OT: Best NBA coverage: TNT, ESPN or ABC?

SentToSchool · Starting Rotation Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 458

TNT but I remember last year when the Lakers visited the Heat. They missed both Kobe alley oops twice! They were nice dunks. I was mad.

lakers_bling_dynasty · Starting Rotation Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 449

TNT. Back when Hubie was on TNT, Dick Stockton and Hubie Brown were the 2nd best one-two punch in TV Broadcasting...number one will forever be imo Chick and Stu

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Thugnomoe · Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:54 pm Post subject:

NBA on NBC was by far the best...anyone remember when it was on CBS? ghetto...

LakersPride · Starting Rotation Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 118

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT:

NBA on NBC was the greatest.

The Lakers won all 3 championships on NBC.

Greatest freaking theme song in sports in my opinion. Just the theme song alone was worth watching cause it just got u sooooo pumped for NBA action. (bleep) u John Tesh.

Plus Jordan and a lot of the greats hadn't yet retired.

I also like Bob Costas and Doug Collins combo along with Bill Walton.

lakers0505 · Franchise Player Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 10701

Nba on Nba , giving tnt a run for its money, espn and abc eating dirt. Abc shouldny be that bad, espn doesnt suck that much but its just in heavy competition right now.

Lamar's Bud · Star Player Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 2232

lakers0505 · Franchise Player Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 10701

nba tv is free? always thought is was a pay thing or something.
Yea the days of nba on nbc, that music sure did pump u up before a big game. God how long is that espn contract, not that their is any way in hell espn reluishes it now for the next 20 years, with no hockey.

dwonderful · Star Player Joined: 25 Jun 2005 Posts: 1343

nba on NBC!! that was awesome@

CheetahMan · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:43 am Post subject:

As I live outside the States in a country where basketball is less important than horse riding, etc. I don't own a lot knowledge on this subject (I missed NBC and CBS, but have seen stuff from all the others a few times). But I do like Charles Barkley, no matter what crap he says sometimes about the Lakers. He just is the man.
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WalterJ187 · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:52 am Post subject:

My current favorite is TNT. I like the pre/post game show with Ernie, Kenny, and Charles. It's more comic relief than quality insight. But at least its entertaining! They have a good mix of announcers and usually pick decent games to broadcast. And if its a bad game, at least you can hear jokes about it at halftime and after the game.

NBA on NBC were great. Everything just seemed right about it, from the presentation, to the schedule, to the announcers. Games on at 12:30, 3:00, and 5:30 was something to look forward to each Sunday. Walton and Snapper trying to 1-up each other all game long was hilarious.

WalterJ187 · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:54 am Post subject:

[quote="lakers0505"]nba tv is free? always thought is was a pay thing or something.
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I think it's part of the NBA League Pass package. You order the League Pass, you get all the games plus the NBATV channel. At least that's what the rep at Comcast told me!

Sonicc64 · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:59 am Post subject:

TNT is lame... Charles makes it worth turning down the volume or just turning it off and waiting until the 2nd half...

ESPN is bad broadcasting period.

ABC... is better than the both of them combined... I don't need hype in my sports... that is what's ruining the game today. too much flash, not enough substance.

CBS sports was the best for me... it was the real LAKER decade... the NBA on NBC for strictly for Bulls fans, Costas and Rashad proved it with their ****sucking of jordan.

and thats all I have to say about that.

hoopschick29 · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:22 am Post subject:

Sonicc64 · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:29 am Post subject:

I guess I am dating myself, huh?

straylight · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:27 am Post subject:

ABC. Two words: Hubie Brown

He is a great commentator, I hope he is still with them, or someone, this year. However, I do like TNT's studio show, and ABC shows an embarrasingly small number of games, not all of which had Hubie. So it's close between ABC and TNT, as far as current coverage.

-stray
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Mr. EiGhTy-OnE · Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:36 am Post subject:

ABC...al michaels is the man
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