Tuesday, May 15, 2007

I Love TNT

I know this has basically been said ad nauseum, but it bears repeating... the NBA on TNT is awesome. It really it far, far superior to the NBA coverage on ESPN, or any sports coverage anywhere. Everything about the presentation is fantastic. The announcers themselves, the music, the postgame crew, even Craig Sager!

On Monday, they had Shaq in studio. I have to admit, I love the Big Aristotle. I know some don't like him that much, but I've always found him to be hilarious. Tonight, from what I watched of the studio guys (mostly postgame) he didn't add a ton, but it was still funny.

But that wasn't the only good thing. The nightcap (aside from being a great game) had Marv Albert and Steve Kerr announcing, simply the best announcing duo in the NBA. They are great. Working the sidelines was Craig Sager, who had some good stuff tonight. Here are a just a few quotes heard from just the end of the Spurs/Suns and the postgame show.

Craig Sager: "Robert Horry has made a lot of big shots over the course of his career, and some might call this a cheap shot."
Steve Nash: "Oh, good one."

(let me also mention I find Nash to be one of the most entertaining guys in the Association)

Craig Sager: "You looked like you got right up from the ground ready to fight."
Steve Nash: "Yeah I've been working on my guns."

Charles Barkley: "I can't believe he's making these passes left-handed and behind his back."
Ernie Johnson: "Yeah he's only been doing that the last 5 or 6 years."

Just everything about the NBA coverage on TNT is outstanding. The game coverage is far superior to ESPN's, and the pre/postgame crew just unspeakably good. They're constantly hilarious, but they can also be serious and talk about the games. It's a great mix.

To end I'll remember a moment from like last week, when (for some reason or another which they probably mentioned by I think I missed), Kenny Smith was not there for one of the shows. Of course, Charles doesn't miss this opportunity, and starts saying stuff like, "I am so glad you guys fired Kenny."

I am so glad for the NBA on TNT.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

AGREED; did you catch the clip they showed of Chuck in an Atlanta baseball uniform singing "take me out to the ball game"? It was pretty good...

point 23 said...

I couldn't agree more. I always stayed up til 2 am watching that show, even the last 20 minutes where they go to commercial, come back, make fun of Chuck for 30 seconds and then go to commercial.

The most glaring night was when EJ was handing out Emmy's or whatever...the drop off was staggering. It is amazing how good EJ is.

My one question: why does Kenny Smith wear the biggest suits in the world? The jacket collar is always like up by his ears...my man needs a better tailor.

Anonymous said...

"the last 20 minutes where they go to commercial, come back, make fun of Chuck for 30 seconds and then go to commercial."

Now that's dedication for you!

Pacifist Viking said...

Unlike NFL pregame shows, where the hosts seem to force themselves to look like they are comfortably having fun with each other, the guys on TNT really do seem to be comfortably having fun with each other. They don't take themselves too seriously, but they don't have to act like they're not taking themselves too seriously.

Barkley consistently makes me laugh out loud. I loved his rant about how Spiderman 3 sucked, America is stupid for going to it, and he was "bamboozled" into seeing it. Something about Barkley calmly telling us what movies he thinks suck always amuses me.

Stefan Ming said...

I like TNT as well. Kenny Smith is awesome and Barkley is hilarious. But I wish the NBA was still on NBC.

The Big Picture said...

i kinda like steve kerr. reggie miller...not so much.

Anonymous said...

The NBA on NBC? EEYessSSSS!

But I still like TNT much better. I love everything about it. What other sports coverage/show can you say that about?

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