. I love Blake Murphy, but I don't want him doing colour! I like the balance Jack brings to calling games and his chemistry with Matt is great.

[mrdressup]

He's a good voice to have alongside a corporate guy. He gets to gently criticize and Matty gets to smoothen that over even more.