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Not to op-ed this stuff.
I know ESPN gets NBA some record ratings. I know that they're also perhaps the best partner for them because they have the biggest reach.
But this marriage that we've seen has been just bad all around. I don't know why ESPN thought it would be great to have to have all of their announcers giving various op. eds and treat the broadcast like their own personal podcast...but damn, it's bad.
It's frustrating because you look at how GOOD Turner Sports, NBA TV and even a lot of the local sports networks are at covering the game. And you have just this...trash heap of hot takes, hack catch phrases (BANNNG!) and bad music to introduce a game.
It's even more frustrating when you indeed have a woman near by who is actually BETTER than the two gasbags talking things up like it was their own podcast. Doris Burke is awesome, very well spoken and knowledgeable the game. The fact that she's stuck doing sideline work is actually insulting to me.
Why can't we as sports fan (not just Cavs fans) get better? Why are we stuck with this crap?
I know ESPN gets NBA some record ratings. I know that they're also perhaps the best partner for them because they have the biggest reach.
But this marriage that we've seen has been just bad all around. I don't know why ESPN thought it would be great to have to have all of their announcers giving various op. eds and treat the broadcast like their own personal podcast...but damn, it's bad.
It's frustrating because you look at how GOOD Turner Sports, NBA TV and even a lot of the local sports networks are at covering the game. And you have just this...trash heap of hot takes, hack catch phrases (BANNNG!) and bad music to introduce a game.
It's even more frustrating when you indeed have a woman near by who is actually BETTER than the two gasbags talking things up like it was their own podcast. Doris Burke is awesome, very well spoken and knowledgeable the game. The fact that she's stuck doing sideline work is actually insulting to me.
Why can't we as sports fan (not just Cavs fans) get better? Why are we stuck with this crap?