Jeff Van Gundy: ‘Blood cleanses the soul.’
"A little blood, it’s good for you!"
"A little blood, it’s good for you!"
Mike Breen does his best to rein Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy in
"Mark's being kind to some of those fans. They were, some of those fans were clowns at the game."
"All of these young people take so much of their cues on how they're doing through social media. I just hope we're just a little bit kinder to him than we are to some people on social media."
On this episode of the Awful Announcing Podcast, host Brandon Contes was joined by Ryan Ruocco, play-by-play commentator...
"This league astounds me. What do we want D'Angelo Russell to do? Get out of the way?"
"With his dunking or his shooting?"
“The three F's: Fast, physical and Fox.”
Mark Jackson's tortured "Who shot RJ?" reference/pun drew a deserved "What's wrong with you?" from JVG.
"He’s drinking his hot tea and he’s gargling and he’s giving himself a throat massage."
While the NBA is getting ripped by fans and analysts for resting its stars too often, the league’s No. 1 announcing crew ignored the load management mindset.
These segments aren't groundbreaking, but they represent a nice departure from the normal pregame pablum.
Jeff Van Gundy will be back on the call after missing Game 1 with COVID-19.
Van Gundy’s absence was almost predictable considering how sick he sounded during Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
"If we were gonna play a game of two-on-two, what would Shaq say? BARBECUE CHICKEN!"
Mama, there goes that man... to the Los Angeles Lakers? Mark Jackson is also a finalist for the Sacramento Kings' head coaching job.
"Bill! Bill, Bill, there’s a timeout"
"Mike threw the lob and I went and got it"
"I want someone to SLAP me every time someone says one possession game."
"It always centered around [Patrick] Ewing. I didn't think he was particularly fair to Ewing."
The NBA season returns next week, which means we’re getting final network presentation plans. That includes today’s news...
Van Gundy could've had the Rockets job last year if he wanted it.
Also a phone rang at some point in the first half! What a night!
"That was an airball, Mike."