ESPN Commentators are very biased.

DieselCeltic · Post #1 » by **DieselCeltic** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:31 pm

And I hate it. Maybe it's only me but man I could of sworn all 3 of them hoped that Boston loses. :noway:

MyInsatiableOne · Post #2 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:37 pm

Van Gundy seems OK, but that Mike Breen got his panties all wet when LeBron did anything in that series, and all he's done in game 1 and 2 is gush about the Pistons. He only got his voice all loud and bothered when the Pistons made a nice play, never when we did. And Jackson is probably a Boston-hater going back to his playing days!

greenbeans · Post #3 » by **greenbeans** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:17 pm

waaaa!!! who cares. they get excited for the team makin plays. which wasnt us.

BrokenLeftyJumper · Post #4 » by **BrokenLeftyJumper** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:47 pm

They are all out to get us. Stern, the refs, the announcers, ESPN, Charles Barkley, Bill Simmons, everybody!!!! Trust nobody!!! That is unless they profess clear objectivity like Tommy Heinsohn.

greenbeans · Post #5 » by **greenbeans** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:55 pm

BrokenLeftyJumper wrote:They are all out to get us. Stern, the refs, the announcers, ESPN, Charles Barkley, Bill Simmons, everybody!!!! Trust nobody!!! That is unless they profess clear objectivity like Tommy Heinsohn.

good to see SOMEBDOY falling in line. doin Tommygun proud!! :rofl:

SonicYouth34 · Post #6 » by **SonicYouth34** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:00 pm

Yeah, I can't stand when the Celtics win a game you see more highlights of the other team than of the Green

Post #7 » by **canman1971** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:02 pm

Man, these threads are driving me insane. Why all the whining and self pity?

Master Shake · Post #8 » by **Master Shake** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:12 pm

The announcers job is to gush about both teams. Boston had their fair share of it too. Instead of calling a play by play, they just talk about whatever team is doing the best...

its stupid, but it is what it is.

greenbeans · Post #9 » by **greenbeans** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:12 pm

canman1971 wrote:Man, these threads are driving me insane. Why all the whining and self pity?

seriously, the whole front pagee is like 6 posts threads that basically all say the same 2 things. you should sticky an overly optomistic thread and an severely pessimistic thread to clear this crap up.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #10 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:29 pm

The only person who absolutely 100% is anti-Celtics is Mike Breen on ESPN. Everyone else I think does a great job.

dirtybird · Post #11 » by **dirtybird** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:34 pm

As being a fan of neither team, I don't think that they are being biased. I do think that Mark Jackson loves hearing himself talk though. That guy needs to calm down and shut his mouth more often. I will say this, most fans of neither team are probably pulling for the Pistons, but that's probably because they see them as the underdogs and people tend to cheer for that.

GuyClinch · Post #12 » by **GuyClinch** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:39 pm

I think JVG does a nice job, FWIW.

greenbeans · Post #13 » by **greenbeans** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:45 pm

JVG is the man. hes my favorite color guy after watchin him these playoffs

HighAboveCourtside · Post #14 » by **HighAboveCourtside** » Fri May 23, 2008 9:15 pm

JVG is easily the best commentator I've seen. I want to start a petition that he never be offered another head coaching job, because he needs to stay in the booth

greenbeans · Post #15 » by **greenbeans** » Fri May 23, 2008 9:20 pm

HighAboveCourtside wrote:I want to start a petition that he never be offered another head coaching job, because he needs to stay in the booth

ONLY if that job is the C's. then we get the best of both worlds

ermocrate · Post #16 » by **ermocrate** » Sat May 24, 2008 12:51 am

dirtybird wrote:As being a fan of neither team, I don't think that they are being biased. I do think that Mark Jackson loves hearing himself talk though. That guy needs to calm down and shut his mouth more often. I will say this, most fans of neither team are probably pulling for the Pistons, but that's probably because they see them as the underdogs and people tend to cheer for that.

Detroit isn't the underdog, we are... Who says otherwise doesn't know nothig about Bball.

chakdaddy · Post #17 » by **chakdaddy** » Sat May 24, 2008 2:11 am

I think JVG is an excellent commentator - he's one of the only people that calls out the refs. He's one of the few people who doesn't follow the league's party line completely.

I like Walton for a similar reason - he mocks the league's party line by being ridiculous and over the top in following it.

I thought JVG was an awful coach. Houston really improved when he left. I can't forget LJ guarding Duncan.

scottyno2 · Post #18 » by **scottyno2** » Sat May 24, 2008 2:49 am

van gundy is great, the other two suck

DelMonte West · Post #19 » by **DelMonte West** » Sat May 24, 2008 2:33 pm

I agree about JVG (and Breen DOES come off as biased, always whines about dubious fouls/no-calls against us, which the others rightly call him out on. His comment on how PJ Brown should have been called for a flagrant on Ilgauskas was idiotic). Gundy's just a complete wise-@$$, which I never would have expected. He's kind of like Reggie Miller (another favorite).

I also used to love Walton's goofy style since you could practically smell the fumes coming from his presence, but I believe he's only been doing half-times this year. My favorite crew all-time was on TNT with Harlan, Ainge, and Thompson. I'll never forget one night there was a retro theme where every player wore throwback jerseys, and Ainge was wearing a HUGE faux 'fro. Thompson seemed legitimately pissed off. Ainge was hilarious on color; like Gundy, he wouldn't hesitate to call out officials (he was on fire during the Lakers/T-Wolves farce that the Wolves somehow won).

Kids Are Alright · Post #20 » by **Kids Are Alright** » Sat May 24, 2008 7:20 pm

I miss Mike Gorman sooooo much.

:nod: