WaltFrazier wrote:GP2 wrote:WaltFrazier wrote:Denver Boston tonight. Just turned on ESPN pregame show, the topic is How important is the upcoming stretch for the Lakers. Each of the 5 panelists gives their take.
Wonder if they ever do a segment like that for the Hornets, Heat, Thunder, any other team. It's sickening how the Lakers are like the home team of ESPN. Not much doubt they are the league's darling too.
It's nauseating and just aggravating. I'd love to distill my viewing to live mic feeds (all players) and hardcourt sounds. No commercials on court or on broadcast either. Just court sounds during breaks. I just want all the noise blocked out and I'm willing to pay for it too. Should maybe go the extra yard and get off here and Reddit too, but at least it's a bit more interesting. Just a bit.
I forget which poster here likes my old school stories. In the old ABA in the 70s, Bob Costas was a very young radio pbp guy for the legendary Spirits of St Louis. He tells a story of missing a flight to an away game, and for the first half all the audience back in St Louis heard was the squeaks and players yelling and the arena announcer giving the fouls and subs etc. He got there, did the second half, somehow didn't get fired.
The book Loose Balls, an oral history of the ABA by Terry Pluto, is a funny must-read for anyone in in basketball history.
Jack Armstrong has plugged that book on numerous occasions during a game. I need to give it a read.
