ha true being fucked with by a guy whos lame and sucks is so insulting
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:08 (two weeks ago) link
actually you know what he doesnt suck hes fine hes just super lame
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:12 (two weeks ago) link
and he cant pronounce any players names even when theyre jones
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:13 (two weeks ago) link
xp i think that’s right. and back in the 90s we didn’t have the tools to always know who was lame so those reggie trolling videos took on a different tone.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:14 (two weeks ago) link
honestly i don’t hate reggie like he doesn’t grate on me the way mark jackson or richard jefferson do/did. he’s just kinda dumb. or more than kinda. the clock thing last night being a great example
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:14 (two weeks ago) link
his biggest offenses as an announcer imho
1 can barely talk, consistently mispronounces very common words forget about at all unusual player names theres no hope, and just has a weird way of talking in general he has a flat affect like theres something amiss in his brain
2 is always way behind the action, theyll be some big play then the other team has the ball across halfcourt and hes like wow zion is really putting the team on his back, hes just never has his head in the game no sense of timing doesnt bring any emotional intensity, just very disconnected from the general goings on
3 is consistently wrong even about what hes currently seeing in a replay, but also about the rules of the game, strategy, whats normal in basketball, player evaluations etc
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:28 (two weeks ago) link
comparing him and jefferson is interesting cause jefferson is so unlikable but otherwise understands the job does it pretty well, where reggie has no personality and is deeply incompetent
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:33 (two weeks ago) link
“i’ve seen him rise to the occasion occasionally” was so classic
― slob wizard (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, April 16, 2024 11:42 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
its a great pod obvs and i know they have this adversarial schtick but i wish sometimes they would give each other a lil credit windy tells great stories has cool lines like that and theyre just on his ass immediately after, even just let it breathe a bit bontemps particularly is always stepping on everyones punchlines
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:41 (two weeks ago) link
At one point he said Zion was 6’3”
― Jeff, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:53 (two weeks ago) link
Twice
ha yeah he does shit like that all game he has no idea whats going on ever
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 April 2024 14:55 (two weeks ago) link
lol what
Wow shots fired at @KendrickPerkins from @NBAonTNT panel 👀 pic.twitter.com/0lpDkiUXus— Bri Marie D (@BriMarieD) April 24, 2024
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 16:32 (one week ago) link
love that lol
― brony james (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 16:44 (one week ago) link
whats the backstory there
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 16:45 (one week ago) link
Chuck's outfit there is rough
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 16:46 (one week ago) link
lmao at lagoon's list of Reggie offenses ... "can't talk" "bad timing" and "always wrong" ... not great if your job is to talk about live basketball on TV!
― alpine static, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 19:41 (one week ago) link
im sayin
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 24 April 2024 19:43 (one week ago) link
also incredibly unfunny
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 19:53 (one week ago) link
the total package
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 24 April 2024 20:20 (one week ago) link
And one of the most grating voices
― I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Thursday, 25 April 2024 04:21 (six days ago) link
https://theathletic.com/5432961/2024/04/23/lebron-james-goat-michael-jordan-nba-player-poll/
lol at Pierce pulling the same percentage of GOAT votes as Magic.
― Costas Mandylorian (Leee), Thursday, 25 April 2024 17:36 (six days ago) link
wtf!
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 25 April 2024 18:59 (six days ago) link
i.e., one inexplicable vote. Pierce floated the idea that it was LeBron who voted for him, which is lmao.
There's definitely some interesting data in that poll, I've been meaning to bring it to ilh. Thing that jumped out to me the most is how insanely Giannis' stock has plummeted. One measly vote for best defender, distant 5th (behind Tatum) for MVP, and a massive fall from being the runaway 52% winner last year of "who would you start a roster with" to just a single vote for that as well. Other things, the players seem to love Adam Silver, they still hate Rudy Gobert, and Thibs' reputation as grueling precedes him so strongly that it's gotta influence signing players.
Link to the full survey is here: https://theathletic.com/5433545/2024/04/22/nba-player-poll-2024-lebron-jordan-goat-celtics-nuggets-rudy-gobert-timberwolves/. Lmk if someone wants full text in that other thread though it will miss the very helpful graphs
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 26 April 2024 12:14 (five days ago) link
full text would be nice thanks
― micah, Friday, 26 April 2024 12:54 (five days ago) link
Only reading it now, some nice gems, like guys being afraid to fight James Johnson, and nobody wanting to play for Thibs by a longshot.
― Costas Mandylorian (Leee), Friday, 26 April 2024 19:48 (five days ago) link
just remembered was half asleep in front of the game last night when i heard chuck and the gang rapping a public enemy song, i was like i should wake up and figure out whats going on but i did not
― lag∞n, Friday, 26 April 2024 20:22 (five days ago) link