KingsFanSince85
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Given time, I believe you’ll see more ’homerism’ out of Jones. Once he fully acclimates with the franchise and city. Only makes sense.
Mark Jones named new TV PBP voice
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Section 101
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Better to remain silent and look foolish than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Doug with his "that's what he do" talking all fake.
Serious question: why would your default assumption be that how he sounds on the broadcast now is Christie "talking all fake," as opposed to how he talked when he was doing the broadcast with Napear? How do you know that wasn't him "talking fake"?
macadocious
Starter
Ya, no idea where that came from. He’s not really that much different. More exuberant and slightly different lingo with the new broadcasting mate. Which, I mean, cmon. We don’t need Robert Langdon trying to crack this cipher.
parker
Bench
Christie has always been exuberant. I actually think paired up with Jones he has picked his spots to be exuberant when in previous seasons, his exuberance felt forced or at least not in flow. Don't know if it is the new pairing or if it is just the maturing of Christie as a color commentator. Probably a little of both.
Section 101
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in the almost 20 years Doug has been around the team has he every not spoken eloquently?
Are you familiar with the term "code switching"?
Also, "spoken eloquently"? That was intentional, right?
Insomniacal Fan
Starter
I’m really enjoying Mark Jones’ PBP; for the most part he and Doug are working well together.
Though Mark does occasionally throw a few passes to Doug that are a little too hot to handle (ex. 7:28 4th quarter yesterday referring to Fox’s “un-impeachable” speed
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Though Mark does occasionally throw a few passes to Doug that are a little too hot to handle (ex. 7:28 4th quarter yesterday referring to Fox’s “un-impeachable” speed
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Doug redeemed a very awkward moment with 5 last words.
Tetsujin
The Game Thread Dude
It sounded like he was about to drop an excited f-bomb and sorta had to scramble to cover for it with a bad Symphony no. 5 thingy
King Baller
All-Star
I'm enjoying the duo of Mark and Doug. But you have to admit, they are just as corny as Grant and Jerry ever were
TaxMan
Starter
I really like Mark, but he definitely has a couple habits that just come off very forced. Lots of "Jelly" references, multiple times a game (yesterday's game as an example). He also has a habit of pulling out a string of big vocab words when trying to emphasize how amazing something/someone is.
If you stipulate that it's a "habit," why would you assume that it's "forced"?
SLAB
Hall of Famer
I’m laughing so hard at imagining someone actually making that call. Lmao
TaxMan
Starter
LOL... ok...
Entity
Hall of Famer
i grow tired of the abbreviated words like hesi and midi. then you have the jelly and reaching into his bag. Doug is trying to make "feet set, jumper wet" a thing.
I think it's totally fair to not be a fan of that; I just took offense to calling it "forced."
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
Mark Jones is on the Deuce and Mo Podcast and he insinuated he was the first person to use the phrase “take it to the house” on a sportscast in 1991. Very interesting if true.
GWD
Bench
Couldn't agree more. Mark is professional at play-by-play and not an obvious "Homer". Kyle Draper is also quite good unless he falls into the cheerleader trap.
Kayte is a pro as well. She doesn't need the makeup and jewelry to distract from her excellent analysis. (But it is a TV thing.)
Koz is fine at play-by-play and halftime analysis as well. I wouldn't be surprised to see him land in a major market somewhere.
So hold the abbreviations, cheerleading, and insider sayings for a cleaner and informative broadcast.
Section 101
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Anyone else catch the DuQuan Jackson name call and then doubled down on no relation to Josh Jackson?
Missed that one. Not surprised!
iowamcnabb
Hall of Famer
Didn’t hear that one but pretty funny.
He tried turning GRlll into Glen Rice a few times earlier this year.
To be fair, it’s probably easy enough to slip up on names. This is my personal favorite name mix up
GWD
Bench
Update on Doug Christie color commentary.
Did anybody notice, that in the last game against the Hawks, Doug went to 90% analysis / 10% cheerleading from the usual 50/50 split. He was quite listenable and a contribution to the broadcast. Maybe he is maturing as a color commentator, trying to remake his delivery, or auditioning for a big market job. Good job, Doug.
Perhaps he might even read and be influenced by the comments on this forum.
Did anybody notice, that in the last game against the Hawks, Doug went to 90% analysis / 10% cheerleading from the usual 50/50 split. He was quite listenable and a contribution to the broadcast. Maybe he is maturing as a color commentator, trying to remake his delivery, or auditioning for a big market job. Good job, Doug.
Perhaps he might even read and be influenced by the comments on this forum.
There are a lot of people on this message board who know a lot about basketball... But we tend to have an entirely too high opinion of our reach and influence.
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