On Apr 26, 12:06 pm, Brian Matthews
ddd.com> wrote:> On 25 Apr 2007 22:59:51 -0700, tmc_6...@
yahoo.com wrote:
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>>On June 12, 2002, the NBA died. That was the night of Game 4 of the
>>2002 NBA Finals, when the Los Angeles Lakers finished off the
>>overmatched New Jersey Nets. That was also the last night that NBC
>>Sports aired an NBA game.
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>>Since taking over the NBA in 2002, ABC has taken remarkable creative
>>license with telecasts. The games are secondary to strange camera
>>angles; floorcam, FreeFlight and sideways shots of the backs of
>>players jerseys have been favorites of ABC's game producers.
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>>Since ABC took over the NBA, the network has had three lead play-by-
>>play voices (Brad Nessler, Al Michaels and Mike Breen). To put that in
>>perspective, NBC only had two lead voices for the twelve-year duration
>>of its coverage (Bob Costas and Marv Albert).
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>>There have been four different sets of analysts (Tom Tolbert and Bill
>>Walton, Doc Rivers, Hubie Brown, and Mark Jackson). There have been
>>six different studio teams ('03: Mike Tirico, Tolbert and Walton; 04:
>>Tirico, Tolbert and Byron Scott; '05: Tirico, Walton and Steve Jones;
>>'06: Tirico and Scottie Pippen; '06: Dan Patrick, Pippen, Jackson and
>>Michael Wilbon; '07: Patrick, Jackson and Wilbon).
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>>There have been five different graphics packages (one for each
>>season), three different theme songs and eight different music groups
>>(Robert Randolph and the Family Band, LL Cool J, Justin Timberlake,
>>The Black Eyed Peas, Destiny's Child, Rob Thomas, Tom Petty and The
>>Pussycat Dolls).
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>>Indecision, constant change, appealing almost exclusively to the
>>casual fan, camera shots that make no sense. Add to that the fact
>>that, five years in, games that aired on NBC look as if they have
>>better quality than those on ABC (thanks to brighter colors and a
>>camera that was closer to the action) and it becomes obvious that ABC
>>has done its fair share to diminish the NBA in stature.
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> I agree with this post. I can't stand some of those camera angles ABC
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> Brian
On the other hand, I usually like TNT's coverage. And I think they
have the best half-time team in all of sports announcing.--Joe
