If not Peaches, then who?

a million times, this

This was the first thing that I popped into my head when I saw the headline! And voila, it’s the first comment!

hours later even..

2 see a trial run with her. But wouldn’t she be more likely to do the color?

i wish 1320 would come up with some kings coverage so that i dont have to listen to that crap anymore.

I get sick of “Oh Boy!” and “If you don’t like that…,” and last night he was pretty annoying with the Tyreke fanboyism, but his play by play is solid to me. The radio show is nearly unlistenable for me.

same here.

But even that has been getting tired and Tyreko-centric.

I have NBA League Pass and I’m constantly thinking to myself that were better off than a large majority of NBA teams in regards to announcers. (aside from Jerry’d nicknames of course

I think generally most agree with this. This is not the problem.

To have a guy that doesnt kiss the asses of all the players is a good thing

Again, i don’t see this is as being the problem, although i would disagree because he does in fact kiss players asses (although to be fair, all the radio and tv people do and they aren’t exactly in journalism so not the biggest deal i suppose)

He calls it like he sees it

This would be the problem. I guess you can say he calls it like he sees it, that is, that he calls it like an angry middle aged ginger who doesn’t bother to fact check, shoots from the gut, and carries professional vendettas against others (Sorry but if you have not read the Amick story that pissed off Napear, you really have to read it. Not the Amick reaction but the first article that got Grant pissed. Heaven forbid we have, er had, a beat writer who liked to tell us what actually happened during games and likes to tell stories with guys named Fat Lever involved in them).

I don’t think Grant has given us many reasons to take his opinion seriously and I am sick and tired of him always using the arguement that “I am the closest person to the players.” The only justification I ever hear him give for his opinion is (a) i call it like i see it and (b) i am always around the team. Well, guess what, that alone doesn’t necessarily make your opinion valuable to me.

For example, I have watched hundreds of hours of nba basketball in my life, and I can say without a doubt that I can’t tell if someone is a good on the ball defender in the post. Seriously, I can’t, I’m a damn sheep and will just say “Dwight Howard is the best, yay!” I can see if they are good away from the ball because they come in flying in the air and swatting crap like crazy but in just watchin a game, can’t tell what the hell is good man on man defense other than “wow that guy hasn’t made many buckets tonight.”

Just because you watch a lot of games and hang out in the locker room before the game does not mean you are an expert on what is happening in the game. Granted there is often a strong correlation there and i think it helps most people but I have yet to hear Grant say anything on his show that was actually enlightening. It’s all a bunch of tired sports cliches (“Defense wins championships” “Player A is a winner” “Player B is a crybaby”) and yelling and screaming (and cheerleading which can drive me crazy but for some reason i don’t hear so many people complain about that).

So basically, i dunno if you are the only one who thinks Napear does a solid job but I can’t say I will join you in that sentiment.

however, I’ve been doing the same thing at home when I’m watching the games. Whoever came up with the Reke-o-Meter is genius.

we need to do a post to get JR more material as well – and remind him of a few ideas we had that he’s forgotten.

I still want Grant to say
‘Hide the bacon! the Kings are going Kosher because Omri Casspi is Cookin’ tonight!’