Tetsujin
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Draper came up under the Mike Gorman/Tommy Heinsohn super homer squad. Old habits die hard haha
Sacramento Kings @ Charlotte Hornets, 1/10/2024, 4p PST/7p EST
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She also persistently believes that whoever holds the ball when a shot clock violation occurs gets a turnover when it's a team turnover. Picking nits for sure, but definitely a pet peeve as a stat junky
Vinny Basketballerino
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It's really weird that there's no one staff that has corrected her. And more broadly, I don't get the feeling there's anyone on staff that is assigned to coach her to become a better broadcaster, give feedback about word choice, phrasing, overall quality, etc. etc.
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QWERTYLICIOUS
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The beam shall live on...forever.
QWERTYLICIOUS
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GWD
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Too bad Kayte apparently doesn't read this forum. There are enough recommendations, observations, and complaints to give her a direction for improvement. That is, if she perceives that improvement is needed.
Vinny Basketballerino
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She really seems to feel the need to announce that she played professionally at least once a game. But honestly color commentating is a different skill than basketball. She clearly knows the game, but would be nice to see a little workshopping. I used to be able to tolerate it better. I now frequently watch the other team's feed.
macadocious
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I think she has regressed. IDK if that is bouncing between Jones and Draper causing it. Which to me kinda sucks because I really like her, she is pretty knowledgable, but there are just more mistakes and hiccups and less actual analysis. I mean she complained like half a dozen times about where they were sitting in relation to the court. Which I totally get, but I don't want to hear about it. They have monitors right in front of them to watch if it's really that tough.
Ask a Seattle Storm fan about DICK FAIN sometime.
It's only weird if you believe that it's something that's widely known, which is not a belief that listening to a wide variety of NBA broadcasters supports. It would seem as though the list of NBA broadcasters who don't know that it doesn't count as an individual turnover is way larger than the list of the ones that do.
Kingster
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The initial feeling of some on this board was that she would improve, but neither my wife or I have seen it. And I agree, where exactly is the supervision and guidance for her? The most irritating thing for me is that she and Draper will often just talk about something totally irrelevant to the game and then maybe five seconds later will comment (or not) on a basketball play on the floor. In the meantime, the excitement of the play is lost. Also, oftentimes I'm wondering in a turnover situation why the Kings got the ball or their opponent got the ball because neither Draper nor Kayte seem to know or care.
Vinny Basketballerino
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At this point the repetition is the material.
They really need to replace Draper. Jones is so much better, and the difference between the two is startling when you listen. When Draper is on the 1140 afternoon show it's hard just to listen to. He seems to be confrontational just to be confrontational and some of his opinions are just idiotic. So that may indeed be part of the issue.
But I agree that she was doing a bit better of a job last year.
macadocious
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Love or hate Napear, he definitely coached Dough Christie through Broadcasting 101.
Vinny Basketballerino
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It's less about the little rule about shot clock turnovers, and more about general competence and professionalism.
I realize this makes me sound like a massive boomer, but once again, I lament the decline in professionalism in recent decades.
macadocious
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That pass by Wenby Domas does in pretty much every game
Kingster
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It would be nice to know the criteria by which the Kings chose their announcers. It's hard for me to believe that merit was their #1 requirement. Also, does anyone know who exactly was responsible for the hiring of the announcers?
It would be nice to know the criteria by which the Kings chose their announcers. It's hard for me to believe that merit was their #1 requirement. Also, does anyone know who exactly was responsible for the hiring of the announcers?
parker
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They have a baseball style of announcing based on storytelling. Unfortunately, basketball is too fast paced for even most short stories so kayte ends up talking over the action.
Section 101
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And does the play by play.
iowamcnabb
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Don't know if this is the right place but :
Bucks are wippinig the floor with Celtics !?!?!
I mean i like them , i know they are contender but 30plus (even 40 at a time) over Celtics is a bit scary ...
And we go there in 3 days
celtics did play overtime last night and pulled their starters in this one at half after being down about 40.
We've got them right where we want them! Fat, happy, and overconfident!Don't know if this is the right place but :
Bucks are wippinig the floor with Celtics !?!?!
I mean i like them , i know they are contender but 30plus (even 40 at a time) over Celtics is a bit scary ...
And we go there in 3 days
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