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Dave Benz, new play by play guy for our wolves. 

Post#1 » by Calinks » Thu Sep 13, 2012 7:06 pm

http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/169647546.html


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJOvuXpADUk[/youtube]

Seems to love what he does.
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Post#2 » by Klomp » Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:02 pm

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Post#3 » by cpfsf » Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:06 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfJc72JeBZ8&feature=related[/youtube]

Not really too keen on overly giddy announcers. It's more of a gimmick than anything else. I don't necessarily want a boring guy for the sake of hiring a boring guy, but I'd prefer someone who can offer a lot of insight above anything else. IIRC, Ryan Gomes is still unemployed. Time for Kahn to give him a call.

I don't know enough about Benz to make a judgement, but my hope is that he isn't Shaq 2.0 when it comes basketball commentary.
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Re: Dave Benz, new play by play guy for our wolves. 

Post#4 » by ... » Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:06 pm

This is wonderful news. If I never hear "[Timberwolves player name] lifts it up and in" ever again it will be too soon. I've waited for this day for a long time.
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Re: Dave Benz, new play by play guy for our wolves. 

Post#5 » by Worm Guts » Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:18 pm

cpfsf wrote:Not really too keen on overly giddy announcers. It's more of a gimmick than anything else. I don't necessarily want a boring guy for the sake of hiring a boring guy, but I'd prefer someone who can offer a lot of insight above anything else. IIRC, Ryan Gomes is still unemployed. Time for Kahn to give him a call.

I don't know enough about Benz to make a judgement, but my hope is that he isn't Shaq 2.0 when it comes basketball commentary.


As a play-by-play guy he's probably not expected to bring a lot of insight, that Pete's job. You need somebody who can call the game and set the mood and tempo of the broadcast.
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Post#6 » by TMo519 » Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:16 pm

cpfsf wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfJc72JeBZ8&feature=related[/youtube]

Not really too keen on overly giddy announcers. It's more of a gimmick than anything else. I don't necessarily want a boring guy for the sake of hiring a boring guy, but I'd prefer someone who can offer a lot of insight above anything else. IIRC, Ryan Gomes is still unemployed. Time for Kahn to give him a call.

I don't know enough about Benz to make a judgement, but my hope is that he isn't Shaq 2.0 when it comes basketball commentary.


When watching a few chunks of his full game clip on his website, he doesn't come off as a "Gus Johnson" type, always hype no matter what. Don't know anything about his insight (not his job anyway), but he came off pretty even keeled, especially on his later videos.

Side note: Go to his website and just stay on the initial flash page for a few minutes :lol:
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Post#7 » by WenningtonGuy » Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:06 pm

Say what you will about Hanneman's awful puns, but compared to a lot of the other NBA team announcers, he was actually quite good. Miss him already.
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Post#8 » by Basti » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:12 pm

WenningtonGuy wrote:Say what you will about Hanneman's awful puns, but compared to a lot of the other NBA team announcers, he was actually quite good. Miss him already.


Me too. They pale in comparison to the Nets' crew but Tom and Jim were at least above average, if not top 5.
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Post#9 » by eyeteeth » Wed Sep 19, 2012 9:13 pm

Really didn't like Hanneman. Glad he's done. I hope the new guy doesn't act happy when the other team scores an important basket.
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Post#10 » by Saltine » Thu Sep 20, 2012 3:06 am

That drove me nuts, I'm glad he's been replaced :-)
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Post#11 » by Klomp » Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:07 pm

Just saw this was posted by Charley Walters on Aug 30, two weeks before the news broke

Don't be surprised if the Timberwolves add Dave Benz from the San Francisco area to their broadcast team for the coming season.


Well, it is 2012...maybe the Mayans were right?!
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Post#12 » by Klomp » Mon Oct 1, 2012 4:05 pm

FSN: What was it about this job with FSN and the Timberwolves that made it appealing to you?
BENZ: NBA play-by-play has always been what I've wanted to do, ever since that light bulb went off and I wanted to be a sportscaster. My dad's passion was baseball; my passion has always been basketball. I love baseball, don't get me wrong, but I've always loved basketball. It probably started with where I grew up, because I grew up in Syracuse. They have a great college basketball program. Watching all those guys go to the NBA, I continued watching them in the NBA.

I still love the college game, but you can't be any better than the NBA. I think they're the greatest athletes in the world, and the show that they put on on an almost nightly basis, it's unparalleled in the world of sports. It's just been the one thing that I've always, always dreamt of doing, doing NBA play-by-play. So when I found out there was an opening with the Timberwolves – obviously those jobs don't open very often for pretty good reasons – I pounced on it.

FSN: How do you prepare for a job like this one, when you move to a new team and will have to be talking about players and their games for several hours a night in a matter of weeks?
BENZ: Right now, I'm just trying to immerse myself in everything I can about the team. I'm trying to read all the news stories and watch as much video as I can. But really, I think the biggest thing is there's only so much you can learn from Google. I think the best thing is going out there and meeting the players and meeting the coaching staff and really meeting the fans. I'm really looking forward to connecting with the fans and hearing from them about what their great memories are. It's not only just current teams, because obviously there's a lot of new players, but they'll have memories about the franchise, the days of KG (Kevin Garnett) and (Sam) Cassell and (Latrell) Sprewell. I want to get their thoughts on what makes them so drawn to the franchise. I think that's going to be the best way for me to understand the history of the franchise and the passions.

As far as this year's crop of players and this year's coaches, getting to know them and getting to talk to them and getting to know what makes them tick, what are their stories – I want to (put) all that into the broadcasts every day.


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Re: Dave Benz, new play by play guy for our wolves. 

Post#13 » by Herculi » Sat Oct 6, 2012 2:56 pm

I'm a man and I love croquet and frisbee and pinball. Go t-wolves.

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